The Good Girl
by Mike LaRosa in Entertainment
Justine is 30 years old. She hates her job. She has a husband who comes home from painting houses, gets stoned, and drinks beer with his buddy while they watch television. Her future is bleak. Maybe there was a better life for her a year ago or ten years ago, but somehow she feels as if her life has passed her by and that she will be stuck in this routine forever.
by Cynthia Koziol in Entertainment
Click-click-ring-ring…the sounds of machines bustling all around you. Imagine you are a girl in your mid-twenties during the 1920s working in an office as a stenographer. What does society expect from you? Marrage, motherhood-happy life, stay at home to take care of the kids.
by Press Release in Entertainment
Dr. Robert E. Vadas, associate professor of teacher education at SUNY Potsdam, had his book, The Vietnam War: Cultures in Conflict, published recently.
The book educates its readers through a historical overview of the events leading up to the war, and through to its end in 1975.
by Press Release in Entertainment
A recital featuring the work of Dr. Paul Siskind, assistant professor of music theory and composition in The Crane School of Music, will take place on Wednesday, October 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Snell Music Theater Hall.
Titled An Evening of Quirky Little Art Songs, the recital will begin with performances of all of Dr.
by Press Release in Entertainment
The historic First Presbyterian Church, situated on the corner of Ford and Franklin Streets in Ogdensburg, will rededicate its recently refurbished pipe organ with a public recital on Friday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. The recital will feature organist Will Headlee, Professor emeritus and University Organist emeritus at Syracuse University.
by Knight Ridder Tribune in Entertainment
As a rapper, Eminem is well-versed at inhabiting the mind space of other characters, slipping into deranged Slim Shady mode, parodying the establishment, even taking on the voice of his ex-wife. So it probably was not much of a stretch to write lyrics for Jimmy Smith Jr.
by Press Release in Entertainment
"Piggyback" works by self-taught E-bay artist Eddie Breen will be on exhibition in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawerence University from November 7 through December 20. A "Breenapalooza," with the artist in residence, will be held Thursday and Friday, November 14 and 15, from noon to 5:00 p.
by Press Release in Entertainment
A concert of classical Indian music by singer Rashimi Venkateswaran will be presented at St. Lawerence University on Saturday, November 2, at 8 p.m. in the Gilbert Recital Hall, Griffiths Arts Center. The event is open to the public, free of charge.
Venkateswaran is the manager of the University of Ottawa's chemistry teaching laboratories, but on many evenings she can be found singing classical southern Indian music at various venues in the Ottawa region.
by Press Release in Entertainment
Dr. Timothy McAllister, assistant professor of music at The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, has been named to the soprano saxophone seat in the PRISM Quartet.
The PRISM Quartet, in its 18th season, has been internationally acclaimed for the group's widely varied performances in their own recitals and in collaborations with orchestras and jazz and concert artists.
by Press Release in Entertainment
A Boy and His Agenda, an exhibition of work by St. Lawrence University senior Alexei S. Boulokhov, will be in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery on campus from November 7 through December 20. It includes images, installations, and performance artworks that attempt to challenge the conventions of representing sexual orientation.
by Press Release in Entertainment
On Tuesday, November 5, The Grasse River Players will present an evening of mystery theatre entitled Death of a Cloud Painter at the Creative Spirit Art Center.
A cadre of characters will tell their stories and give their alibi, and desperately try to convey their innocence.
by Knight Ridder Tribune in Entertainment
Somewhere along the line, punk became a style defined by puns and smirks. When jokey bands like Blink 182, SR-71 and Sum 41 took superfast chords and shouted lyrics to the top of the charts two years ago, punk's popular face lost its deep frowns and distorting anger.
by Nick Radley in Entertainment
"What is a flaming Mack truck sound like?" Well, if you were at the Steve Caudette show on Firday night you would know exactly what one sounded like. Steve Caudette was a definate master of sound effects and impressions. His most repeated impression was that of his beloved, Spanish/Portugese/Russsian, girfriend.
by Cindy Koziol and Jess Carnrike in Entertainment
Yet again the actors from the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express graced the North Country with another stupendous acting troupe. The Beguile the Rich troupe performed MacBeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Love's Labour's Lost at St. Lawrence University in Lee Hall.
