By Taylor Larson Staff Reporter It lives! WIDR is back with WIDR Wednesdays, a weekly concert lineup featuring hours of local music and drink specials, with the added benefit of no cover charge. The event kicks off at the Globe Theatre this Wednesday, Feb. 15, with jams starting at 9 p.m. The three acts assembled [...]
Chicken Wings: One-dozen wings, fried in a pan until crisp. Add favorite sauce and two tablespoons of melted butter to a separate bowl. Drop wings in and toss until coated.-Adam Roberts, Sports Editor Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts: One can water chestnuts. One-half pound of bacon. Wrap chestnuts with bacon. Put toothpicks through them. Put in [...]
Emily Midling Staff Reporter For the first time in five years, Grand Rapids born Anthony Kiedis and his band, Red Hot Chili Peppers will be performing in his hometown. With more than 70 million albums sold, numerous chart-topping hits, including “Under the Bridge” and “Californication”, an induction into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame [...]
Baxter Gill Staff Reporter Community Homeworks’ annual Furnace Fest fundraiser is coming back Feb. 2, at the Old Dog Tavern in Kalamazoo. This event is held to raise money and awareness for the homes that go cold in Kalamazoo. The Furnace Fest is a two-part event, comprised of a silent auction and live music. The [...]
Craig Manning Staff Reporter Early Tuesday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards. This includes the announcement of which films will compete for the coveted Best Picture Oscar. The Best Picture field this year includes nine 2011 films, a curious number for a category [...]
By Taylor Larson Staff Reporter The meeting room of the Bernhard Center was bustling for the start of the Gwen Frostic Reading Series. Sparkling cups of Chardonnay, a stack of double chocolate brownies and a bowl of fruit sat neatly on a table or in the hands of the many people who have shown up [...]
Taylor Larson Staff Reporter Every few weeks, the eggshell walls of Gwen Frostic change colors, though not from buckets of paint—rather, the gallery transforms into a whole new space by its décor, the works of student artists. Transformed from sculptural installations to yards of spun fabric, proactive charcoal sketches, stuffed animals, or highbrow, avant garde, [...]
Cody Janczewski Staff Reporter University Theatre can confidently check the box for an exceptionally successful fall 2011 program complete with multiple standing ovations, sold out performances, and of course, the cherry topper: absolute phenomenal acting. With such a highly respected and successful performance season thus far, let’s recap: “References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” [...]
Taylor Larson Staff Reporter Situated high in a corner of the Gwen Frostic School of Art, Mindi Bagnall’s creation, “The World Wide Web,” carries an ominous message. The intricate tangle of delicate dollhouses snared in a spider’s web of cables signifies the emergence of cyberspace into the real, concrete world and what happens when technology [...]
Taylor Larson Staff Reporter Like the smooth, steady swing of jazz, Michael Dunn’s paintings have rhythm, a lively pulse and colorful beat. They also have shape, albeit a strange one—twisted and contorted, representational of space and time. Much like the music they resemble, Dunn’s paintings are free, unstructured and flowing, and can be viewed through [...]
By Catie Dymond Staff Reporter Redemption Dance team (originally called Essence) is a hip hop-based team of 17 members who bring various talents and perform multiple in-state competitions. The team began in 2007 and is currently managed by President Nathan Mark and Vice President Kryssy Dinson. “My experience on the team when I joined was [...]
By Kassie Charnley Staff Reporter The last installment of the Gwen Frostic Reading Series for the fall semester was on Thursday, Dec. 1. This particular reading featured three of WMU’s graduates – Melinda Moustakis, Elizabeth Knapp and Jason Skipper – who said they were happy to return to read from their recently published and recently [...]
By Craig Manning Staff Reporter Rock ‘n’ roll singer Chris Cornell has been an icon in the music industry ever since his first band, Soundgarden, burst out of the ‘90s Seattle grunge movement and scored a hit with “Black Hole Sun.” That song would prove to be their biggest hit, but Cornell would go on [...]
Kathryn Stapleton Staff Reporter Several Kalamazoo-based bands are taking a cost-effective bus ride to their upcoming show in Battle Creek. Gunship Radio, Elm Street Riot, Jake Simmons and the Little Ghost, and Spacelift will be taking over Planet Rock’s stage on Dec. 2. “It’s going to be a good time. The sound is going to [...]
Baxter Gill Staff Reporter As the holidays approach, Christmas music begins to belt out and shoppers begin hustling around looking for the best deals and network television starts spreading holiday movies, specials and holiday cheer. With the plethora of holiday movie offerings to choose from, a trip to the movie store has become daunting. So, [...]
