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Updated May 2, 2008 12:42 AM
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Comedy sequels are a risky proposition.
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Anyone who is keeping track of the best albums of 2008 would be smart to set aside some room for Santogold.
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Like its unusual and loquacious title, Tim and Eric: Awesome Show, Great Job!, a live-action sketch comedy show on Cartoon Network's [adult swim], doesn't play by the rules.
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"Accessible" is not a word too often associated with Animal Collective.
Updated May 1, 2008 12:59 AM
The Blue Man Group's show at the Bryce Jordan Center last night was heavy on percussion, strobe lights and rock 'n' roll clichés.
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The Blue Man Group rocks out with drum sticks on PVC tubes at one point during last night's performance at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Updated April 29, 2008 12:50 AM
Singer-songwriter James McMurtry began his career in 1989 after a Grammy Award-winning rock singer, John Mellencamp, hired his father to write a screenplay.
One might think that a band from Austria would be influenced by the sounds of Austrian natives Mozart or Joseph Haydn.
Updated April 28, 2008 12:51 AM
A year’s work of student filmmaking culminated before an enthusiastic sold-out audience Saturday night at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave.
Silver and gold coins attached to brightly colored outfits jingled as members of the Belly Dance Club shimmied their hips to the beat of an Egyptian pop song.
With finals approaching, attending tonight’s performance by the Penn State Concert Band can be a good way to relax, conductor Gregory Drane said.
Sayvinyl’s drummer Ryan Flach once called State College home, as did two of his bandmates.
Updated April 26, 2008 9:34 PM
With the headliner yet to perform, the remainder of Movin' On 2008 has been officially canceled due to threatening weather conditions, the event's assistant director said.
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Updated April 25, 2008 10:40 AM
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88 Minutes is a would-be-thriller so shabbily constructed the title may well refer to the amount of time spent on the screenplay.
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No matter what your opinion of Ashlee Simpson is, you have to give her credit for her tenacity. One would think that after being publicly humiliated on numerous occasions, she would just throw in the towel.
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Often, the decisions we make stick with us for the rest of our lives. Whether good or bad, they change us and alter the life we had once before.
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Comedy albums, such as Flight of the Conchords’ new self-titled record, are a completely different animal from their strictly musical counterparts.
When the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs performs Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony this weekend, don’t expect Gerardo Edelstein to mimic the antics of the original conductor at the symphony’s unveiling.
The ringmaster bellowed, “Welcome to the greatest show on Earth,” as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Bellobration began last night.
This weekend, the State College Area High School’s North and South auditoriums will be host to ice climbers, packs of wolves, unicyclists and base jumpers.
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A guitarist of Mark This Day plays during last night's Punchline concert at Delta Upsilon fraternity house, 229 Locust Lane. Three bands - The Spacepimps, Gene the Werewolf and Mark This Day - played for about 30 attendees.
Updated April 24, 2008 12:50 AM
Although the human body has inspired art for centuries, Teri Frame applied her recent reading material to develop a different approach for her new exhibition at the Zoller Gallery.
I've interviewed Cartel lead singer Will Pugh twice now, and both times he's spoken about how his band is bringing something new to the genre.
Updated April 23, 2008 12:50 AM
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Big issues were tackled in a small space Monday night when Bare: A Pop Opera was performed in the Pavilion Theatre.
The members of Band Marino are perfectionists.
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Elephants and horses parade down Route 322 yesterday for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Bellobration animal walk. The animals derailed near the Nittany Mall and walked to the Bryce Jordan Center last night. The circus will have seven performances at the BJC this weekend: Tomorrow and Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 1 and 5 p.m. Tickets are $12 for opening night, and $13, $24, $29 or $72 for all other performances. The family show will feature the character Bello and his daredevil skits, in addition to classic acts.
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Updated April 21, 2008 12:50 AM
Despite two attempts, holding a concert featuring Top 40 stars during Blue-White weekend just didn't work out.
Freed from classes, assignments and meetings during spring break, many students enjoyed their week off by lounging by the beach or simply relaxing. George Malek did something different.
An award-winning cartoonist who is known as one of America's most prominent gay comic writers will speak as the University Libraries Graphic Novel Speaker Series' final guest tonight in Foster Auditorium.
Updated April 18, 2008 3:56 PM
Singer Jordin Sparks has canceled her show set for Sunday at the Bryce Jordan Center due to illness, BJC officials announced today. Updated 3:56 PM
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When Steve Broadnax, director of the School of Theatre's Word Up! said in an interview with the Collegian last week the show would include the "political, social, economical and religious" aspects of hip-hop, I didn't know what to expect from the production.
While most events at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., feature music in a live format, today's lecture at the downtown venue will discuss how to make sounds come alive in the studio.
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Jason Segel goes full frontal on more than one occasion in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Apparently, in an effort to express vulnerability, this is a substitute for character development.
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