Archive: Arts & Entertainment

ITHACA, NY -- Known for its feast of language, colorful comedy and plentiful pratfalls, Love's Labour's Lost is a Shakespeare play not to be missed. Cornell's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts is will perform this seldom-produced play on its Kiplinger stage November 20-December 6.

"Because of the complexity of the play, its language and its large cast, theatregoers rarely have the opportunity to see this funny and multi-facted play," said Director Bruce Levitt, Professor of Acting/Directing.

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Smart TalkSMART TALK
by Dr. Tilde Cedilla

APPLE'S:  Does some of this country's problem with immigration come from shame?  Many immigrants speak better English than native citizens.  English is my third language, but even I know that you make a plural by adding S or ES, and that this operation never needs an apostrophe.

Recently, on a day off, I left the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired and went into Underbelly to buy some apples.  Northern states are shipping wonderful fruit to us here in Texas.

Very soon, I found myself being yelled at by a produce manager who actually thought he was in the right.  All I had done was cross out the apostrophe on his sign saying APPLE'S.  He had the nerve to accuse me of defacing the sign.

On the way home, without apples, I passed a house with a lawn sign saying The Smith's. 

We have so much work to do.

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October 22, 2008 - Ithaca College's student-run radio station, WICB-FM, was named one of the final four mtvU award nominees for "Best College Radio Station" on Monday, October 20, 2008. Preliminary online voting by region determined the four finalists out of an initial group of 20.

The award is part of the "mtvU Woodie Awards," a music event created by college students to recognize top emerging and underground artists. Online voting determines the winners and last year attracted more than 5 million students. 

 

When hip-hop trio Digable Planets emerged in the early 90s, their Grammy-winning hit "Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" would prove the Planets were primed to connect with audiences weary of the aggressive posturing of gangsta rap. Filled with intelligent lyrics, honey-smooth flow, and inventive arrangements, their albums Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space) (1993) and Blowout Comb (1994) redefined hip-hop and set standards for the generation of soul poets and innovative producers that followed.

The Kitchen Theatre Company will present an encore presentation of Rachel Lampert & Larry Pressgrove’s original musical TONY & THE SOPRANO, just in time for the holiday season.   This hit musical comedy from our 2005-06 Season will return to the Kitchen on November 20 and run through December 14.   TONY & THE SOPRANO is a musical valentine to opera, Italian food, and mothers that’s sure to please audiences of all ages.

The story takes place in the closely-knit neighborhood of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Thirty-five year old Tony fixes cars and still lives with his mother, Rose.   His life seems to be one dead end after another, and he’s not the only one who is feeling stuck.   His best friend Vinny is opening the restaurant of his dreams, but his new waitress Isabel keeps breaking plates, and a local mobster is breathing down his neck for his payback.   Latchkey kid Carol is adrift.  

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Smart TalkSMART TALK
by Dr. Viva Palaver

AMERICA STARTS HERE:  Dr. Parley Speake told me this story one evening in the Fowler Lounge, where I usually find myself very busy, being the staff psychologist at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired.  The evening had just begun, so Parley's story is probably true.

Dr. Speake was on a speaking tour - we intended no humor in choosing him to represent the institute - and was working his way up the East Coast from here in Texas.  As he entered Pennsylvania, he claims he saw a sign saying, America Starts Here. 

"I had no idea we weren't real Americans," he laughed.  "Maybe that's why this President shows no remorse for the damage he's done."

Parley enjoys collecting ambiguous and nonsensical slogans, so he was just getting warmed up.  He went on to recall an old Volkswagen ad campaign that used the word farfignügen, saying that he thinks it means the slippery feeling of oil inside your lederhosen.

But he cracked himself up most by telling me about the sign he saw in a medical clinic, saying, "The human body, with care, will last a lifetime."

Patience starts here, I thought, as I ordered another schooner of sarsaparilla.

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The Actor's Nightmare

Trick or treating, tours of haunted downtown Ithaca, a classic horror film at the historic State Theater, and a walking tour of the Ithaca city cemetery are part of the Halloween festivities scheduled in downtown Ithaca starting Saturday, October 25th.

Trick or treating begins at 12:00 noon on Friday, October 31st, and continues until 8:00 p.m. Participating merchants will have candy for children of all ages who are in costume. Parents with very small children are encouraged to take advantage of the 12:00 p.m. start time and bring their children to downtown for trick or treating during the daylight hours. The entire Ithaca Commons will be decorated with Jack O Lanterns.