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Review: ‘The Disaster Artist’ looks behind the scenes of cult film ‘The Room’

Alexander McCall November 5, 2013

In 2003, Hollywood unknown Tommy Wiseau set out to create a “great American drama” that would be taken seriously and respected by colleagues and critics alike, a film called “The Room.”  ...

Tedeschi Trucks Band frontman Derek Trucks (left) and frontwoman Susan Tedeschi (right) pumped up the jams to a sold-out crowd Friday night at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts. The blues-rock duo formed the band in 2010 after they married and put their solo projects on hold to tour and record together. Photo by Paul Heckert | The Appalachian

Blues-rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band sells out Schaefer

Alexander McCall November 5, 2013

The critically acclaimed blues-rock ensemble Tedeschi Trucks Band played a sold-out, two-hour concert at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts on Friday. Led by virtuosic guitarist Derek Trucks...

Review: Katy Perry’s ‘Prism’ is both different and more of the same

Review: Katy Perry’s ‘Prism’ is both different and more of the same

Alexander McCall October 30, 2013

Let’s back up to 2008. “I Kissed a Girl” is annoyingly ubiquitous and will soon become the tenth best-selling single of all time. The single was the calling card for one Katy Perry, a former Christian-rock...

Appalachian heritage celebrated in moonshine documentary ‘The Last One’

Alexander McCall October 30, 2013

The Appalachian Heritage Council of the Appalachian Popular Programming Society presented ‘The Last One” on campus Monday night in hopes to shed some light on the unique history of the region. ...

Author Marya Hornbacher speaks to inspire action at Appalachian

Alexander McCall October 30, 2013

The Appalachian State University Counseling Center and the High Country chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness welcomed Marya Hornbacher, award-winning journalist and bestselling author, to the...

Halloween electricity comes to Legends

Alexander McCall October 30, 2013

Legends will host a Halloween party featuring disc jockey Don Winsley in his first headline appearance at Appalachian State University Thursday night. Winsley, who last performed at Legends with Cherub...

Poetry group Lyric and The Peel team up for Halloween open mic night

Alexander McCall October 28, 2013

Appalachian State University’s poetry group Lyric and student-run literary arts publication The Peel will come together to present an open mic night Thursday at 7 p.m. in Belk Library, Room 114. The...

Review: Arcade Fire releases beautifully flawed and dynamic album ‘Reflektor’

Alexander McCall October 28, 2013

The classic myth about Orpheus concerns his attempt to lead his wife Eurydice from the underworld under oath that he won’t look back at her until they both reach the surface. Just as Orpheus makes it...

Jeremy Bollman demonstrates bread-making techniques, which he uses to create different pastries as head baker of Stick Boy Bread Company. Kim Reynolds | The Appalachian

Coming rye-t up: Stick Boy co-head baker Jeremy Bollman discusses his love for bread and creating

Alexander McCall October 28, 2013

Three years ago, Jeremy Bollman was unhappily working for a building supply company in Foscoe. Now he makes thousands of loaves of bread, rolls and baguettes each week for Stick Boy Bread Company and said...

Review: SOJA brings tight, crowd-pleasing reggae to Legends

Alexander McCall October 28, 2013

As a music critic, I do my best to objectively explain how music makes me feel. Inevitably, these descriptions are filtered through my own bias as a white suburbanite who grew up on classic rock. Reggae,...

Nigerian artist Tunde Afolayan Famous to paint live at Art Bash

Alexander McCall October 23, 2013

Nigerian artist Tunde Afolayan Famous has made Boone his home, and now he’s sharing his talent with Appalachian State University students through the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Famous’ art...

Nicolas Jaar’s duo Darkside delivers solid debut album

Alexander McCall October 23, 2013

Progressive rock, as it’s normally defined, has been around since the late ’60s when bands such as King Crimson and Pink Floyd began taking the psychedelic pop of that era to expansive, bizarre realms....

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