By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor On a September day in 2004, residents from neighborhoods in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Dayton, Ohio, experienced "the greatest single day" of comedian Dave Chappelle's career. Using his celebrity connections with major rap, hip hop and soul artists, Chappelle gathered his performer friends together to treat a corner of ... [Read More…]

By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor The hypocrisy of the social class system and suffocating moral restraints abundant during Queen Victoria's reign form the backdrop of "Jane Eyre: The Musical," a representation of Charlotte Brontë's most popular novel, first brought to the Broadway stage in 2000. Sweeping, and at times unnerving, musical numbers ... [Read More…]

By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor The ability to create and use art as a form of expression of our faith is an essential part of Christianity. When Dr. Mark Love, director of Ministry Events, took over ACU's Bible Lectureship four years ago, he initiated a Gospel and Culture Coffee House series, a low-key affair where students, faculty and ... [Read More…]

By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor "Something New" 3 stars Rated: PG-13 (for sexual references) Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Donald Faison, Alfre Woodard; Directed by: Sanaa Hamri Release Date: Feb. 3 Despite their predictability and happy endings that are dangerous to our mental and emotional well-being, we can't help but be drawn to ... [Read More…]

By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor As I sat in the theatre watching End of the Spear, listening to the various sniffles coming from viewers all around me, I realized I hadn't been that bored and uninterested in a film in years. Maybe when my parents dragged me to see some Star Trek movie when I was 10, and I fell asleep on my mom's shoulder. Yeah, that ... [Read More…]

By Mitch Holt, Staff Writer The Unison Piano Duo, a world-renowned husband and wife piano duo, will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, in the recital hall of the Williams Performing Arts Center in the fourth of five concerts in the Music Department's Centennial Guest Artist Series. The concert is free, open to viewers from the public and highly ... [Read More…]

By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor An enduring love story, Pride and Prejudice has been retold on screen almost a dozen times, whether in a literal adaptation like the BBC's excellent 1995 TV version or with a modern take on the classic, as in Bridget Jones's Diary, both of which star Colin Firth as the proud Mr. Darcy. Finally, after almost 200 years ... [Read More…]

By Denton Josey, Student Reporter Casting Crowns, a platinum-selling Atlanta-based Christian band, is scheduled to perform in Moody Coliseum. The seven-piece band will play at 7 p.m. April 24. The tour, entitled The Lifesong Tour, is named after Casting Crowns' recently released album, which has been highly successful in the Christian ... [Read More…]

By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor At Johnny Cash's funeral in September 2003, actor Joaquin Phoenix shared a few words with Cash's son, John Carter Cash. Phoenix was already set to star as the Man in Black in a biopic of his life, which Carter Cash would be the executive producer of, and Cash was reportedly thrilled to have Phoenix portray him because ... [Read More…]

By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor You don't want to be a Marine. Or at least I don't. Glimpsing the world of the Corps through "Jarhead," a jolting look at troops' lives during the Gulf War, made the images of war I'm used to seeing on TV all the more real. The harsh realities they face and the vicious training they endure is finally presented ... [Read More…]