ARTS ENTERTAINMENT


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.


3/26/2012, 8:26pm

No music? No problem for Ball in the House

What do Cool Whip and a capella music have in common? The answer is Ball in the House. Gaining notice in 2001 for writing and recording the Cool Whip commercial jingles, this Massachusetts-based a capella group has been taking the musical world by storm.


3/26/2012, 8:23pm

American Idol narrows to nine

fter the highly dramatized Billy Joel Wednesday night, “American Idol” audiences collectively were held spellbound last Thursday night when facing the fiercely dreaded weekly voter results.


3/5/2012, 8:25pm

SU audience left Lynn performance in awe

Country music revolutionary, Grammy Lifetime Achievement award winner and national songwriters Hall of Fame member, Loretta Lynn performed on Friday, March 2 at Shippensburg University to a sold-out Luhr’s Performing Arts Center. Lynn’s career took off in 1967 when she charted her first of what would be 17 No. 1 singles.


3/5/2012, 8:20pm

Underwood continues her musical success

Carrie Underwood has taken many angles in the music world since her appearance on American Idol. Although most people think of her as a top-selling country artist, she has also had songs that have featured her rock and pop roots.