Features
2 March 2007
Volume 119, Issue 14
‘A Taste of
Shakespeare’ makes its debut
Betrayal! Revenge! Iambic pentameter! This weekend, Crimson Masque will promise all of these things and more as it proudly unveils its production of “A Taste of Shakespeare,” an inventive program which will combine two revamped, one-act versions of the popular Shakespearean tragedies “Hamlet” and “Othello” into a single night’s viewing.
The show will be performed in Wells Theater tonight, March 2, and tomorrow, March 3, at 7:30 p.m., with a special afternoon matinee on Sunday, March 4 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $4 for Monmouth College students, faculty and staff; $5 for other students and senior citizens and $6 for other adults. All tickets may be purchased either at the door or reserved by contacting theater@monm.edu and making the proper arrangements. Read More...
Faculty art display in Hewes Library
The Monmouth College art faculty presents its “Biennial Art Exhibition,” which is on display in the Len G. Everett Gallery, located on the top floor of the Hewes Library, until March 23. This exhibit is free and open during regular library hours. There will be a closing reception from 2-4 p.m. on Friday, March 23. Read More...
Movie Review: ‘The Number 23’
Just when you were ready to accept Jim Carrey as a serious actor, he goes and makes a film like this. “The Number 23” is a psychological thriller, although I’d have to argue with the use of the word “thriller.” It’s about Carrey’s affable character Walter Sparrow, a sulking dog catcher with... Read More...
Calendar of Events
Friday, March 2
- 7:30 p.m. - “A Taste of Shakespeare” - Wells Theater
- 4 p.m. - Hunger Banquet - Tartan Room
The tunes
review of what’s new
The MC Music Man takes on: Matt Costa
Unlike most successful musicians, Matt Costa’s boyhood passion was not creating music. Costa was instead drawn to skateboarding, and he became very good at this more adventuresome pastime. So good, in fact, that he nearly turned pro in the sport. Read More...
War crimes topic of latest Great Decisions
Steve Gardiner, visiting assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, led this week’s forum on whether or not certain acts of violence should be deemed war crimes, and at what point they become so. Read More...
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