by Jennifer Coleman in Entertainment
NDNU alum Katie Garibaldi will launch her new music at a CD release party on Oct. 12 at the Little Fox Theatre in Redwood City. Garibaldi, who graduated this past year, will be launching her fifth full-length release, titled "Fallen Angel." She will share the stage with two other female musicians, Flying Venus and Groovy Judy, who are also releasing albums.
by Sergio Patterson in Entertainment
The Ruby Skye bar/club located off 420 Mason St. in San Francisco hosted one of the best concerts I've ever seen on Sept. 6.
This place is nice; it not only has a large dance floor, but sofas you can lounge in as well as a full scale bar so that you can get a little loose.
by Valerie Adams in Entertainment
San Francisco, one of our nation's most famous cities right here in our backyard! But how often do we use this open doorway for our weekend entertainment? If you are like me, almost never, because of busy schedules, and no transportation, NO! Most of us are simply uneducated about what to do and where to go in the city.
by Daniel Pias in Entertainment
The university's music faculty put on their annual show, Musicians' Gala, on Sept. 11.
The returning faculty performed two pieces of their repertoire, while newest faculty vocal coaches, Justin Taylor Nixon, Marcelle Dronkers, and Patricia Urbano each made their debut in a bold manner as newly inducted NDNU faculty.
by Erick Jaime in Entertainment
Scraping For Change showcased their talent at Tabard Inn on a mild September night in front of 100 fans.
The campus-based band is no stranger to the NDNU community, as they are all NDNU alumni or current students. Students enjoyed rock music inspired by bands such as Nirvana, Foo Fighters and Led Zeppelin.
by Katerina Schmidt in Entertainment
Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" will be the first production of the NDNU theatre deparment this fall. It will be directed by Bruce Williams from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. This is no ordinary rendition of Shakespeare, though, according to Michael Elkins, chair of the theatre department.
by Stephanie Scalise in Entertainment
Christine Guth, a scholar of Japanese art, lectured at Wiegand Gallery on the exhibit currently featured at the gallery entitled, From Cherry Blossoms to Snow Gardens: the Floating World of Traditional Japanese Prints.
Guth, who was a guest speaker during a reception on Sept.
by Stephanie Scalise in Entertainment
NDNU's Wiegand Gallery opened its first exhibition for the 2006-2007 school year on Sept. 20.
It is a traveling exhibit, provided by University of Colorado at Boulder, called "From Cherry Blossoms to Snow Gardens: the Floating World of Traditional Japanese Prints.
by Sergio Patterson in Entertainment
Music, life, beauty - all words that describe Blackalicious's new album "The Craft."
Blackalicious is a Bay Area-based group which consists of Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel. Gift of Gab takes care of the lyrics and Chief Xcel controls the production.
The Craft combines funk, soul, rock and roll, jazz, hip-hop, country and any other genre of music that you can imagine.
by in Entertainment
Throughout our lifetime, we take precautions to keep us safe from dangerous situations. We wear our seatbelts; we wear sunscreen; we take our vitamins. We try to do anything we can to ensure that we are as safe and healthy as we can be.
Or are we? If you could save your life by getting a shot, would you?
We've been forced to take various vaccines to protect ourselves from diseases, such as polio and measles.
by Sergio Patterson in Entertainment
Before I start reviewing this game lets talk about the history of the John Madden football franchise. I pretty much grew up with this game, it's like the little brother I never had. I remember John Madden 1994 on Super Nintendo - that was brilliant - but these two games are poles apart.
by Edwin Balli in Entertainment
In this video game review, we take a look at Super Mario Strikers. For a Mario game, Strikers is very solid. The best way to think of Strikers is Soccer meets NFL Blitz with the Mushroom Kingdom elements and power-up items.
In the game there are only nine characters, one of which is locked, temporarily, along with a few playing fields and items.
Recording artist joins university
by Daniel Pias in Entertainment
As newly appointed chairperson of the NDNU Music Department, Debra Lambert took the responsibility of expanding upon the already-talented music department by adding new faces to the music faculty.
Most notable of the four newly appointed vocal coaches is recording artist and jazz singer extraordinaire, Wesla Whitfield.
by in Entertainment
Dear Athena,
How come people of authority on this campus overexercise their power? Several times this fall, I have been in situations where people of authority have talked down to me. I am sick of being treated as though I am still in grade school. I am an adult, and I should be treated like one.
by Brien Hopkins in Entertainment
Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and writer Michael Arndt have assembled a heart-felt comedy that's not your run-of-the-mill, dysfunctional family romp.
The talented cast, including Abigail Breslin, Gregg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette and Steve Carell, the former Daily Show reporter and lead in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" play a madcap family on the verge of breakdown.
by Valerie Adams in Entertainment
Myspace and Facebook are the two most powerful websites for internet communication today. People to the millions are joining the craze to belong to either one of the profile powerhouses.
Why? Well, could it be just another one of those fads like instant messaging that sort of faded out of the picture.
