First hand view of Katrina comes to UWGB
UW-Green Bay welcomes the art of Stan Strembicki and audio works of Helena White to Lawton Gallery in Theatre Hall, from Sept. 11 to Oct. 2, to engage students, faculty and staff about Hurricane Katrina.
Stephen Perkins, academic curator of art at UWGB, has the responsibility of planning the art gallery.…
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Chan, Li join forces for first time in "Kings of Kung Fu"
When writer John Fusco's son became interested in Kung Fu movies, Fusco decided to share some of the Chinese folklore behind the stories. However, he found it was hard for his son to relate to the centuries old stories.
What started out as bedtime story soon became an epic film, "The Forbidden Kingdom.…
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Uakari opens new Union with upbeat concert in Phoenix Club
MTV's "A Shot at Love II" participant and UW-Green Bay alumnus Scotty Dickert opened up the fall semester with a bang. He and his band, Uakari, rocked the new Union's Phoenix Club last Wednesday night.
In a scene that easily could have been mistaken as a happening downtown nightclub, students bobbed their heads and bounced around to an eclectic vibe and funky vocals most of them had never heard before.…
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Drive-By Press cruises onto campus
In a world where art can be made in Photoshop and pictures can be sent across the Internet instantly, three University of Wisconsin grad school alumni are still doing it the old-fashioned way.
Lugging a several-hundred-pound printing press across the country in a van, the three printers will print T-shirts for the public, either with the prints the group has brought along or prints the public can bring.…
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Give me a hand: Trust yourself
The Situation: The most aggressive $5/$10 No-Limit Hold'em game I have ever played in. It's still early in the night, only 9 p.m., which is early for poker. The table is full of players that I've played many times before. I'm doing very well, up to $2,600.…
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Josh's justified jargonEmo is biggest detriment to musical society
For something that began its life in such a beautiful way, I can't even begin to figure out what the hell happened.
Back in the late 1980s, a subgenre of hardcore punk quickly gained popularity, especially in the Washington, D.C. area. Its spread continued into the mid 1990s until it suddenly vanished from the face of musical society.…
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Metallica returns to top with "Death Magnetic"
Challengers to their throne come and go, but one thing is clear: Metallica still reigns supreme over the world of hard rock.
The four 40-something kings of rock released "Death Magnetic" Sept. 12, their first studio album since 2003's "St. Anger."
The album was also the first studio effort to feature bass player Robert Trujillo, who joined the band shortly after the recording of "St.…
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