By Jill Borowski Staff Writer During this time of year, scary movies are shown on television and in movie theaters across the country, but why the piqued interest in horror films? Is it the thrill of that edge-of-your-seat ambiance they provide? Or do people just enjoy getting scared? There is no…
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By Pete Barell Arts & Entertainment Editor Senior Art Education major Danielle Savarese’s art show “Exposed” was held from Oct. 27 through Nov. 1 in the Hillwood Student Art League Gallery. The reception was held on Oct. 29 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Dozens of pieces by the artist…
By Bryan Stengel Staff Writer On Nov. 10, a box set of unreleased Bob Dylan lyrics will come to life in the album titled “Lost On the River: The New Basement Tapes.” About a year ago, musician and producer T-Bone Burnett received a message from the legendary folk-singer’s publisher, asking…
By Pete Barell Arts & Entertainment Editor Sept. 8 – Nov. 15 – Exhibits: “Color and Time,” paintings by Roy Newell, 1956 – 2000; “Changing New York,” photographs by Berenice Abbott, 1935 – 1938. Steinberg Museum of Art, Hillwood Commons, 2nd floor. Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.,…
By Sana Sahra Staff Writer Famed American journalist Mary Schmich once said “Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views.” For the month of October, Larry Aarons, a native New Yorker from the Bronx who works…
By Bendik Sorensen Staff Writer Jianan Li, an MFA Fine Art student from Shandong, China, and Sofie Hoff, a senior Fine Arts major from Malmö, Sweden, held opening receptions for their solo art exhibitions on Wednesday, October 22. Both artists use nature as major parts of their work. Li’s show…
By Pete Barell Arts & Entertainment Editor Sept. 8 – Nov. 15 • Exhibits: Color and Time, Paintings by Roy Newell, 1956 – 2000; Changing New York, Photographs by Berenice Abbott, 1935-1938. Steinberg Museum of Art, Hillwood Commons, 2nd Floor. Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Thursdays until…
By Jill Borowski Staff Writer On Friday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 25, from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m., the Music Department got into the spirit of Halloween with their 16th annual Haunted House in the Fine Arts Center. The haunted house is a guided walkthrough (about 10 min) with…
By Potoula Anagnostakos Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor The Port Washington Play Troupe, in partnership with WCWP, the campus radio station, will be performing “War of the Worlds” as part of their Fall Radio Drama Series. The performance, which will feature actors reading from original radio drama scripts on stage…
By Pete Barell Arts and Entertainment Editor The Archives and Special Collections located in room 345 (second floor) of LIU Post’s B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library serves as a large, dynamic resource for students, faculty, and the public. With more than 35 distinguished rare book and archival collections, from books,…