Category: Entertainment

Opera brings Mozart to VSU

Date: Feb 2nd, 2012 • By: • 26 views • Comment

This Friday marks the beginning of musical sounds as the VSU Opera and Valdosta Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in the Whitehead Auditorium at 10 a.m. “It’s been a tradition to do a Friday youth performance. Children from schools are usually bussed-in for it,” Dr. Carol Mikkelsen, head of the voice area of the [...]

‘Red Tails’ lacks historical accuracy

Date: Feb 2nd, 2012 • By: • 53 views • Comment

The newly released film, “Red Tails,” produced by the great George Lucas and directed by Anthony Hemingway, lacks a few, certain elements that are important to the success of a great war movie, giving it somewhat of a lackluster vibe. Based on the true story of the famous Tuskegee Airmen, the movie’s big names are [...]

SpecTech: Sonic, Tails, Amy travel through time

Date: Feb 2nd, 2012 • By: • 22 views • Comment

When Sonic CD was released in 1993, I was so excited. But, I did not have a SEGA CD console, so I never got the game. In the end of 2011, Sonic Team released an enhanced port of Sonic CD on pretty much anything that can connect to the internet. Is this enhanced port worth [...]

PopAddict: Madonna disses Janet, Snooki gets pregnant

Date: Feb 2nd, 2012 • By: • 79 views • Comment

Hello guys and dolls, get your cups ready because as always I am serving some hot tea! The Legendary Don Cornelius was found dead in his house Wednesday of an apparent suicide. The man responsible for the classic show Soul Train was 75. Leslie Carter, the sister of Nick and Aaron Carter died at toe [...]

SpecTech: Verizon suffers leak, Facebook forces Timeline

Date: Jan 26th, 2012 • By: • 356 views • Comment

This week is a slow week for tech news, but we have leaked phone information, more rumors of the next Xbox and a new Alienware desktop. Although Verizon announced the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx at CES last week, there have been some updates. This device has a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, a 4.3 inch Super [...]

Santiago’s strings strike satisfaction at concert

Date: Jan 26th, 2012 • By: • 81 views • Comment

An enthusiastic crowd of spectators were graced by the beautiful and innovative sounds of Nephtali Santiago’s guitar last Friday night during his faculty recital in VSU Whitehead Auditorium. Santiago began the performance with three popular, classical selections including “Pavane” by Luis Milan, “Gran Sonata Eroica” by Maurio Giuliani and “Chaconne” by the easily recognized Johann [...]

PopAddict: Nicki Minaj, More plastic than Cher

Date: Jan 26th, 2012 • By: • 28 views • Comment

Hello guys and dolls, get your cups ready because I am serving some hot tea! Nicki Minaj needs to have several seats. Her new song and video, “Stupid Hoe”, is foolery at its best. If the ignorance of the song is not enough, the video is ridiculous. You paid for all that butt and can’t [...]

Phones, tablets previewed at Consumer Electronic Show

Date: Jan 19th, 2012 • By: • 55 views • Comment

Welcome back. I hope you had a great winter break and MLK holiday. Because the Consumer Electronic Show was last week, this issue will have tons of cell phones, tablets, and as much info as I can give. First, we will start with the phone all the critics are talking about, AT&T’s 4G LTE Nokia [...]

Valdosta school of ballet presents Sleeping Beauty

Date: Jan 19th, 2012 • By: • 164 views • Comment

The Valdosta School of Ballet is performing “Sleeping Beauty” Jan. 21 and 22 at the Valdosta High School Performing Arts Center. There is a scheduled performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and a matinee Sunday at 3:00 p.m. The performance is directed by Jacque Wheeler, professor in the theatre and dance department, and Brandi Cunningham Roberts, [...]

National art competition awards $1,500 in prizes

Date: Jan 19th, 2012 • By: • 154 views • Comment

The annual National All-Media Juried competition, sponsored by Citizens Community Bank, will be held at VSU’s Fine Art Gallery. The exhibits will be displayed beginning January 17 through February 3, 2012. The hours of the exhibit are: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. An oping reception [...]

PopAddict: Blue Ivy hits billboards in first week

Date: Jan 19th, 2012 • By: • 202 views • Comment

Hello, guys and dolls, allow me to introduce myself. I am Maya Kellam, and I am your new pop addict. Now that the introduction is over lets grab our cups as I pour out some tea. The arrival of the baby of the decade almost shut down twitter. Jay-Z and Beyonce’s first born, Blue Ivy [...]

Next Page »

,