What were you doing last Friday night? Were you partying, dancing or otherwise enjoying the beginning of the weekend? While the majority of us were probably enjoying rather cliché weekend activities, approximately 30 theater buffs were having fun by gearing up for this term's 24-hour Play Festival.
Wearing a Wisconsin t-shirt to the delight of a sold-out Madison audience, Sufjan Stevens strolled onto the stage of the Majestic Theatre Monday night and declared "Sup y'alls, I'm 'Suff-jan' Stevens." And with that, he and his backing band were off to perform one of the best shows I have seen in a long time.
Considering the melodies heard drifting from the Lawrence Memorial Chapel, the bluesy tunes that jive in Harper Hall and the virtuosic études that float through the conservatory hallway of practice rooms, it is hard to imagine that Lawrence could produce any more music.
"Gamer" is truly the final hurrah for the summer, and it gives everyone one last big bang. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the creators of "Crank" and "Crank 2," have taken it up a notch for this movie. Neveldine and Taylor seem to have created "Gamer" by taking a concept from the film "Death Race" and combining that concept with the gaming ideology that these filmmakers are known for.
Brief stats: senior English and studio art major from Hopkins, Minn. Where you've seen her: Painting on display in the Wriston lobby, WAC art show last year and a large drawing in the hanging area of Wriston -- now migrating to her kitchen should you still want to check it out.
Music Tuesday, Oct. 6 The xx "xx" Built to Spill "There is No Enemy" No Age "Losing Feeling EP" The Mountain Goats "The Life of the World to Come" Movies Friday, Oct. 2 "Whip It" "Zombieland" "The Invention of Lying" "A Beautiful Life" DVD Tuesday, O