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Whether you're an uptown girl or a piano man, you won't have to go to extremes to find a show for yourself this weekend. Movin' Out, an American tale set to the music of one of the nation's most "American" artists, is coming to Eisenhower Auditorium.
Sometimes musicians fall on hard times. It's a fact of life. Heck, VH1 fills roughly 91 percent of its programming schedule based on this very concept. It's not always fair, but that's how life works.
The saints will go marching in three days early with the help of some jazz music and Penn State President Graham Spanier.
African American spirituals don't get a lot of airplay in today's world. Despite their huge role in shaping contemporary gospel music, the spirituals as they once existed are a fading genre.
Music can now be created anywhere at any time. It is born in living rooms, basements and dorms. With artists now recording and producing with similar ease, this is the beginning of a new revolution in music, in which the artist has sole control over their music.
On Feb. 10, The Seldom Scene will be in Los Angeles attending the Grammy Awards, after garnering its first nomination. On Feb. 1, though, the bluegrass band will be making a pit stop at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., to show off its nomination-worthy sound.
If anyone ever wants to know what the best way to start a winter tour is, feel free to ask singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson. He will definitely have an answer.
We recently got the chance to interview singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson who will be playing a sold out show at the State Theatre this Monday. Nathanson spills the dirt about his live show (which apparently is comparable to Cirque De Soleil), admits his love for Dawson's Creek and comes clean about how he really feels about State College, PA.
Matthew Stinchcomb was the original founder and guitar player of the French Kicks, a New York City-based indie rock group, before he decided he wanted more out of life. So he dropped out of the band, married a girl from Germany and helped to create a new sort of "artsy e-bazaar" called Etsy.
Who: Jihae Yang (sophomore-division of undergraduate studies)
With the holidays behind us and the spring semester's promise of warmer days just around the bend, it's easy to forget that the winter freeze is just beginning to take its toll on our skin.
It can be difficult to remember some of the bigger problems in the world if your fashion magazine is brainwashing you into thinking that wearing the wrong color shoes is a major international crisis.
When Rebecca Hartman (sophomore-marketing) trekked across the country to Park City, Utah, over the holiday weekend, she was planning on visiting friends and hitting the ski slopes. And, because her trip coincided with the annual Sundance Film Festival, she was also headed out west to see some independent films.
When Cloverfield opened up as the No. 1 film in the country earlier this month, part of the hype surrounding it stemmed from the movie's mysterious monster who ravages New York City. And that monster was made possible, in part, by Penn State alumnus Eric Leven.
We've all been there or have helped a friend through it with a bit of money.
World-conquering commercial soft drink brands like Mountain Dew don't typically inspire art, but for two Penn State students, that's just what happened.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a ranking system invented by psychologist Abraham Maslow that ranks the different things humans need to live fulfilling lives.
Allow me to take one moment to brag. Just a moment, I promise.
