Pop culture catch up
By Erin Gladieux / March 28, 2015Zayn Malik leaves One Direction and celebrities criticize Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in this week's Pop Culture Catch Up.
Zayn Malik leaves One Direction and celebrities criticize Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in this week's Pop Culture Catch Up.
An artist featured in the David Owsley Museum of Art’s (DOMA) exhibition “Fractured Narratives” brought stories of his travels in Ethiopia to a campus talk Thursday.
Woodstock: a weekend of peace, love and music – the ultimate festival experience. Too bad it happened in 1969. Luckily, Indiana is in a central location for an abundance of festivals happening this summer.
“La Boheme” might be an opera, but Director Jon Truitt said Ball State Opera Theatre’s new production is not just for aristocrats or Italian speakers but for everyone.
Starting Friday, a young cast of Ball State musical theatre students tackle “Oklahoma!,” a production that Director Karen Kessler, associate professor of theatre, said “changed the course of the American musical.”
The David Owsley Museum of Art’s “Fractured Narratives: A Strategy to Engage” exhibit contains the work of 14 artists, but only one will be traveling to Ball State.
In the second production to ever be done of the show, Ball State theatre students present, "One Hand Clapping."
An illustrator known for her work on women empowerment and social justice issues is coming to Ball State as a part of Women’s Week and Women’s History Month.
Justin Bieber reacts to Comedy Central roast, One Direction member leaves tour in this week's Pop Culture Catch Up
John R. Emens Auditorium went all-out virtual Thursday night with "Video Games Live." The show combines lighting technology, a live orchestra and choir — provided by Muncie Symphony Orchestra and Ball State Choirs — and popular video games, past and present, to provide an innovative look at the world of digital gaming.
Classic and popular video games with synchronized videos and lighting meet a live orchestrated soundtrack at a Thursday show in John R. Emens Auditorium that some gamer students hope connects a mainstream audience with the games they love.
Country band Little Big Town interacted with fans and kept the energy high during their concert at John R. Emens Auditorium on Saturday night.
When Jennifer Blackmer’s mother died in 2010, she dealt with it the way an artist does – by channeling grief through a creative project.
“Deep” is a word used to describe multiple facets of local dubstep DJ Phlank's musicianship. First, he considers himself a “deep dubstep” producer. This junior computer science major also makes prodigious use of deep, low frequencies. But most of all, Colin Ledbetter's statement as a musician is deep.
She has a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University, a master’s degree in choreography from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, is an adjunct professor at Barnard College in New York City, and has worked with Juilliard. Now she’s at a different university: Ball State.
Check out our live blog of the 87th Academy Awards.
All you need to know about the Oscars in this weekend's Pop Culture Catch Up.
Golden Dragon Acrobats, a trained acrobatic group hailing from China, are the exception to the rule of what the human body is capable of handling. They jumped, twisted, juggled and teetered to a pulsing and majestic soundtrack that elegantly showcased what their website calls the country’s 2,500-year-old tradition.
Presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance, “Equus” utilizes ritual, psychology and sexuality, including a scene containing nudity, to examine the meaning of what it is to be normal.
Nearly everything in Taylor Fentz’s studio was made from some amount of metal.
