On my drive to the Dorothy Hart Community Center, I could not help but muse on what I was doing: going to see a class of the PRISM Belly Dancers of Fredericksburg. I was attending the advanced class, as recommended over the phone by Anthea Poole, a professional dancer and the instructor of the PRISM [...]
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Anderson Center Packed for Mac Miller Concert
By KATELYN LEBOFF Strobe lights and loud music rocked the Anderson Center on, April 23, from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. for the Mac Miller concert. Doors opened at 7 p.m. as a huge crowd was ushered in and through security, and the Mac fans just kept coming. UMW students got access to the concert [...]
Bassnectar Releases New Album, ‘Vava voom’
By CAROLINA BACKER The first time I saw Bassnectar perform, he was the opening band for Pretty Lights. Maybe Pretty Lights should have rethought having Bassnectar open, because in all honesty he stole the show. His performance was one of the best I’ve seen. The way he invokes the crowd with his head banging, arm [...]
‘Darkness 2′ is Incredibly Violent Fun
2K Games’ recent release, “The Darkness II” puts players into a gloriously vivid, ridiculous and violent comic book in an adventure that’s as fun as it is bloody. “The Darkness II” is the sequel to the 2007 game based on the comic book series from the mid-90s. The franchise follows an up and coming mobster, [...]
Cuban Poet Delivers Lecture to Spanish Program
By RACHEL PASSAR On the evening of Thursday April 12, the University of Mary Washington Department of Modern Foreign Languages proudly welcomed Cuban poet and scholar Milena Rodríguez Gutiérrez to present a lecture. For over an hour she captivated the audience with a sampling from her latest work, “Otra Cuba secreta: Antología de poetas cubanas [...]
‘Thursday Poems’ Shares Student Poetry
By MARINA BONANNO Do you write poetry? Are you interested in readings around campus? This week’s meeting of Thursday Poems showcased the work of The University of Mary Washington 302A Creative Writing students. The readings featured poems, raps and short stories with subjects ranging from oranges and Jesus, to softball games and the Titanic. Thursday [...]
FACSAP Approaching Harvest Season
By AMBER FUA In today’s world of instant, processed and genetically modified food, the concept of purity almost seems to be completely forgotten. Grocery store fruits and vegetables that are not grown locally fail to fulfill the ever-growing demand for truly fresh produce. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) groups, such as the one in Fredericksburg, focus [...]
Meshuggah’s ‘Koloss’ is a Brute of an Album
I defy you to find a melody in a Meshuggah song. Whatever melodic tendencies the Swedish death metal outfit has on their 1991 debut “Contradictions Collapse” had been crushed and thrown to the wind long before the release of their seventh studio album, “Koloss,” last month. The aptly titled album is a colossus of brutal, [...]
XV Delivers ‘Awesome’ Performance
By DOUGLAS SCHULTZ On Saturday night, hip-hop fans at UMW were treated to a free concert by XV, a rising rap star from Wichita, KS. Although the crowd barely filled half of the Great Hall, the energy onstage and below was obvious as XV jumped around the stage, clearly enjoying himself while hyping up the [...]
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