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Clarion hosts film festival for women

Comments Off 22 April 2010

Short films are always fun to watch. The ninth annual LUNAFEST: Short Films by, for, about Women featured 10 short films on Monday in Hart Chapel. The presentation was sponsored by Clarion University’s Women and Gender Studies Program. This was the second year in a row that Clarion hosted this festival. It cost $3 admission, [...]

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Reading of a play, but no acting done

Comments Off 01 April 2010

The second performance in Clarion University’s Theatre Series, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” by August Wilson, was presented March 26 and 27 at Hart Chapel. This staged reading featured many characters. The story was told by a narrator, who in this case was Shawn Arnold. He told the audience everything that the characters would be doing [...]

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Twilight to take the throne Harry Potter once had

1 Comment 24 March 2010

Imagine yourself on Friday March 19, 2010 standing in front of Walmart anticipating the release of part two of the “Twilight Saga: New Moon.” You own all the books, the first “Twilight” movie and even the dolls. Your even a bigger fan of “Twilight” then you were “Harry Potter,” when it first came out. There [...]

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ABC producers ask you to get lost one more time

Comments Off 04 March 2010

September 2004 is when Flight 815 crashed on an island in the first episode of the TV series “Lost.” Three years later, after many characters have died (and some have come back to life) the series is in its final season. The show was originally meant to run two seasons, but additional episodes extended it [...]

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Movie Review: A Valentine’s day gift

Comments Off 04 March 2010

The list of actors and actresses may be enough to tempt moviegoers to view “Valentine’s Day.” It offers a range of possibilities for relationships, storylines and conclusions.

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Surviving again

Comments Off 17 February 2010

“Heroes vs. Villains,” sounds like a movie, right? Not in this case. This season of “Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains” features contestants from past episodes. Over the past decade, “Survivor” has become one of America’s most watched reality TV shows. Twenty seasons have aired with more than 300 different players trying to outwit, outplay and outlast [...]

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Swift takes the Grammys

Comments Off 04 February 2010

Twenty years ago, at the 32nd annual Grammy Awards would have been the first Grammy Awards ceremony that country singer, Taylor Swift would have been able to watch, because she would have just been born. At age 20, Taylor Swift, is the youngest award winner ever at the Grammy’s and received the biggest award at [...]