AACC community speaks out for women at annual ‘Soapbox Sisters’ event
Ashley Sokolowski, Reporter
April 19, 2018
Filed under Campus Life, Entertainment
AACC hosted the annual “Soapbox Sisters” event on March 29, inviting attendees to hear presentations of historical speeches by women. Students, faculty and alumni presented speeches including: “Ain’t I a Woman” by abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth; “Phenomenal...
Theatre at AACC pokes fun at show business for spring performance
Raquel Hamner and Roxanne Ready
April 18, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
Theater Department students are performing a double-feature comedy, including a student-written musical revue, for their spring semester production. Dr. AnnMarie Saunders, a performing arts professor, and Jonas Pallaro-Sonneborn, a third-year creative-writing student, are directing “The Actor’s...
Dance troupe visits college
Sanyee Barjogar Jr., Reporter
February 28, 2018
Filed under Campus Life, Entertainment
African performers taught students how to play tribal-styled instruments in the SUN Dining Hall on Feb. 23. The KanKouran West African Dance Company told the audience what each of the drums are used for and the symbolism behind them. “It was a big surprise,” Chris Linds, a second-year fine...
Math, science critical to success of theater
Roxanne Ready, Editor-in-Chief
February 1, 2018
Filed under Campus Life, Entertainment
The stage is mostly dark, but a light follows someone running from her pursuers, panicked. An eerie haze billows across the stage, while screens in the background show bits of a cityscape. Scripted sounds echo around the hall, drawing the audience into the play. As the pursuers close in, lights pulse...
Performing Arts Dept. to showcase students
Sarah Noble, Co-Editor
January 17, 2018
Filed under Campus Life, Club News, Entertainment
AACC’s Performing Arts Department will present shows featuring dance, theater and opera this spring. “I like that we have performing arts at AACC,” said Rae Supko, a second-year EMT major. “I think it’s a great opportunity for students to express themselves.” Dance Auditions for the May “S...
What’s in; what’s out? Riverhawks weigh in
Sarah Noble, Co-Editor
January 17, 2018
Filed under Campus Life, Entertainment
AACC students said Crocs are out for 2018, but jogger pants are a returning trend. In an informal survey of Campus Current editors and Winter Session students in January, nine out of 22 said the colorful, comfortable clogs are out. So are: overly arched eyebrows, extreme contouring, gauge piercings,...
ESports raises charity money for Children’s Miracle Hospital
Raquel Hamner, Photographer
December 1, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Club News, Entertainment
AACC’s ESports Club raised around $1,500 for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at a 24-hour event that started Nov. 11. The fundraiser was the club’s most successful one to date, more than doubling the amount raised at the same event last spring. More than 60 people attended the even...
“Neverwhere” takes audience to new world
Roxanne Ready, Editor-in-chief
November 20, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
The Theatre at AACC’s effects-filled production of “Neverwhere” quite literally set the stage for a fantastical journey of self-discovery in a dystopian London underground. “Neverwhere” as a play first found life as a TV series, and was novelist Neil Gaiman’s first attempt at writing for...
‘Wire’ writer speaks with AACC students
Sarah Alonso , Photographer
November 10, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Entertainment
A Baltimore author, and writer on hit TV series “The Wire,” read one of his short stories and answered audience questions at AACC on Nov. 9. Rafael Alvarez, film and television writer and producer, and author of nine books, said his Catholic upbringing influenced his works and lifestyle. “Being...
Theater dept. presents fall show ‘Neverwhere’
Roxanne Ready and Edgar Salomon
November 1, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
The Theater Department at AACC will perform Neil Gaiman’s “Neverwhere,” a play filled with magic, beasts and legends, for its fall production. “Neverwhere” is a fantasy tale set in the London Below, a fictitious underground dystopian town that is invisible to regular people. The main...
Chef offers tips for side dishes
Sarah Noble, Club Editor
November 1, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
If you’re bringing a side dish, appetizer or dessert to a Thanksgiving celebration for the first time this year, start planning now. That’s the best advice third-year culinary student Michael Santos has for students who aren’t used to cooking or contributing to a family feast. Santos, who...
November arts feature variety
Roxanne Ready, Editor-in-Chief
November 1, 2017
Filed under Entertainment
AACC’s performing arts schedule includes a dystopian fantasy play, a Christmas opera, and a multicultural music and dance performance. Chris Ballengee, who coordinates the world music program, said in an email to Campus Current he is “particularly excited” about World Music and Dance Night on...
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Student representatives nominated four candidates on Monday for president of the Student Government Association in the 2018-2019 academic year, but only two plan to run.
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Eighth Annual Black Male Initiative Summit
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