Magician enthralls audience
Elizabeth Spearman, Campus Life Editor
February 27, 2017
Campus Activities Board brought an "America’s Got Talent" finalist magician to AACC on Feb. 24. The magician Mike Super's first trick was having someone from the audience crush an empty coke can, which he then straightened out--without touching it--with the motion of his fingers. For his next...
Cafe Artist Series begins with a fresh voice
Jami Gotay, Reporter
February 7, 2017
An aspiring musician performed for AACC students on Feb 6 in the first Café Artist Series. AACC’s Campus Activities Board event hosted Abe Parker, a traveling guitarist and songwriter. Parker performed songs about love, family, and not giving up on dreams. Parker sang more than five original...
Magic Flute performance ends
Britney Pieraldi, Photo Editor and Graphic Designer
February 6, 2017
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Opera club plays Magic Flute
Brad Dress, Associate Editor
February 2, 2017
AACC’s Opera Club blended music and live theater in a rendition of a Mozart classic on Feb. 1. The near three-hour performance of The Magic Flute also had elements of comedy and a full story, as well as a complete cast of actors. One of the main elements, however, was opera. Each main character...
Mozart classic comes to AACC
Jymyaka Braden, Reporter
February 1, 2017
AACC’s Opera Club is preparing to bring Mozart’s The Magic Flute–hailed as one of the greatest operas he ever composed–to the college in January. The production combines the narrative storytelling of writer Emanuel Schikaneder with Mozart’s opera. The show will feature both operatic singing...
Professor edits, plans book on environment
Brad Dress, Associate Editor
February 1, 2017
Millennials believe it’s time to stop damaging the environment—before it’s too late, according to a new book edited by an AACC English professor. The book, “Coming of Age at the End of Nature: A Generation Faces Living on a Changed Planet,” is an anthology—a collection of writings by young...
AACC dance company performs fall recital
Elizabeth Spearman and Photo by Zach Tennant
December 8, 2016
AACC’s Dance Company put on their fall performance, “Wild Ride” through the weekend of December 2 & 3. The show was split into two acts, and featured company routines that took place in prison and dance club-type settings. The prison routine began the first act of the show. The routine show...
Opera or rock? 2-in-1 night
Jesse Johnson, Associate Editor
November 30, 2016
AACC’s Opera Club hosted the History of Rock Opera production Nov. 19. to a crowd of 300 people. The show offered an in-depth look at the history of rock opera—or a rock group’s way of telling a story with multiple songs. The opera was written entirely by the conductor, Douglas Brandt Byer...
AACC fashion trending
Khadean Coombs, Entertainment Editor
November 30, 2016
Students at AACC are wearing printed leggings to keep stylish this semester. Designs such as elephants and floral prints adorn these leggings, and students have found them to be the most durable pants they own. All Fashion and Makeup, a beauty website, found that skinny pants with large and colorful...
Ken Kewley speaks on creativity at AACC
Gabriella Flores, Reporter
November 21, 2016
On Nov. 16, artist Ken Kewley held a talk in the CADE building on the subject of art’s influence. Throughout the talk, audience members asked about Kewley’s thoughts on the importance of free reign over creativity. He stressed the composition of all aspects in life. “The world is much more...
Theater puts on In Love and Warcraft performance at AACC
Khadean Coombs, Entertainment Editor
November 9, 2016
AACC's Performing Arts’ fall production, "In Love and Warcraft" closed on Sunday, Nov. 6. The performance follows Evie, played by Natalie Nankervis, who is a college student, video game addict and love expert, and offers her advice to help couples get back together. However, Evie avoids love herself,...
AACC’s fall faculty recital flourishes
Khadean Coombs, Entertainment Editor
November 1, 2016
AACC's performing arts faculty held their annual fall music recital in the middle of October this year. Jacob Polasky, an adjunct faculty member and guitarist, opened the show. Polasky's set, Giants, consisted of original songs titled Polyphemus Frost Giant, Ozarklops, Og, and The Cheese-Orge...