By Kyle Stevens Staff Reporter The Western Michigan University School of Music is known to be one of the better schools in the country for any student hoping to go into jazz studies. The music education curriculum is highly regarded and the music therapy program is one of the best in the country. With a [...]
By Taylor Larson Staff Reporter Beginning Nov. 17 and running through Dec. 16, the Richmond Center’s Brown Gallery will play host to the annual Gwen Frostic School of Art Faculty Exhibition, a showcase of outstanding faculty work. Twenty-seven faculty and staff are exhibiting in the winter show, offering the perfect chance for students and the [...]
By Sam Stachurski Staff Reporter On December 1, 2 and 3, Williams Theatre at the Gilmore Theatre Complex will host “Late Night Broadway”. It’s an opportunity for the community to see the talents of several WMU students as well as a professional actor. “Late Night Broadway” is a cabaret style show that has featured many [...]
By Taylor Larson Staff Reporter The starving artist is characterized as such for a reason—sadly, most do not get rich slashing paint against a canvas Jackson Pollock-style, or spending hours a day slinging clay. When money is tight and rent is long gone to paintbrushes, self promotion can get tough. For the artistically inclined in [...]
By Catie Dymond Staff Reporter The auditorium was packed while fans stood approving of an entertaining performance by Jason Derulo, with his guitarist and two backup dancers at the Miller Auditorium Monday, Nov. 14. The show started with students waiting in anticipation as the stage was prepared for opening act Black Violin–Kev Marcus and Wil [...]
Cody Kimball Web Manager The Western Herald had a chance to speak with Andrew and Jeremy from Funktion about their upcoming show. They will be playing at Papa Pete’s Pizza on Saturday, Nov. 19. Doors open up at 8:30 p.m. and the show begins at 9:30 p.m. Portions of the proceeds will benefit a local [...]
By Bethany Bohlen Photo and Art Editor Eleven photos. Eleven faces. Eleven voices. Eleven lives. Eileen Meslar, a Photography & Intermedia student, presents her BFA thesis exhibition this week, Nov. 14-18, in the Devries gallery in the Richmond Center. Meslar’s exhibition allows the public to see and hear the stories of individuals in the Kalamazoo [...]
Cody Janczewski Staff Reporter Come prepared as the Weston’s, the most dysfunctional family you’ll ever meet, take over Shaw Theatre in the premiere performance of the Tony award-winning dramatic comedy, “August: Osage County,” Thursday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. Written by Tracy Letts, “August: Osage County” was first staged during the summer of 2007 at [...]
Kyle Stevens Staff Reporter Bell’s Eccentric Café will be bringing the acoustic-bluegrass stylings of Railroad Earth to Kalamazoo on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. John Skehn, the band’s mandolin and Irish bouzouki player, describes the band’s sound as “essentially a rock band made up of bluegrass instruments.” “We have all these acoustic instruments like [...]
Alexandra Batson Staff Reporter Umphrey’s McGee is playing this Friday, Nov. 4. at the State Theater. The six piece band always surprises audiences with shows and new albums but fans are never let down. The band consists of Brendan Bayliss on guitar and vocals, Jake Cinninger also on guitar and vocals, Joel Cummins on keyboard, [...]
Baxter Gill Staff Reporter The gourmet food truck experience has finally rolled into Kalamazoo. Chef Noel A. Corwin is bringing culinary expertise from the world over and serving his art from the side of his humble food truck. World flavors brought together with local Kalamazoo ingredients form the backbone of the Gorilla Gourmet experience. Chef [...]
Taylor Larson Staff Reporter Piecing together an old perfume ad here, a faded patch of fabric there and a ribbon stretched across the top, Beverly Fitzpatrick is making art. While some may see it as a mishmash of ideas, a frantic, disassociated combination of odds and ends, baubles and trinkets, Fitzpatrick is transforming these seemingly [...]
Cody Janczewski Staff Reporter The Western Michigan University Theatre Department will be simultaneously joining more than 40 other theatres across the world in raising awareness about marriage equality in a series of plays titled “Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays” Monday, Nov. 7 in the D. Terry Williams theatre at 8 p.m. With [...]
By Joe Stando Staff Reporter If you’re anything like me, Halloween is one of your favorite times of the year. The parties, the costumes and the candy—all of it make this weekend great. However, it’s easy to get carried away or make mistakes, so I’ve put together a list of some easy tips to make [...]
By Cody Janczewski Staff Reporter Just a jump to the left, and a step to the right were the directions when nearly a full house of 3,000 and a cast of 26 took part in the infamous Time Warp dance from the “Rocky Horror Show” at Miller Auditorium on Friday and Saturday night. Whether you [...]
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