Spring Break
University News cartoonist and illustrator Grant Snider walked onto the National Press Club stage Friday evening in Washington, D.C. to accept the Charles M. Schulz award as College Cartoonist of the Year from the Scripps Howard Foundation and a $10,000 check.
For those people who appreciate the Kansas City traditions of Gates BBQ and KC Jazz, they will not want to miss one of the highlights of our city's dance community this season. The Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company will present their annual Spring Concert 2009, at White Recital Hall on May 14, 15 and 16, featuring another successful collaboration with Kansas City Jazz icon, Bobby Watson.
One UMKC graduate is doing more than just making films, he's going international. Jordan Kerfeld recently had two short films featured in the Kansas City Film Festival - "Fingers" and "Momentum and Marr." "Fingers," the story of one man's lamentation over the loss of a finger, was not only shown in the new AMC downtown, but will also be featured in a short film festival in Detmold, Germany.
Austerely dressed and nervously pacing the corridors beforehand, UMKC's finely-tuned Conservatory Orchestra and Conservatory Choirs shed all fears onstage in an exceptionally elegant performance Saturday evening for the Finale Concert. Last Saturday's concert was the culminating event for the Conservatory this year.
Squirrels. Who cares? Some people do, at least enough to block off the Quad last week. Last Wednesday, UMKC made an ironic statement, and we owe our thanks to the Honors Program for bringing such a pressing matter to our attention. The protest was actually dual-sided, with one group rallying support for a fully contrived school policy that a certain amount of students' tuition would be used to build squirrel sanctuaries on campus.
Last Thursday, UMKC students must have been busy with other dragons to slay, like Don Quixote. Almost none attended the readings of Miguel Cervantes's most famous work. Despite the lack of student turnout, there was a good crowd of community members at the University Playhouse.
Musical theater has never been so relevant for today's youth. Emotionally charged and personally challenging, last weekend the Unicorn Theatre opened "bare," a pop-rock opera which they hail as "the real High School Musical." Chronicling the senior year of a group of Catholic high schoolers, "bare" follows Jason, the guy that every girl wants and every guy wants to be.
Ah, summer's creeping up on us again and some of you may be trying to decide what to do with yourself over break. Work, play, what to do? I have a suggestion, a few actually. For starters, if you have to take summer classes, do so sparingly. If you don't have to take classes, don't.
Last weekend, UMKC Theatre opened their final performance of the year - and their biggest stage production to date. "The Master and Margarita" is an adaptation of Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov's novel, which tells the story of a writer in communist Russia.
Dear Readers, This year has been a whirlwind for us, hasn't it? Words cannot express how much you mean to me. You, my loyal and faithful friends, have been my one constant. You are flowers in a field of weeds. At every party and around every turn, you give me the courage to throw open those doors, plaster a smile on my face and greet every potential date with enthusiasm, because even through all the bad ones, I manage to learn something new to pass along.
It all begins, appropriately enough, with a crash. Though the bicycle wreck that starts off "The Soloist" has little to do with the events that follow throughout the film, it is indicative of the experience LA Times journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.
Fantasies, Metric's first album since 2005, exemplifies the best way bands can evolve, mature and maintain their musicality. The album starts with singer Emily Haines's self-revelatory "Help I'm Alive." Opening with rattle-tight drum trills and echoing bass, Haines comes in with her vulnerable lyrics, drawing listeners in from the start.
MONDAY, APRIL 27 Textbook Buyback: Sell back your books for some extra cash! Buyback will take place at both UMKC Bookstores from April 27 to May 8 during regular business hours. UMKC Conservatory Liberace Winds: Come hear the Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet.
