Browsing: Arts and Life

When I heard this summer that MuteMath was coming to Common Grounds, I was extremely excited. Unfortunately, a couple of days later I also found out that the concert was sold out.

In one of the most bizarre events to happen this year, a warehouse full of weapons being used in Brad Pitt’s upcoming Zombie film “World War Z,” was raided by a SWAT team in Budapest.

If you’re not grinning before you amble up the wooden ramp and set foot on the deck of El Charro Tapatio, expect that to change fast.

If you’re vegan, vegetarian, gluten-intolerant or just love organic and natural food, there are not many options to buy foods that fit your diet.

An expert at cake designing and competitor on TLC’s show “The Next Great Baker,” Baylor alumna Megan Rountree now owns a bakery with her husband, Michael. The two started Legacy Cakes Bakery in Addison, near Dallas.

In the hours following the announcement of Steve Jobs’ death, I was amazed by how many people quickly posted the news on Facebook, expressing their own variations on how much of a loss this was to the world.

Trannie Stevens always had her eye on partnering with Uproar Records. Now, she grew up in Waco, and the freshman has watched the student-run record label on Baylor’s campus since its early beginnings a few years ago.

“Dream House” was an interesting twist on the old idea of “it’s all in the protagonist’s head.” Several films have played with this idea and come up with varying versions, most recently “Black Swan,” but “Dream House” is set apart from all of these films by the order of its story line.

At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Waco Hall will welcome world-renowned guitarist Tommy Emmanuel for a concert that will benefit the Waco Community Band Scholarship Fund.

The Nobel Prize in Literature is arguably the Lombardi trophy for authors — it’s the most prestigious prize available for modern authors. So this begs the question: who will win this year’s literary Super Bowl? I will highlight some of the favorites and some of the long shots in this year’s competition.

One thing is for certain: Every student during his or her college career wonders what comes after the “party” of college, if adulthood is really the definitive “hangover,” and what measures will be required to stay sane in the workplace. Those at least seem to be the final graduation thoughts of three fresh-out-of-college roommates now working together at a telemarketing firm in Comedy Central’s television show “Workaholics.”

I’ll just go ahead and say it: Jay-Z’s album “The Blueprint” is one of the greatest albums ever made.

Drop whatever low-carb diet is the latest trend and head to downtown Waco for a doughy, buttery fix with handmade kolaches from Gerik’s Ole Czech Bakery & Deli.

I am hardly the most knowledgeable person in the world when it comes to baseball. I’m also not the world’s greatest statistical analyst. So, knowing that it’s all about baseball statistics, why would I possibly want to read Michael Lewis’ book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game”?

“Moneyball” is the remarkable, true story of a man that risks everything.

The double bass will take center stage this evening at 7:30 p.m. in Glennis McCrary Music Building’s Meadows Recital Hall.

Newly signed Uproar Records artist Layne Lynch began playing music in front of an audience when she sat down at one of the public pianos at Baylor. The junior theater performance major from Dallas, had a talent that drew crowds around her, and eventually landed her a spot with the student-run record label this semester.

“The Little Rascals” was a film released in 1994 based on a series of early-20th century short films called “Our Gang,” but The Little Rascals are also a gang of musicians at Baylor.

While grocery shopping this past weekend, the banana stand seemed overwhelmingly packed with overripe bananas. Someone has to use them before they go completely bad, so I decided to take three and put them to good use. What better way than to make banana walnut bread?

If you’re like me, then you know that it’s never too early to start talking about what films could potentially garner some Oscar nominations at this year’s Academy Awards.

Shawn Line is a country, blues and bluegrass musician who has worked on countless projects, including his band Firewater Sermon. Based out of San Marcos, Line is a fixture of the Austin-San Marcos music scene and can often be seen performing in that area. The Lariat was able to interview him for this edition of our “Q&A” segment.

Every now and then you stumble onto one of those things that almost seems like it has to be a joke. Something so ridiculous that you have to ask yourself how someone could possibly have taken it seriously.

Freshman year is often called the year of firsts. First welcome week, first day of college. First time to live in a dorm room, first $500+ textbook purchase. First Baylor “sic ‘em” at the first Baylor football game, and the first time to do laundry for some.

One of my friends joked once that — and I’m paraphrasing here because of his language — that Ryan Gosling only makes terrible films or excellent films.

Students who are looking to show their parents Waco beyond the confines of I-35 and LaSalle Avenue can look into Jubilee Theatre’s Saturday night event “The King In Concert.”

Chad Thomas Johnston is, in many ways, a renaissance man. There aren’t too many forms of art that Johnston hasn’t worked with and I was able to interview him and discuss his books and other works of art.

For years a hipster’s opinion has been easy to pass by without missing much. No one really cared about that concert for global warming and the fair trade movement’s lasting achievement will be Chipotle’s ability to charge $10 for a burrito.

Baylor alumnus Doug Rogers came to speak with Baylor theater, film and digital media and art students Sept. 15, recounting his incredible life story.

The film and digital media department will showcase one film a month, beginning this month, as part of the Texas Independent Film Network.

Uproar Records recorded their first official radio show in a traditional broadcast format, “The Roar,” and the recording is now available to stream online at the student-run record label’s website.