Buffalo Theatre’s ‘Underpants’ brings humor
The Underpants is a comedic story written by Carl Sternheim and adapted by the actor and comedian, Steve Martin. It is about a young woman, Louise, her husband, Theo, and the consequences of a major embarrassing moment at a public event. This causes Louise to become the talk of the town and soon strange characters [...]
Read More →COD alumna showcases art exhibit at Wings Gallery
The Wings Gallery is featuring Ashly Metcalf’s exhibit through December 13. Metcalf mainly uses yarn to create sculptures. She utilizes linear lines and space to form patterns and webs. She also owned a store before it burned down. This prompted her to move her business online and she now runs a website and a store [...]
Read More →Theater Department continues long tradition, performs “A Christmas Carol”
“A Christmas Carol” is premiering in the K Building Theater Friday, November 23 at 7p.m. Auditions were held at the beginning of the term but rehearsals began 6 weeks ago. The cast consists of 47 student actors and 17 young actors. Amelia Barrett, the director said this script by William J. Norris “was written for [...]
Read More →All Things Considered, NPR Correspondent Ari Shapiro talks about covering the Romney campaign
Ari Shapiro, NPR White House Correspondent, spoke on Tuesday November 13, in the Turner Conference Center. He spoke about his journey as a journalist covering Mitt Romney’s campaign and also gave some general insight into the election’s outcome. He talked about many specific individuals he met over the course of the year, traveling from place [...]
Read More →Starving Artist Joel Janchenko
Joel Janchenko Major: Associates of Fine Art Age: 20 City: Indian Head Park How would you describe your art? Art and music are a culmination of creativity and I search for the exploration of sound to see what boundaries have been crossed, what history has been written and what hasn’t been developed yet. It’s [...]
Read More →COD students to show off ballet, jazz, contemporary styles at upcoming dance recital
The college’s dance program will be holding a dance showcase on Friday, November 16 at Lemont High School’s Arts Center at 8p.m. Katherine Skleba, the co-artistic director of the dance program, described it as “a college dance showcase featuring student choreography as well as dance faculty choreography.” She also said student choreography auditions are held [...]
Read More →Page Turners to discuss ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’ at College of Dupage
The Page Turners are a book club that read books and have discussions about them to further their knowledge and understanding. The group used to read one to three books a semester but now usually only read one so people can find the time to finish it. They only have two meetings every semester. At [...]
Read More →Photography 1101 students hold a photo shoot in the SSC for class project
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The photography department held their “Paint It Black” workshop in the SSC. This included a black backdrop with models dressed in black posing for the cameras. This is an assignment the students in Photo 1101 do every semester. Terry Vitacco, photography professor, said the assignment is about “wanting to get the most details out of [...]
Read More →Artist Lisa Boumstein-Smalley to give presentation about combining art with commerce
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Lisa Boumstein-Smalley will present “Visual Storytelling” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, in the McAninch Arts Center, Room 164. Lisa has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she pursued Fiber and Material Studies. She said Visual Storytelling can include a story that is linear or nonlinear [...]
Read More →Alumnus with talent, former student Vincent Glielmi displays photography exhibit in Wings Gallery
The Wings Gallery is now featuring photography by Vincent Glielmi, an alumnus of the college. Glielmi received his Associate of Fine Arts degree at the college before moving on to the University of Illinois-Chicago to get his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography. He has been taking photos for 5 years and is inspired [...]
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