To kick off the holiday season, the Paramount Theatre will show Irving Berlin’s White Christmas on Dec. 8 and 9. The showing is a part of this year’s Paramount Film Series, an initiative sponsored by Lyndale Abilene that aims to preserve the theatre’s film heritage. Each month the Paramount, Abilene’s landmark theatre, shows a film for the ... [Read More…]
The Herder of ‘Cats’
Jeremy Varner shares his vision for Cats and the surreal experience of producing quality work for his alma mater The Jellicle moon shines brightly across the stage of the Abilene Civic Center. Actors, musicians and crew members scramble silently as microphones, lights and sound boards prepare for the opening number. Jeremy Varner walks unto ... [Read More…]
Painting personalities: Student starts Bible decor business
Mary-Claire Marcear hummed along to "Calling Out Your Name" by Rich Mullins playing in the background, as her brush strokes graced the unusual canvas – the Bible. The peppy, brown-eyed, wavy-haired junior started her company, Boholy Bibles, the summer after her freshman year while staying with an old couple during an internship in ... [Read More…]
Entra a la Plaza kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month
Entra a la Plaza is an annual event hosted by Hispanos Unidos that celebrates the cultures of different Latin American countries. Video by Amber Chavez and Noah Tamborella. ... [Read More…]
Writing Center hosts Halloween short story contest
The Writing Center is accepting entries for a Halloween Short Story Fiction Contest until Oct. 22. Alyssa Johnson, assistant director of the Writing Center, said she started the event so the university could have its first fiction writing contest. Halloween is known for its ghost stories, so Johnson said she thought it would be fun for students ... [Read More…]
City unveils Storybook Garden at CALF
The Adamson-Spalding Storybook Garden opened Thursday evening, featuring several sculptures dedicated to children's book illustrator Garth Williams. ... [Read More…]
Waynai Bible on the move
The university’s 1,094-pound Waynai Bible has moved from its temporary home in Washington D.C. to take part in a traveling exhibit with the Museum of the Bible. The Bible was loaned to the museum in April of 2013 to be restored and later displayed as part of a touring exhibit of rare Biblical texts by the Green Collection. “We loaned the ... [Read More…]
Gallery: Peter and The Starcatcher
Performing their last production of the semester, Peter and The Starcatcher performs on April 21 at Fulks Theatre. ... [Read More…]
Before Peter Pan: ‘Starcatchers’ shows how Peter Pan became the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
The Department of Theatre will open its last show of the semester this weekend with Peter and the Starcatchers. The show is a theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's best-selling book of the same name. The show is a prequel to Peter Pan, telling the story of how the orphan became the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up – including pirates ... [Read More…]
For the Dreamer: ‘The Mountaintop’ offers a new perspective of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Department of Theatre has turned Fulks Theatre into the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, circa April 4, 1968 – just hours before civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The Mountaintop imagines a series of events that could have taken place the night before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, said Adam Hester, ... [Read More…]
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