The roles have been reversed. Women act like men and men act like women as the improv comedy group Reflex partners with Busted Space Theatre Company to put on “Gender Flex: The Musical.” “You’ll see anything from high-heel clad men shimmying through ‘Cell Block Tango’ to a young ‘man’ thrown off during the Putnam 25th annual Spelling Bee due to an ‘Unfortunate Erection,’” said Reflex member Cary Patterson.
Being a college student is one thing but living off campus and cooking meals is another, so bargain shopping is essential to eating nutritious.
Friday Pocket Opera of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Medium” Where: Hargreaves Music Building Room 123 When: 7:30 p.m. Cost: Free UPB Movie: Inglourious Basterds Where: Pruis Hall When: 9 p.m. Cost: Free Karaoke Where: Chances R, 3421 S.
Vampires have been making a comeback with their recent portrayals as supernatural romancers
From Edward Cullen to Dracula, Lestat de Lioncourt to Count von Count, society has been constantly bombarded for years by the blood suckers known as vampires.
But long gone are the days when vampires were portrayed as old men rising up from caskets every Halloween — vampires today are now portrayed as attractive, lust-driven teenagers and twenty-somethings.
This Friday, the supernatural romance between vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and teen mortal Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) hits the silver screen once again in “Twilight Saga: New Moon,” the second installment of the movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyers’ best selling book series “Twilight.”
With novels, movies and television shows such as “Twilight,” “True Blood” and “The Vampire Diaries,” the seduction of the vampire world is growing. People are becoming more and more obsessed with these fantastical creatures. Instead of being seen as monsters, they have become the dark, brooding, sexy desires of female affection. But when did these vampires myths originate?
Bands performing show at Tally; UPB wants full concert
Underage students can once again jam to local bands without having to venture off campus.
Ball State acoustic artist TJ Fields and local pop-rock band Dreams of University will be playing a free show in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Tally at 8 p.m. tonight as part of University Program Board’s weekly Wired! series promoting local bands and musicians.
Small-scale opera is free, accessible to college audience
On Friday, Levitt and his six-member cast will introduce the first performance of the Ball State Pocket Opera with “The Medium.” The Ball State Opera Theatre normally has a presentation in the spring at John R. Emens Auditorium or Sursa Performance Hall, but this year, Levitt created the Pocket Opera company which performs a smaller opera in the fall.
“This is Pocket Opera — it’s not a genre; it’s a name,” he said. “Something that you can fit in your pocket is maybe something that’s maybe on a smaller scale. Like an iPod is a travel thing as opposed to the big, fat, honking stereo. That’s what we do in April.”
November is a month of many celebrations. Some students were reciting quotes from the movie "V for Vendetta" for Guy Fawkes Day, some are busy growing their ‘staches for Movember and many more are looking forward to stuffing their faces on Turkey Day next week. However, there is only one holiday that pays homage to the admirers of the creamy spread – peanut butter. Not to be confused with National Peanut Day, (Jan. 2), or National Peanut Month, (March), or National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, (April 2), November represents Peanut Butter Lover’s Month, which can be celebrated in a variety of ways.
Kaylee Swanson, 23, understands the importance of adoptive families. “I feel like it is important for a child to be raised in a two-parent home and by parents that will be able to provide for all of the child’s needs,” she said. But there is another reason.
Some say the best way to learn is to teach. Senior theatre major Derrick Ramey knows how true that can be. Ramey is the director of the Cave Theater production of “Criminal Genius,” which premiers Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Graphic novel lovers share passion for changing trends
Michael Daehn says he’s “not a normal comic book guy,” but some may disagree. An assistant professor of theater education and directing, he started reading comic books at the age of six, growing up in Wisconsin.
“It was a way for my parents to encourage me to read,” he said.
Nagging them while waiting in line at the grocery store didn’t hurt either; his parents would rather get him a comic book as opposed to candy or toys. As he got older, the collection began to pile up. By the time Daehn was in higher education, he amassed nearly 20,000 comic books, including the first 25 X-Men and earliest of the Fantastic Four series.
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