Imagine living in a neighborhood with people you care about and people who care about you. Imagine sitting on your front porch as the light begins to dim and the temperature starts to drop in the early evening hours, chatting with friends and watching as the neighborhood kids scramble up and down slides at the park across the street. Imagine ... [Read More…]
Understanding David Leeson: ACU alumnus shows work at local gallery
Understanding David Leeson's photography means understanding his entire philosophy on life. For Leeson, an ACU alumnus and photojournalist of more than 30 years, it's not about his photographs - although they are vivid, emotional and unforgettable. It's not about skill or impressing others - although his 2004 Pulitzer Prize award for ... [Read More…]
Express Yourself: ACU students show off their personal styling
Continual change defines several areas of life. It creates expectations that temperatures will cool and warm, stock values will increase and decrease, and powerful leaders will rise and fall. Similarly, it is a well-known fact that clothing fashions come and go. "As you know in fashion, one day you're in, and the next, you're out," says Heidi ... [Read More…]
Arcade Fire newest single creates interactive listening
By: David McMichael You are presented with an opportunity: outside the laws of time and the rules of physics and space, you can write one sentence and send it back to a younger version of yourself. In your current, unaltered life, are you happy? Are you bitter? ashamed? lazy? content? What is the one thing your younger self absolutely must know ... [Read More…]
Functional Form: Potter refines, shares his craft
George Holland understands the old adage, "form follows function." Perhaps more importantly, this professional potter has refined the saying into a perfect synthesis between aesthetics and purpose. For forty years, Holland has worked professionally with ceramics all over the United States and in Mexico. Holland now resides with his wife, Wanda, ... [Read More…]
Review: I Do, I Do promises genuine laughs
By David McMichael Can all of the love, the hurt, the song and dance, the random foolishness and the exquisite moments of a fifty-year marriage be squeezed into the two-and-a-half hour confines of a play? ACU's fall musical comedy, I Do! I Do!, answers with a strident "yes." Carlee Cagle, senior theatre major from Arlington, and Jefferson ... [Read More…]
Dreamworks shows its teeth
How would one train a dragon? Is it similar to training a dog or cat? Some would think it the most difficult, if not impossible, task to accomplish. Why? Because dragons are fire-breathing monsters; they ravage villages and kill any human that stands in their way. But what if there is more to these monstrous beasts than meets the eye? What if they ... [Read More…]
Sing for your supper
By Breanna Anderson The weekly singer/songwriter competition at Lytle Land and Cattle drew a large crowd to the patio Tuesday night, including several ACU students. Three students competed this week - Kris Heiderich, Lucas Wright and Kayla Pyper. Megan Marutzky, senior interior design major from Dallas, who did not perform, was a ... [Read More…]
Photo Gallery: The Dixie Pig
The Dixie Pig restaurant has been open in Abilene since 1931. Today, the historic landmark serves breakfast and lunch and is always packed full of regulars. Many diners have eaten daily at the Pig since childhood. The restaurant is completely family owned and operated. ... [Read More…]
FilmFest brings Hollywood atmosphere to Abilene
ACU's 7th annual FilmFest gives students a chance to write, direct, and produce short films that are then judged by industry professionals. Video/Editing by Blane Singletary View on YouTube ... [Read More…]
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