A capella is not as easy as it looks – the pitch is based entirely off one another and there are no instruments besides the human voice. For senior Annie Ben-Ami, however, it comes almost naturally. Ben-Ami is the musical leader of the Swinging Gates, Colgate’s all-female a capella group. She runs practice, maintains sound and is “the one who waves their hand around.”
Over the past few seasons in fashion, what’s on one’s arm has been highly influenced by who’s on one’s arm. I’m referring to the boyfriend trend in clothing and accessories that has swiftly made its way from Fashion Week’s catwalks to Hamilton’s sidewalks. Jeans, blazers and watches are just three from the extensive list of pieces that we can thank the men in our lives for.
In Chenango County is the small town of Earlville and nested among the few shops that line main street is the Earlville Opera House, one of the most notable arts venues in a three-county region. Since 1970, the EOH has been a non-profit organization that features both musical and theatrical performances and visual art.
There are vaginas everywhere.
Thursday, February 25, I walk into The Palace Theater after braving the elements, and there are vaginas for as far as the eye can see. They’re on the pink programs, they’re on the Superman themed t-shirts, they’re on the lollipops and the cupcakes.
It’s not often that Colgate students choose to listen to classical music, but on Sunday, February 28, the entire campus had the opportunity to do just that when the Colgate University Orchestra performed in the Colgate Memorial Chapel. With its first piece conducted by Colgate senior Michael Petersen and the second by Professor of Music and Conductor of the Colgate University Orchestra, Marietta Cheng, the Orchestra’s menagerie of students, community members and professional musicians entertained the audience with their technique and own enjoyment of the music.
Gandalf Murphy Performs at the Barge
I organize the Saturday Night Music series at the Barge, so I am directly involved with every Saturday night performance here. This Saturday as I walked in, I saw metallic foldable chairs lined all through the coffeehouse, a merchandise stand that lined the entrance and was actually manned by a merch man, along with a crowd of around 200 people piling inside the Barge before the performance, standing wherever there was space. I also saw that they had brought their own sound guy.
Ahh, the Oscars. The time of year where we get to look back on the cinematic year and admire how just how great it was. 2009 was definitely no exception. This year’s Oscar films cover a wide range of genres and styles, from powerful films of domestic violence and war to more light-hearted movies with balloons and cooking.
“Wolfman. Neither a wolf nor a man: discuss.” I’m new at the whole movie reviewing gig, but the aforementioned seems to be the extent of the thought that went into making this less-than-horrifying horror film. Despite the considerable skills of director Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, Jurassic Park III and October Sky), this film didn’t have quite enough bite in it to bring something new to the genre.
My appetite is largely dictated by what the weather is doing outside. This is, for the most part, a fairly simple formula to follow: at the extreme ends of this spectrum, winter snow equals hearty, beefy stews, whereas summer sun means lighter fare more focused on seasonal produce.
Sit back, open up 13 tabs, wait the hour it takes to load a Youtube video and give these songs a listen.
FROM TEXAS TO MONGOLIA Tonight at 5:30 p.m. see the movie The Horse Boy, which The New York Times calls, “astonishingly intimate.” A 2009 Sundance Film Festival official selection, The Horse Boy is the story of a couple from Texas who have a young son with autism.
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