Many people think they have seen Shakespeare's famous tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" because they saw the Leonardo DiCaprio movie once, or read a condensed version of the play in high school. They know the balcony scene, the intense street fighting and the tragic ending.
While they may be too old for trick-or-treating, Lawrence students have another alternative this Halloween weekend, as Artistic Masturbation Theatre sponsors the 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Admission is free and the show will take place in the new Warch Campus Center Cinema, with performances Friday, Oct.
When it was announced that Thom Yorke would be contributing a song to the soundtrack of "New Moon," the latest film in the "Twilight" series, a collective gasp ran through the community of not just Radiohead fans, but of "indie" music fans in general. Could this be true? Could Thom Yorke, one of the most vague and mysterious characters in rock music today, be a "Twilight" fan? It must be a joke, we told ourselves.
There is nothing more terrifying than the idea of a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police department actually being a serial killer in his free time, using his knowledge of blood to help catch criminals for the police department, and personally doing away with the criminals the police department can't catch.
The weekend of Halloween is upon us, so I felt it was necessary to assist those of you looking for truly terrifying weekends, and those that need help sifting through the thousands of horror movies out there. I present here a list of my personal top five horror films, along with some others to help.
It's hard to say where you might have seen Conner Lewis before. This senior, a double-degree vocal performance and theater major from Cedar Rapids, Iowa seems to get onstage as much as possible. He's been involved in musicals, operas and plays at Lawrence, most recently as Gilbert in "When the War is Done," last spring's LUMP production.
Music Tuesday, November 3 Morrissey, "Swords" The Swimmers, "People Are Soft" Wale, "Attention Deficit" Carrie Underwood, "Play On" Vagina Panther, "Vagina Panther" Movies Friday, October 30 "Skin" "Labor Day" "Gentlemen Broncos" "The House of the Devil" "How to Seduce Difficult Women" DVD Tuesday, November 3 "Food, Inc.