2008 Woodie Awards
From Feb. 15 to Feb. 20, the West Chester University Theatre Department performed their version of the play "Bus Stop," written by William Inge. The play involves the unique experiences of eight people who become stranded late one night in a roadside diner in Kansas City during a snowstorm.
The just-unveiled Dali exhibit is a must see for casual and avid art lovers alike. Where else can you see mind-bending Escherlike puzzles, a group of showgirls arranged as a skull, a portrait of bread, and a hologram of AliceCooper? The opening of this exhibition was mobbed with the electricity that must have characterized Dali ʼs original premieres.
Instead of the usual moneymaking fundraisers to provide aid for the Tsunami relief, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have come up with another way to raise the money. While the Osbournes constantly continue to seek ways to help the tsunami victims, this is their most creative idea yet, they collaborated with Eric Clapton, and decided to remake his 1992 hit song, "Tears in Heaven," to benefit storm recovery efforts in Southeast Asia.
Arthur Miller, a famed American playwright of the 20th century and Pulitzer Prize winner, died at age 89 on Feb. 10 due to heart failure. Ironically, death overcame him on the 56 anniversary of the premiere of his renowned play "Death of a Salesman." Miller is perhaps most wellknown for his plays "Death of a Salesman," the story of an elderly traveling salesman who attempts to fill the empty void in his life, and "The Crucible," a peek into the horror of the Salem witch trials but also an allegory on the "red scare" America went through in the 1950s.
The most anticipated television kiss this season was not between a male heartthrob and female starlet, but rather two females. "The O.C." boldly experimented with an on-screen relationship evolving into a kiss on Feb. 10 with "O.C." wild child Marissa, played by Mischa Barton, and new cast member Alex, played by Olivia Wilde.
If Eisley were a place, itʼd be a fairyland inhabited by pixies. Although theyʼve derived their name from the space port in the original "Star Wars" movie, Eisley is not a place, but a band, and an impressive one, at that. Eisley consists of four DuPree siblings as well as bassist Jon Wilson, their neighbor in Tyler, Texas.
As another February comesto an end, it leaves behind one of the most anticipated days of the year. No, not Valentineʼs Day, but the Grammy Awards. The Grammy Awards first came about in 1958 to honor accomplishments by artists in all areas of music from rock to rap to spoken word and now the night is known for being a time when the best and brightest of the music industry come out to show what theyʼve got, on and off the red carpet.
The show "Jackass," teachers, and the giant from "Big Fish"who works at 15 North are just a few of the great things that have come out of West Chester. Now we can add one more thing to the list: the band Overise. Lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Joey Denoble is a combo of sweetness and power when he steps up to the microphone.
With an abundant amountof shows on television, some of which run at the same times, it is often hard to choose which program to watch and which ones to switch off. For instance, in its second year, "The O.C." has moved to Thursday nights at 8 p.m. against "Joey" on NBC.
"Constantine" isnʼt what youʼd call a great movie, and may not even be what youʼd call a good movie. However it has got enough of a certain slick sense of cool that makes it worth watching. The story revolves around John Constantine, a man blessed, or possibly cursed, with the ability to see the things most of us canʼt: the demons and angels that are constantly walking among us everyday.
Maybe itʼs just me, but the music of the 21st century seems to have become exceedingly trendy. Many times, when a new band debuts, I wonder why I should even bother checking them out because they are probably just another "tooled-out" version of other groups that are already popular.
The big band sounds and Sinatra- style vocals from Michael Buble repeatedly reverberated throughout my apartment the second his new CD, Itʼs Time, was released on Feb. 8, 2005. Itʼs Time is full of classic songs that Michael Buble has transformed into his own.
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