Eastern Euphonics to host tryouts
Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter
August 28, 2017
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The a cappella group, Eastern Euphonics, will hold auditions this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Auditions will begin Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., continue Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and wrap up Friday 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. All auditions will take place in the Doudna Fine Arts Center in...
FreedomWINds at band concert
February 14, 2017
FreedomWinds, the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America, will perform at a concert 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The group, which performs jazz and ragtime songs along with music from Broadway and Hollywood, will perform in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. FreedomWinds consists...
Registration for ‘Lions in Winter’ Festival now open
Angelica Cataldo, Entertainment Reporter
December 7, 2016
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Registration for admission to Eastern’s literary festival “Lions in Winter” is currently open to both students and the community. The festival will be hosted from Jan. 27 through Jan. 28 in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Students enrolled in high school or college will be granted...
Charleston to catch Christmas spirit
Kennedy Nolen, Staff Reporter
November 30, 2016
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Charleston will be making spirits bright from 4:45 to 6 p.m. Saturday with the annual “Christmas in the Heart of Charleston” celebration on the square. Free food, music and visits with Santa Claus and a reindeer from Southern Illinois will be open to the public. Some stores on the square...
Music major to talk evolution of salsa
November 29, 2016
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A presentation on the evolution of salsa music will be given by Rose Cloud, a senior music education major, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Black Box room of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. According to the press release, the presentation will track the history and development of salsa music from African...
Composers’ Forum to show off original student music
Angelica Cataldo, Entertainment Reporter
November 16, 2016
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Students who composed their own music and recruited performers will get a chance to show off their work at a Composers’ Forum 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. Bradley Decker, a music composition and theory professor, said the students are the ones making...
Band to rock out Mac’s Uptowner over weekend
Carole Hodorowicz, Verge Reporter
October 6, 2016
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, The Verge
Returning for the second time, "Chromophonic” is ready to capture the ears of listeners at Macs’ Uptowner this Friday at 9:30 p.m. Five men are responsible for the “bodacious high energy, groove-oriented, funk-influenced rock ‘n’ roll” music. Lead vocals and guitar are powered b...
Music, art fill ‘Night of HOPE’
Olivia Swenson-Hultz, Assistant Photo Editor
October 2, 2016
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People were brought together with music and art to celebrate a good cause at “Night of HOPE” Friday evening at Jackson Avenue Coffee. The night was filled with musical performances and artwork donated by various artists. Throughout September, people could stop by the JAC and donate artwork...
Global Culture Night to unify diverse groups
Dillan Schorfheide, Staff Reporter
September 29, 2016
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The Association of International Students holds its Global Culture Night from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday. AIS president Beluchukwu Ebede, or Ben, said the purpose of Global Culture Night is to promote various cultures around the world, as well as to promote unity in diversity. “I am very excited a...
Band fills park with music, comfort
Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief
September 28, 2016
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Under the glow of the Kiwanis Park lights, the Jed Adam Band performed a mix of both original and cover songs for community members Tuesday night. Audience members shouted song requests for the band, yelling and whistling after their original song, “Comfort.” Charleston resident Tami Lewis...
Performers show off talents at festival
Cassie Buchman and Olivia Swenson-Hultz, News Editor and Assistant Photo Editor
September 25, 2016
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Musicians, a juggler, and even a few celebrities, courtesy of an impersonator, made an appearance at this year’s Family Weekend. Along with Family Funfest activities such as arcades and a screening of “Finding Dory,” entertainers could be found all over the Martin Luther King Jr. University...
Musician to sing historic Civil Rights Movement songs
T'Nerra Butler, Verge Editor
September 22, 2016
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, The Verge
Chris Vallillo fell for music in the sixth grade, and as the years carried on, his fervent passion for the art formed into a profession, which he will share with Eastern. Vallillo is a folk musician who does a combination of old and new songs that he said has a style reminiscent of older music. ...
