She is an affable woman with mahogany hair and bright eyes to match. She and her husband met in college, and they will celebrate their 30th anniversary this year. Friendliness personified, she is Ann Rhine, wife of Chadron State College’s 11th president.
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When performers play on stage, the audience can tell. This seems self-explanatory. But I don’t mean playing instruments or voices.
Read MoreGallery 239, tucked away n the second floor or Memorial Hall, has seen a lot of art. Through its doors pass professional works and student pieces, strange modern expressions and traditional oils.
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“If you’re writing a review, you’re basically writing a plot synopsis.”
A professor of mine recently uttered this debatable statement. His opinion of reviews wasn’t necessarily contemptuous, but he seemed to think that “reviewing” a work was analogous to writing a Spark Notes outline.
Some art tells, and some art shows. The best does both. This semester’s senior art show, Take Five, dabbles in both breadths of communication, leaving the audience with comments, and commentary, on the artists’ worlds.
Read MoreThe heat was on Saturday night. Not outside, where biting winds cut temperatures in half, but inside Memorial Hall the Fahrenheit rose.
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Charlie Sampson, the first African American to win the Bull Riding World Championship, strolls across Memorial Hall’s main stage.
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The faculty art show, featuring seven faculty artists, is open now until Mar. 15.
Read MoreOn Friday, January 25, Robert Burns fans around the world gathered to celebrate the venerable Scottish poet’s birthday. Some attended Robert Burns celebrations, where kilt-clad appreciators recited classics from the Ploughman Poet and discussed history.
Read MoreTwelve baffling pieces hang on the felt-covered walls. There are mermaids and overcoats, demons and dresses, fires and feather caps. This week, Alejandro Mazon, a Cuban-born artist based out of N.Y., brings his unique blend of Spanish and Cuban influence to the upstairs gallery of Memorial Hall, showing until Feb. 1st.
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