By Ian Todaro The second annual Woodstock Comedy Festival was hosted Sept. 19 through 21 in Woodstock, New York, drawing comedy fans and comedians alike. The festival featured everything from stand-up comedy shows, panel discussions, parties and documentary screenings; all for a good cause. Comedians Colin Quinn and Whiplash from the […]
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By Gabriela Jeronimo In New Paltz, local shows usually take place in somebody’s small, dark basement or at the bars in town after midnight. This limits audiences and excludes those under the legal drinking age. Musicians Sans Frontieres is a non-profit group that aims to change the local music scene […]
About Fields of Vision The SUNY New Paltz art faculty exhibit, entitled “Fields of Vision” began April 13 and will run until June 23. The exhibit’s opening night was April 12 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Samuel Dorsky Museum on the SUNY New Paltz campus. Fields of […]
Zachary Rousseas held a discussion and power-point presentation on February 28 about the history of the relationship between society and homosexual men. Discussing everything from the symbolism of the pink triangle during the holocaust to the way homosexuals are depicted in the media today.
The Cunneen-Hackett Center in Poughkeepsie played host to the first-ever Reel Entertainment student film festival on Saturday, March 2. According to Event Coordinator Nichole Fenichel-Hewitt, the festival drew over 100 entries from across the country. The list was narrowed down to 20 selections, several of which were local productions. “I […]
SUNY New Paltz art students describe their current work while the ambient sound of their craft is weaved in.
The fourth annual SUNY New Paltz New Play Festival is aiming to create a discussion on women’s issues such as dating, family, choices and relationships through six short plays. Along with an open conversation through art focused on women, the festival is creating opportunities for writers to have their work […]
“The Dark I Know,” SUNY New Paltz’s first original student-written musical, told the story of two families’ experiences during the complex and socially crippling era of Nazi Germany. The character-driven production was as much about human emotion as it was about history, according to playwright and SUNY New Paltz student […]
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Along the walls of Shango Hall, one of the oldest residence halls on the SUNY New Paltz a campus are numerous murals, hand-painted by the students who occupied the building. The murals include images of prominent civil rights figures like Malcolm X, a depiction of the seven principles of Kwanzaa […]
It’s Tuesday, Oct. 30, and fourth-year radio and production major Joe Neggie is sitting on the floor of his apartment with a white T-shirt, peanut butter, corn syrup, red food dye and a pair of scissors. Tomorrow, he said, he’s going to be “tiger lunch.” “My girlfriend and I wanted […]
An Ulster County resident is making a big splash in Hollywood. Andrew “Andy” Pagana, who shares a home between Ulster County and Burbank, California, has been working hard to brand himself and pave his own path in Hollywood. Born and raised in Newburgh, Pagana always had a penchant for film. […]
Michael Gold walks down the stairs into a dimly lit room. He flicks the switch and hundreds of faces stare back at him. Former first lady Hilary Clinton, former Vice President Walter Mondale, Tito Puente, boxer Floyd Patterson and the founder of Cablevision Alan Gerry, are all assembled along Gold’s […]
A tiny 80-year-old Japanese man with a wispy grey mohawk rolls out a bright green suitcase in front of a wall-length canvas. He puts it down and begins to unpack its contents onto the tarp he is standing on. Ushio Shinohara pulls out a pair of boxing gloves with foam […]
Sam Lachow is seen outside spending time with friends. It is the weekend before the Wale concert, and he has one rehearsal to prepare. While some may find opening before a well-known rapper to be intimidating, Lachow is excited for this once in a lifetime opportunity. “When I found out […]
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Most people are busy working a few jobs in the current economic climate. This is especially true for recently graduated college students. For one SUNY New Paltz alumni, busyness is an afterthought. Lara Hope is more concerned with entertaining, while also helping people along the way. Lara Hope, 25, a […]
By next year, he may be remembered as the guy who got to stare down Megan Fox’s shirt in Judd Apatow’s upcoming movie This is 40. But, for the Arts Writing class he visited at SUNY New Paltz March 6, Graham Parker will be known as the eccentric British rocker […]
