Spring Break
The UMKC Young Artist Program gives voice students from the conservatory an opportunity to professionally sing for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. The students sign a contract with both the school and Lyric to sing chorus and small roles at the company, and principal roles at the school.
Oasis' "Dig Out Your Soul," released Oct. 7 by Warner Bros. Records, is a heavier take on familiar sounds that die-hard Oasis fans will appreciate. Seconds into the first track, "Bag It Up" singer Liam Gallagher's voice lets you know exactly what band you're hearing.
The LGBT department, headed by David Greene, held its annual Gay Cabaret on Thursday night in Pierson Auditorium. The performance benefited a local homeless shelter, with canned food donations brought to the event by the audience. The night began amidst chaos backstage as the performers were preparing for the event.
Dearest readers, Usually I would never do something so crass as to break the cardinal rule of discretion - I hold this principle in highest regard. However, I feel it important this week to kiss-and-tell. Generally speaking, if someone asks me out, I make it a point to oblige.
"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise…" (1 Corinthians 1:27). That is perhaps the only passage of the Bible that Bill Maher might agree with. Well, except the whole "God" part. In the docu-comedy "Religulous," director Larry Charles (of "Borat" fame) and Maher travel across the world interviewing people of faith in an attempt to point out how unbelievable their beliefs are.
The displacement camps in war-torn northern Uganda are not a pretty sight. Last Friday, sophomore Alex Gamble, education, organized the Invisible Children event so people on campus would have one less excuse not to look. Gamble came up with this idea after being in the African nation of Uganda.
Politics in the Middle East are a hot topic these days, and they have been a solid start for dozens of movies in the past decade. 'Body of Lies' tries to tackle this tough subject once again with mixed results. The film follows Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) as a CIA operative in Jordan on an endless hunt for the terrorist group behind several civilian bombings.
Readers who are looking for quality, thought-provoking reading material that won't take weeks to finish need not look further than the latest issue of "New Letters: A Magazine of Writing & Art." The journal is an international quarterly of essays, fiction, poetry, interviews, art and much more, published here on the UMKC campus.
Monchy and Alexandra, a Latin music duo, recently released their album entitled "Monchy & Alexandra En Vivo Desde Bellas Artes." The title means: Monchy and Alexandra Live In Concert from the Fine Arts Theater, (in Puerto Rico). Monchy and Alexandra are a pair of talented Bachata artists.
