ARTS ENTERTAINMENT


8/27/2012, 10:09pm

Bonnaroo vs. Firefly

Bonnaroo. The mention of the Manchester, Tenn. music festival leaves fans trading stories of famous performances, camping shenanigans and other memories made during the four-day-festival held every June.


4/30/2012, 11:41am

Haggard brings fresh performance to older music

The legendary Merle Haggard, creator of country music’s famous Bakersfield sound and one of the original members of the country outlaw movement performed to a sold-out crowd at Shippensburg University’s Luhrs Performing Arts Center on April 17.


4/23/2012, 10:25pm

Sugar Sammy uses charm to captivate audience at SU

Labeled as, “One of the Top 10 rising talents on the planet,” by the Hollywood Reporter, Canada native, Sam Khullar, also known by his stage name, Sugar Sammy, used his wit and charm to captivate the attention of his audience in McFeely’s Café on Thursday night at Shippensburg University.


4/23/2012, 10:22pm

Merle Haggard proves his music remains timeless

The legendary Merle Haggard, creator of country music’s famous Bakersfield Sound and one of the original members of the country outlaw movement, performed to a sold-out crowd at Shippensburg University’s Luhr’s Performing Art’s Center on April 17. Haggard, 75, played all his famous hits during his set.


4/23/2012, 10:20pm

Fabolous draws in crowd at SU

On Saturday, Fabolous made Shippensburg University stand up on its feet and rock the Ceddia Union Building. As DJ Supaman started spinning the hits for the Statewide Party, the crowd became amped and anxious for Fabolous to take the stage.


4/17/2012, 12:37am

Talent show a first for SU

The lobby of Memorial Auditorium was buzzing with an anxious audience awaiting their friends and family to take the stage on April 9 for Shippensburg University’s first talent show.


4/17/2012, 12:33am

May the odds be in your favor

Will there be an uprising? How will fans of “The Hunger Games” books react to the recent visual interpretation of “The Hunger Games” Trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins? I will admit, I was not aware of this trilogy until the movie trailers began popping up.


4/9/2012, 8:21pm

It's not all black or white

You walk into a room with dimmed lights and a small crowd. A diverse crowd of black and white illuminates the theme of color in August Wilson’s play, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Ma Rainey became a character in the play after a woman by the name of Gertrude Pridgett, a colored blues singer in the nineteenth century.


4/9/2012, 8:18pm

Lord of the Dance evokes fear, passion and much more

Award winning Celtic dance group Lord of the Dance performed at the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center Wednesday, April 4. Dreamy, celestial themed backgrounds and mystical costumes gave the performance an out-of-this-world feel.


4/2/2012, 8:31pm

Killer plant stuns audience at SU

Act V productions hosted “Little Shop of Horrors” at Memorial Auditorium on Thursday, March 29. “Little Shop of Horrors” is about a clumsy nerd, Seymour Krelborn, who works at Mushnik’s floral shop.