Isaac Furman ‘15
Staff Writer
Gospel Choir Concert: ‘Heavenly Voices’ performs after intensive workshop
On the evening of Saturday, October 13, the Heavenly Voices Gospel choir hosted a concert that was open to both Union students and members of the Schenectady community. While the performance was well attended by Union students and faculty memebers, …→
Mandeville Gallery Exhibition Presents: A friendship between art and literature
Through the end of October, the Nott Memorial Gallery will be exhibiting “Connections: Exploring the Ties between Poet Jim McCord and Painter Bruce McColl.” The exhibit, which is located on the second floor of the Nott, features the paintings …→
Folk songs from the hills to the city
Last Thursday, Union kicked off the Adirondack Lecture and Concert Series with folk music veteran Dan Berggren. Berggren, a mainstay of the folk music community for over thirty years, performed in front of a gathering of Union students, faculty, and …→
Classic Film Corner: ‘Chinatown’
The 1974 movie Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanksi and written by Robert Towne, is a throwback to both an underutilized style of filmmaking and a bygone era in American history. Set in 1930’s Los Angeles, the film centers around private …→
CLASSIC FILM CORNER: ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’
The 2004 romantic sci-fi film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is not an easy movie to understand. It’s the kind of film that takes multiple viewings to fully grasp. The story centers on Joel Barish (Jim Carey) and his …→
CLASSIC FILM CORNER: ‘Network’ foreshadows modern news
Long before the era of 24-hour cable news networks, Oscar-winning screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky wrote Network, telling the story of a fictional television station called UBS and its news anchor, Howard Beale (Peter Finch), who is fired due to poor ratings. …→
Major League Baseball: Playoff Preview
For baseball fans, the beginning of fall means one thing: Playoffs. After six months and 162 games, 10 teams have established themselves as contenders, and over the next month they will battle it out for a shot at a World …→
Classic Film Corner: The King of Comedy
Critics worried about Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, both of whom had developed a reputation for making violent, gritty films, collaborating on a 1983 satirical comedy about a man obsessed with a talk show host. In The King of …→