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Improvisational acting is comedic hit at USA

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Commedia del Arte, a performing arts troupe based in Mobile, Ala., is putting a new spin on live entertainment. The group performs regularly at the Museum of Mobile and on the campus of the University of South Alabama.
Their style is "Commedia dell'arte," a form of improvisational theater that began in Italy and dates back to the Middle Ages.

6th installment of ficition by Prianka Mansur

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It was the same sound Fatima made.
"Are you alright?" I asked. She clenched her belly with one hand as she held the money in the other. She doubled over; squeezing her eyes shut. Time stopped. Fatima did not move; she stayed bent over. I could not see her breathing.

Art Smart: Is found art just aesthetic salvage?

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Have you seen a piece of art and thought "How is this art? What makes it display-worthy?" It is likely that you saw a piece of found art and did not even know it.
According to Clever Magazine, found art is artwork made from everyday objects taken out of one context and put into another.

Daedalus String Quartet Performs at Laidlaw

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Daedalus String Quartet performed at the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center on Sept. 18. Daedalus, a combined effort of Min-Young Kim, violin; Kyu-Young Kim, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; and Raman Ramakrishnan, cello was established in 2000.
The program consisted of String Quartet in G minor, Op.

When art, football collide

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Before 2006, the only football game I had ever seen was the homecoming game my senior year of high school.
It eclipsed my understanding that there could possibly be any semblance of pleasure obtained from simply watching sweaty men in skintight pants chase a ball around.

Unique art exhibit opens at Dr. Java

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dr. Java is now presenting "Expressive Qualities: From Within, From Without" by Sean Koger and Josh Ashley. The exhibit opened Sept. 19 and will run until Nov. 9 at Dr. Java located across from USA on Old Shell Road.
The exhibit is a unique one as works displayed by Kroger are in mediums of pastels and charcoals, and Ashley's work is mixed media.

RomanStreet performs at Serda's

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

If you are looking for some good coffeehouse music infused with a Spanish flavor, then RomanStreet is a band you should check out. The local quintet is known for "Gypsy Jazz," according to its Web site.
I saw only two of RomanStreet's musicians perform Sept.

Chronic Blues to play Launching Pad stage at Bayfest

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It was a warm, spring night in 2006 when a future writer strolled down Mobile's Dauphin Street in search of her friends.
As she wove through the crowds, the vibrant rhythms of Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Pride and Joy" were blasting from Boo Radley's.
Mesmerized, she stopped long enough to peek inside the window.

On the Fringe: The Hills

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

When I came home from classes this past Friday, I walked into my dining room to find my younger sister browsing MTV's Web site. I asked her what she was watching, and when she casually replied, "The Hills," the inspiration for this column rose in me with a passion unlike any other.

Bayfest features popular artists

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The 14th annual Bayfest Music Festival will take over the streets of downtown Mobile on Oct. 3-5.
More than 125 local and national music acts ranging in various styles will be sure to please most musical tastes. Some of the acts that are to perform are Darius Rucker, Nelly and Buckcherry, who all released new albums within the past few weeks.

Downloadable content: what game developers will never tell you

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Downloadable content.
It can be a wonderful thing. After a game's release, the developers can continue working on certain additions that can be downloaded and applied to the game. Sometimes it is in the form of new multiplayer maps.
At other times, it comes in the form of new items, weapons or vehicles.

Memoir on Bayfest 2006: a night to remember

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I remember my first Bayfest experience as if it were yesterday.
Growing up here in Mobile, I was never interested in attending the festival. I am not sure if it was just because there were never really any bands that interested me or if it was just because my parents never took me.

Voice opinion about homecoming during SGA student forum

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

For schools with previously established football programs, the annual homecoming festivities are usually held during football season, in the fall semester.
Because the University of South Alabama did not have a football team in previous years, homecoming was usually held during basketball season, in the spring semester.

'Jus ad bellum'

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

"And the battle's just begun
There's many lost
But tell me who has won?
The trench is dug within our hearts
And mothers, children,
Brothers, sisters torn apart"
- U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

On soil not our own, far from the tears of mothers and fathers, America's sons fight and die to defend a cause for a people who are not our people.

Understanding Islam and the Middle East: Contributions

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

In the movie "Talladega Nights," Will Ferrell's character, Ricky Bobby, is asked what the United States has given the world apart from "Cheerios, George Bush and the Thighmaster." His response is comical, since he lists as our contributions Chinese food, pizza and chimichangas -- all of these, of course, originate from other countries.

Cartoon of the Week

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Humiliation. Social life's No. 1 killer.

'Chamberpot of flim-flam'

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Quite frankly, I am proud to be able to say that I have never bought the global warming gimmick. It just never made much sense to me to believe that something should be done about a "crisis" for which the Earth itself is likely primarily responsible. As such, I believe that anthropogenic global warming, a term used to describe human-induced climate changes, is a "chamberpot of flim-flam," as one blogger put it.

Too risky not to do anything

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The question of what to do about global warming hinges on three essential issues: whether or not global warming actually exists, whether or not humans caused it and the economic ramifications of doing anything about it.
Though some diehards once claimed that the Earth heating was a hoax, very few respectable people doubt it now in the face of the overwhelming evidence.