Posts published in “Arts and Entertainment”

By Pete Barell Arts and Entertainment Editor Rebecca (Academy Award Winner Juliette Binoche) is a photojournalist who reports on the dangerous daily lives of people in war zones. Her latest assignment documents female suicide bombers in Afghanistan, who let her observe and study their preparations. Putting herself in harms way,…

By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday, Oct. 15, Michelle D’Errico, a senior Art Education major, will hold a reception in the Student Art League’s gallery for her exhibition, “Now You See.” The artist will hang up her controversial colored pencil drawings of physically and emotionally abused children, hoping her audience…

By Jill Borowski Staff Writer “Camp X-Ray” is a controversial film about a young woman, Amy Cole (Kristen Stewart), and her quest to leave her small town lifestyle for something bigger. She joins the military in search of a greater purpose in life, but she then ends up as a…

By Sana Zahra Staff Writer The Hutchins Gallery, located in the lower level of LIU Post’s B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, has several exhibitions planned for this year, ranging from works by the Art department students and faculty, to the art works of various outside artists. It is free for…

By Pete Barell Arts and Entertainment Editor Sept. 8 – Nov. 15 • Exhibit: Color and Time, Paintings by Roy Newell, 1956 – 2000 • Exhibit: 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 Potoula Anagnostakos Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor Professor Neill Slaughter, a professor of Fine Arts at LIU Post, will be giving his lecture, “The Maine Event,” in The End Zone on Oct. 9 during common hour as part of the School of Visual Performing Arts’ Dean’s Lecture Series. The…

By Pete Barell Arts & Entertainment Editor Sharon Matt Atkins, Managing Curator of Exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, will be giving a free lecture on Oct. 9 from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m in the Steinberg Museum of Art. Light refreshments will be served at the event, which is also…

By Michael Themistocleous Staff Writer “A to Z” is a new romantic-comedy television show on Thursday nights at 9:30 on NBC, created by Ben Queen (writer of “Cars 2” and Fox’s “Drive”). The show follows the relationship between Zelda Vasco (Cristin Milioti) a no-nonsense lawyer, and Andrew Lofland (Ben Feldman)…

By Jill Borowski Staff Writer Liam Neeson stars in “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” which opened on Sept. 19 in New York. Scott Frank (“The Lookout”) directed the film, which is based on the novel written by Lawrence Block of the same name. Neeson plays the character of Matthew Scudder—an ex-cop…