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The Appalachian

Review: Beyoncé’s visual album makes waves as innovative, feminist, exceptional pop music

Review: Beyoncé’s visual album makes waves as innovative, feminist, exceptional pop music

Colin Moore January 16, 2014

On Dec. 13, Beyoncé Knowles changed the game. Fourteen new songs and 17 accompanying high-definition, expertly choreographed music videos were unleashed on an unsuspecting audience with no fanfare. Now...

Wood Circle House brings hardcore music to Boone

Wood Circle House brings hardcore music to Boone

Lovey Cooper January 16, 2014

Boone-based band Earth Mover made their debut performance as they and four other hardcore, indie and emo bands dragged the 2014 house show season moshing, kicking and screaming into Boone at the Wood Circle...

Decade-long research culminates with Appalachian professor’s newest play

Decade-long research culminates with Appalachian professor’s newest play

Alexander McCall December 5, 2013

Georgia Rhoades spent the last 10 years researching the life and times of a woman executed in 1725. Rhoades, a professor in the Department of English and director of the Writing Across the Curriculum...

Black Cat scales back on concert acts

Black Cat scales back on concert acts

Alexander McCall December 5, 2013

Restaurant and concert venue Black Cat Burrito recently made the business decision to close its doors to most shows not taking place Friday nights. The change was sparked by decreasing popularity of...

Write-Ins help students  combat writer’s block

Write-Ins help students combat writer’s block

Michael Bragg November 21, 2013

Appalachian State University graduate and former creative writing major Katie Kehoe always wanted a place to write outside of class while at school. Having a job and massive amounts of schoolwork...

Senior theatre arts major Rachel Leishman acts as Rennie in the production “The Most Massive Woman Wins.” Photo courtesy of Will Allen

Women’s Theater Troupe debuts first show

Michael Bragg November 21, 2013

The newly founded Appalachian Women's Theatre Troupe presents its first production, "The Most Massive Woman Wins," this weekend to promote the club's pro-female message by exploring modern women's issues...

Short film festival ‘by, for, about women’ comes to Boone

Short film festival ‘by, for, about women’ comes to Boone

Michael Bragg November 21, 2013

LUNAFEST, the popular film festival "by, for, about women," comes to Boone on Thursday and Friday. Thursday, the nine short films will be shown in Greenbriar Theater, and the event will continue...

Post-grads find creative outlet in food blogging

Post-grads find creative outlet in food blogging

Michael Bragg November 21, 2013

For recent graduates, simply finding a job can be hard enough, but finding a job that provides a creative outlet and is tailored to personal interests can be nearly impossible. Fortunately, in...

Photo Courtesy of Lois Greenfield

Tap dance legend visits Boone

Alexander McCall November 19, 2013

Who said tap dancing is dead?   Savion Glover brought his unique and critically acclaimed tap dancing style to Appalachian State University’s Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts on Friday night. ...

Review: ‘A Game For Pete’ shines

Alexander McCall November 19, 2013

A one-man-show with 15 actors, a modern interpretation of the parable of the Prodigal Son and the frenzied relationship between a Texan and a Frenchman are all plays you might find on a college campus. ...

Freshman theatre arts major Will Vogler (left) and senior theatre arts major Carmen Lawrence (right) rehearse their lines for the play “A Game for Pete,” which was featured in the New Play Festival. The festival featured original plays written by students. Photo by Maggie Cozens | The Appalachian

Review: ‘Je Tammy’ is cute, surprising

Alexander McCall November 19, 2013

Of the three plays at this year’s New Play Festival from Thursday through Saturday, Tyler Quick’s comedy “Je Tammy” had the most straightforward premise. A French mime named Pierre, played by sophomore...

Review: Boone’s adaptation of ‘Die Fledermaus’ is lighthearted, accessible

Alexander McCall November 19, 2013

Opera, as it’s often publicly conceived, is supposed to be epic, bombastic and tragic. One of the first images that comes to mind is of the Wagnerian Viking soprano who shatters a glass with her piercing...

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