Compiled by LANDON JAMES Thursday, Oct. 1: • Head down to the Underground and cut a rug at DJ Night. Hosted by WMWC, the dance party starts at 10 p.m. and runs until 1:30 a.m. • The Orpheum Film Club screens Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange,” which is based off the acclaimed novel. The movie [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Zorn on the Hot Seat
By ZACH MORETTI December 27, 2007. That was the last time the Detroit Lions won an NFL regular season game. The Lions were 0-19 since that late December victory over the Kansas City Chiefs and during their 19-game-losing streak Detroit was outscored 623-321. But all that was wiped away last Sunday when the Lions got [...]
Rocktoberfest to Feature We the Kings, Free Allman’s Barbecue
By EMMA MAX Giant Production’s annual “Rocktoberfest” hits Ball Circle this Friday, Oct 2. From 5 to 7 p.m., Allman’s Barbecue will be serving free barbecue while headlining act, We the Kings, serve up their loud brand of pop-rock. Emerging from Florida in 2007 on the heels of their debut, self-titled album, band members Travis [...]
Swim Team’s Season Under Way With ‘Blue and Grey Battle Royale’
By TRICIA ELLIOTT On Saturday afternoon, the walls around Goolrick pool were decked to the nines in posters screaming “Go Big Blue” or “Break out the Grey,” marking the arena of the UMW Swim Team’s annual Blue and Grey Battle Royale. This inter-house competition is the first meet of the season for Eagles’ Swimming and [...]
The Green Boys Make Their Campus Debut at the Underground
By EMILIE BEGIN The Green Boys are set to perform at the Underground this Friday, Oct. 2 at 9 p.m. This marks the first on-campus performance for the Americana-influenced folk musicians, who have played all around downtown Fredericksburg, including the Loft, Sammy T’s, Market Square and University Café, where they just performed last weekend. Comprised [...]
Off the Record: “Brand New Eyes” by Paramore
By BRYANT MATERA (4/5 stars) Paramore’s third full-length studio effort, “Brand New Eyes,” illustrates a surprising change of pace for the rocking foursome from Franklin, Tennessee. The album switches up Paramore’s sound a bit, although not as dramtically as Panic! At the Disco’s “Pretty. Odd.” or the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” did [...]
Fantasy Football Corner – Week 4
By ZACH MORETTI Start Em: QB- Jay Cutler (Chicago): Has bounced back from a horrendous week 1 with two strong weeks in a row and this week he gets to go up against the Lions’ defense. RB- Matt Forte (Chicago): The perennial top-5 fantasy pick has underwhelmed to start the season, but he is due [...]
‘Mad Men’ Worth Checking Out
By BRENDAN OUDEKERK Like most of you reading this, I didn’t know too much about the hit series “Mad Men” three months ago. I knew it was critically acclaimed and apparently very interesting, but I knew no one that had watched it. Despite worries about missed back-story from past episodes, I decided that I would [...]
UMW Folk Singer Plays Music Festival
By ERIN COX After a long and sleepless weekend Sept 18-20, folk musician Alex Culbreth returned home to Fredericksburg after attending the fourth annual Sharps Sessions in Warsaw, Virginia. The festival, which took place over three days, was entirely free and featured 25 local bands falling into genres such as metal, folk, reggae and punk. [...]
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