"A visual concerto" is the self-coined interpretation for Dr. Steve Simmerman' s exhibit, “Arpeggios, Advertising, and Autobiography,” hosted in the Frances Sewell Plunkett Gallery of Hardman Hall. Simmerman is an assistant professor of art in the College of Liberal Arts. This is his first ...
Steve Hussung is a senior at Mercer University pursuing a double major in Computational Science and Math. Although his choice in majors does not reflect his passion for music, Hussung is a diverse artist, proficient at the piano, the bass guitar and the mandolin. His first instrument was the piano, ...
Mercer University’s Opera and Townsend School of Music began the semester with a colorful production of W.A. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Under the direction of Dr. Martha Malone, Chair of Vocal Studies and the Director of Mercer University Opera, the opera featured over 30 vocalists, ...
Macon’s Cox Capitol Theatre welcomes three of the top songwriters in the south tonight for “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics.” The concert will be a night of country music and storytelling. Kevn Kinney, singer and songwriter of Drivin N Cryin’, will be joined by fellow country music performers ...
Annual auditions are held for high school and college voice students to participate in a competition through NATS, the National Association of Teachers of Singing. This year, Mercer’s Townsend School of Music had the honor of hosting this highly anticipated two day event. On November 15th and ...
Dustin Murdock is a sophomore at Mercer University majoring in music performance with an emphasis in classical guitar. His first experience with guitar was with his grandfather, who taught him how to play old gospel music. Since then he has not only learned to play guitar but also piano, drums and ...
Although Marvel Studios has had much success with their multiple superhero franchises, some of the films have been better than others. “Thor” (2011) was an unoriginal and fairly uninteresting film covered with some decent special effects. “The Avengers” (2012), was a fine spectacle, but lacked ...
Directed by Scot J. Mann, the Mercer Players opened the comical and charming play, “Love Kills,” by Vladimir Volkoff in the Back Door Theatre. The play is a part of “Exile Is My Country,” the International Colloquium held at Mercer on the writings of Volkoff, a celebrated and provocative Russian ...
These days, to go out dancing usually means going to a club and dancing to the latest pop hits. In earlier years, going out to a club meant something entirely different than twerking and grinding with a crowd of intoxicated young people. Older generations recall going out dancing to Big Band ...
From the creators of ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” comes a fantastically new take on Lewis Carroll’s classic story of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. “Once Upon a Time: In Wonderland” opens in Victorian England with Alice returning to her father after her trip down the rabbit hole. Her ...
“I am excited to see people from different student organizations come together for this event. It is campus unity at its finest,” said Raymond Partolan, master of ceremonies, as he prepared for Battle of the Bands last Thursday night. Six bands took the stage Thursday, Oct. 24, to compete for the ...
Director of Percussion Studies since 2006, Dr. Marcus Reddick, gave a solo recital on Friday, Oct. 25, in Mercer’s Fickling Hall. Reddick is not only a noted professor, but he is also an experienced performer. As he walked on stage to a welcoming applause, Reddick explained the instrumental setup ...
“Ender’s Game” premiered Halloween day, raking in $9.9 million by Friday and closed the weekend with $28 million. The film cost $110 million to make and analysts predict that the film will make a profit. The movie, starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford, pushed “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” ...
Students and campus religious leaders gathered in Penfield Hall to celebrate their love of God through a debut worship service. The atmosphere of the service was one of meditation as students gathered around an altar covered in candles. Guitar music played before the service commenced, and was also ...
It is a story of growing up in a less-than-perfect world. It is a story of courage, learning right from wrong, and accepting others. Harper Lee's “To Kill A Mockingbird” paints the picture of life in Maycomb, Alabama in 1935 during a time of racial tension. A cast of talented performers enacted ...
I fell in love with John Green’s novel, “The Fault in Our Stars,” the same way Hazel Grace Lancaster, 16-year-old narrator of the novel, falls asleep and in love “slowly and then all at once.” “The Fault in Our Stars” takes readers on a whirlwind of tragedy, adventure and romance, sometimes ...
Adriel Taslim is a fifth-year senior at Mercer University, majoring in both violin performance and French. He comes from northern California with a lifestyle filled richly with music. Ever since he can remember, music has always been a part of his life. Taslim’s mother taught music to him and his ...
On Oct. 14, Mercer’s Art Department opened a new exhibit featuring the works of Pat Hickey.. Pat Hickey is an artist from Macon and a Mercer alumnus. Hickey graduated from Mercer in 1993 with a BA degree in Art. He completed his MFA from Georgia Southern in 1996. Hickey also taught art at Georgia ...
Last year, The Cluster published a list of essential horror films to watch during the Halloween season. The suggestions are back from the dead with a new list of films to check out this October! Best Vampire Movie There is no vampire better known than the original vampire himself, Dracula. It would ...
The Townsend School of Music continued their Guest Artist concert series with Benjamin Altman, a renowned classical guitarist. Altman performs as both a soloist and collaborative artist, having played with a variety of groups including the Macon Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Guitar Quartet. ...
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