Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Music Monday: Junk Science

Junk Science is a little known rap/hip hop duo hailing from Brooklyn, New York, comprised of an MC by the name of Baje One, and a wicked beat master who calls himself Snafu. These guys met in high school in the mid 90s, and from there they formed the duo known as Junk Science. They were pretty quiet...
October 26th, 2009 | Gabrielle's Outlook, Music | Read More

‘Dear Jack’ Synopsis

“Dear Jack” is a documentary that follows Andrew McMahon through highs, like releasing a solo album, and lows, like breaking up with his longtime girlfriend and being diagnosed with leukemia. McMahon is the lead singer of Jack’s Mannequin, and was the lead singer of Something Corporate from...
October 26th, 2009 | Movies & TV, Music | Read More

Wilder Than a Buffalo

Saturday, October 24th, Buffalo Wild Wings celebrated its three-year anniversary of opening in Waterford Lakes. The party began at 12 p.m. noon and went all the way through the next morning. With the parking lot closed off to make room for the enormous crowd, the event seemed to be an incredible success....
October 26th, 2009 | Beyond UCF, Food, Night Life | Read More

BoJangles Eating Contest: Got Biscuits?

Participants in the first annual BoJangles competitive eating contest did….and a lot of them. BoJangles, famous for their Chicken ‘n Biscuits decided to host the event to expose UCF students to a real southern staple. Forty-five hungry contestants assembled in the restaurant’s parking...
October 25th, 2009 | Beyond UCF, Food | Read More

Pirates Invade UCF Conservatory Theatre

This week, the UCF Theatre Department opened its first musical of the season, The Pirates of the Penzance, on its main stage theatre. I had the opportunity to see it this Friday, October 23. Pirates is an older musical, first being performed in 1879. It is about a young man who, in his twenty-first...
October 25th, 2009 | Theatre | Read More

After Dark on Greek Park

This past Thursday, Alpha Epsilon Phi and Theta Chi joined forces to put on what seemed to be one of the top philanthropies of the semester: After Dark On Greek Park, a block party focused on raising money for both the Sharsharet Foundation and the Helping Hands Foundation. AEPHI’s sexually-driven...
October 23rd, 2009 | Entertainment, UCF Greek Life | Read More

‘CATS’ Broadway Show in Orlando

CATS, the longest continuously touring Broadway musical in history, has finally arrived in Orlando and will be here through Sunday at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. The show is so well constructed. I went to see it last night and was thoroughly impressed with every aspect of it from the acting...
October 22nd, 2009 | Culture, Theatre | Read More

Fox’s ‘Glee’ A Big Hit Across America

Any Gleeks in the house? Fox Network’s new hit show Glee is sweeping the nation. It seems America can’t help tuning in to these loveable losers every Wednesday night. The majority of the cast was unknown prior to Glee, but has found overnight fame, appearing on red carpets and talk shows everywhere....
October 21st, 2009 | Movies & TV | Read More

Music Monday: Ratatat

Band of the Week: Ratatat Ratatat is an band from New York City, self described as electronica and psychedelic hailing; it has two members, Mike Stroud, the guitarist, and Evan Mast, the synthesizer player and producer. Their names sounds like either a stutter or the sound of gunfire, but their beats...
October 20th, 2009 | Gabrielle's Outlook, Music | Read More

“Where the Wild Things Are” Movie Review

Where The Wilds Things Are, originally published by Maurice Sendak in 1963, has recently been adapted from the mere 10-sentence children’s book into a feature film. Most UCF students are probably familiar with the story. For those who aren’t, it follows Max, a young and adventurous boy who is known...
October 20th, 2009 | Movies & TV | Read More
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