By Brooke Braddock The opera event, "Catch a Rising Star," brought a taste of big-city entertainment to Abilene at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday night. The show, featuring young performers from the Houston Grand Opera Studio, was a compilation of well-known opera scenes and a benefit for Young Audiences of Abilene. "The concert was geared to ... [Read More…]
Words in Windows, Blinded by Bears to perform at Monks
By Rebecca Hamilton Monks Coffee Shop will present its first show of the semester Friday with a performance by local bands, Words in Windows and Blinded by Bears. The Red Airplanes will also make an appearance. Words in Windows and Blinded by Bears have performed at Monks in the past, but this will be The Red Airplanes' first time in Abilene, a ... [Read More…]
New SA president strives for collective success
Charles Gaines spent a crucial evening last spring dining at Oscar's Mexican Restaurant, waiting on a call that had the potential to drastically change his senior year. When the call came, he learned his would be one of several new faces among the Students' Association officers - a group he would lead as its president. "Are you kidding me?" said ... [Read More…]
Tarantino film a ‘pleasant’ surprise
By Tara Elzey One comes to expect many things of a "traditional" Tarantino film. For example, it seems guaranteed there will be many gruesome and eye-covering bash scenes, crisscrossing plot lines, several characters played by the usual actors - Samuel L. Jackson has a nifty voice over - new catch-phrases and a Quentin cameo - which is, ... [Read More…]
Abilene Frontiering
In 2008, it was reported that Abilene had spent several hundred thousand dollars on a branding campaign to market the city as a hot spot in West Texas. Although many popular brands and slogans were suggested, the city went with a company out of Memphis, TN that chose a very unpopular brand for the Key City. Soon, everyone was talking about ... [Read More…]
Readers respond to Obama endorsement
An endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president ran in the Oct. 24, 2008, issue of the Optimist. Because of the sheer number of responses to that editorial, this page is dedicated to publishing Letters to the Editor regarding that endorsement. Endorsement alienates individuals striving to maintain Christian values Our 11-year-old daughter ... [Read More…]
Video: Cross Country National Champion
Nicodemus Naimadu makes a new record earning his fourth national division II title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-rwFjzZqA Video/editing by Chris Hansen ... [Read More…]
Cross Country National Champion
Nicodemus Naimadu makes a new record earning his fourth national division II title. Video/editing by Chris Hansen ... [Read More…]
Staff should respond respectfully
Wow. Criticize Alumni Relations and expect to get burned. First was a mean-spirited, over-the-top response from the director of Alumni Relations regarding Mr. Field's evaluation of the graduation party in May. This letter certainly took strides in the building of relationships with future and current alumni- particularly in the JMC ... [Read More…]
Fees for celebration not unreasonable
It's not often I read a letter to the editor and laugh out loud, but I did just that when I read Kelli Pace's letter of Sept. 13. She was offended because attractions at ACU's birthday carnival such as food, drink and inflatables were "pay-as-you-go." One sentence in her letter says, "only ACU would throw a birthday party ... and then charge you ... [Read More…]
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