From its unorthodox beginnings as a late night variety show on Saturdays to becoming a pop culture tour de force, “Saturday Night Live” has been entertaining people for the past 40 years. In honor of celebrating its 40 years on television, NBC will be airing a three hour special featuring everyone’s favorite alumni cast members and guest stars. Perhaps the biggest news to come out … Continue reading “Saturday Night Live” celebrates 40 years
Ever wondered what was happening in Minnesota during the time of the Civil War? Thanks to the 2014-15 Film Series between the Nicollet County Historical Society and the St. Peter Community and Family Education, the documentary The Past is Alive within Us: The U.S.-Dakota Conflict was screened at the Treaty Site Historical Center in St. Peter on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. The documentary … Continue reading Film narrates Dakota Conflict
The amount of superhero films produced these days is only rivaled by the amount of young adult dystopian movies. This year we’ve had The Maze Runner, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, and Divergent, and there looks to be no shortage of them in 2015. While the novels these productions were based on were released in the late 2000s there were plenty of examples before … Continue reading The Giver is just another dystopian movie
For years, Christmas in Christ Chapel has been an event that has created many memories for the students involved over the 42 year tradition. Looking at the experience through the perspective of a first-year, a sophomore, and a senior, the significance of Christmas in Christ Chapel is clear. With nearly 350 students involved and 1, 200 people attending each of the five showings, Christmas in … Continue reading Hundreds unite for Christmas in Christ Chapel
The Fault in Our Stars was not the only film this year to be based on a book of a teenage relationship and impending trouble. If I Stay is based on the young adult novel written by Gayle Foreman in 2009. Rather than a plot centered on cancer, it focuses on a victim of a car accident now in a coma. Like the book, the … Continue reading Should you stay for If I Stay?
Music has been filling the air at Gustavus Adolphus College, and it’s not about to stop. The final weeks of November are full of music concerts and events, including Gustavus and Vasa Wind Orchestras, Musical B.A.R., Brassworks, Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestra, Jazz, Woodwind Chamber, and Percussion. James Patrick Miller, Director of the Gustavus Wind Orchestra, has been a faculty member since 2008. He was one … Continue reading Gustavus musicians fill the frosty air with music
After producing 14 films, Pixar has become renowned for their work in the world of animation. With the recent announcement of Toy Story 4 in addition to several other planned sequels and original films, Pixar has slated the next few years to be full of animated wonder. For some, the announcement of Toy Story 4, came as a surprise. For many the third movie perfectly … Continue reading You’ve got a friend in the future of Pixar
It certainly is an interesting time to see Get on Up. James Brown, cast by Chadwick Boseman, is a controversial singer with a life worth seeing on film. Other than various television crime dramas, Boseman’s also known for portraying the legendary Jackie Robinson in 2013’s 42, so he’s no stranger to biopics about influential African-Americans in pop culture history. This time Boseman is joining director … Continue reading Get on Up for the father of funk
Every year the Theatre and Dance Department gives students the opportunity to present their work. Alternating between the two arts, this year theatre students will showcase their talents in the Gustavus Theatre Galleries. The showcase will feature three plays with two of them being student directed. That Time, originally written by Samuel Beckett, will be directed by Junior Theatre Major Thomas Buan. Samuel Bekett is … Continue reading Students direct Gustavus Theatre Galleries
Tales from Abroad is an ongoing section in which Gustavus students share the highlights of their study abroad experiences. Iwas originally interested in going to Malaysia because everyone I knew who had done a study abroad had gone to a European country where the cities were pretty similar to the cities here in the United States. I thought Malaysia would offer an experience less touched by … Continue reading Tales from Abroad (11/14/14)
