MFA painting candidate, Sara Alavikia showcased her ongoing art piece, “As Long As It Takes” on the steps of the Oviatt Library Tuesday. She held another exhibit Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., where she invited members of the CSUN community to tie a piece of green fabric onto the artwork in support of [...]…
Read moreForty-five minutes from Broadway and a thousand miles from earth, the Isaac family is anything but normal. Hendry Jaglom’s new play is about a family of actors struggling to survive in the world. Vivian and George Isaac’s two daughters, Betsy and Pandora (a.k.a Panda) live on opposite ends of the world. Betsy never liked the [...]…
Read moreIf you’re looking for an action based thriller, then you will be sadly let down. Instead, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” is a dark film with humor. Academy Award-nominated German film director, Werner Herzog, creates a story of the struggle of personal demons that many people can connect to. The film stars Academy Award [...]…
Read moreTruth is … listen to the lyrics,” said Mike Eddie, a performer in the Music Industries group’s Artist of the Year Finalist Showcase. Where other schools offer music business courses and degrees, CSUN incorporates music into the business lessons so the students get more than the just the business side of music; they get what they [...]…
Read moreInspirational, amazing and talented are only a few of the words that describe U2. On Sunday, Oct. 25 U2 performed at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. on their 360 degree tour. The show was one of the most anticipated of the year, selling out 96,000 seats. The anticipation was worth the wait. Their recent 2009 album [...]…
Read moreWhat can you do when the air is so hot that the milk is going sour and you live in an overcrowded apartment with tenants who are stricken with poverty, alcoholics or worse, murderers? Kurt Weill’s “Street Scene” based on Elmer Rice’s Pulitzer Prize winning play asks that same question. Based in New York during the [...]…
Read moreSara Alavikia has been tying pieces of fabric into knots in protest of the elections in Iran. Alavikia, a 26-year-old MFA painting candidate, will showcase her project, “As Long As It Takes” on the steps of the Oviatt Library Nov.3 and 4. She hopes to spread the word about the violence the Iranian people are suffering [...]…
Read moreCanadian singer-songwriter Lights’ debut album, “The Listening,” brings her hit singles “Drive My Soul” and “February Air”, along with her other quirky synthpop songs to our ears. I don’t really care for the genre, because I tend to think that singer-songwriter albums are something I would decide to buy while waiting in line at Starbucks. [...]…
Read moreHonestly, what drives us to do any of the things that we decide to do? Why do some of us play music where others don’t? It’s simple really; it’s passion. It’s also passion that drives those who love music to make it their entire life. Carl Verheyen is a great poster child for this. Just [...]…
Read moreThe electronic music scene is reaching critical mass. Now at its apex of mainstream saturation it seems not a day goes by where top 40 divas and superstars cross genres and reinvent themselves “electronic” almost the same way Dylan went “electric”. Britney Spears sounds like she’s being produced by Tiesto and your 14-year-old sibling [..…
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