BY ANDRE GIBSON, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Bonaventure University hosted a celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday featuring guest speakers from local members of the community, poetry and music from the combined SBU Choirs. The event highlighted the triumphs and the obstacles in the nation’s history and showed the audience a…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Editor Ed. Simone, Ph.D, filled the Garret Theater with the holiday spirit on Saturday with his one-man show of Charles’ Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol revolves around Ebeneezer Scrooge, a grumpy and greedy old man with a penchant for the phrase “Bah Humbug!” and a hatred of Christmas.…
By Andrea Fernandez Associate Editor The soothing sounds of jazz filled the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on Wednesday night as The Dave Schiavone Quartet took the stage. The performers blew the audience away with the sounds of the saxophone, and everyone tapped their feet to the beat of the drum…
By Andrea Fernandes Associate Editor The characters of “Twelfth Night” were swept onto the Garret Theater’s stage this past Wednesday and Thursday night and will be back Friday and Saturday. There was a full house for the opening night of the Shakespearean play performed by students. As the audience entered the Garret Theater to find…
By Lauren Zazzara Features assignment editor Aquila Theatre, based in New York City, is bringing “Wuthering Heights” to the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts Sunday, Jan. 25 at 3 p.m. The presentation is part of the 2014-15 Friends of Good Music season. “The purpose of the performance series is to bring a variety of…
By Andrea Fernandes Features Assignment Editor Members of Asian Students in Action (ASIA) showed off their unique culture on Tuesday night in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. The show was set up like the television show “So You think You Can Dance,” and each group competed against each other to move…
By Nicolette DiMura Staff Writer Megan Pockalny’s biggest dream was to sing the national anthem at a sporting event, last Friday, her dream came true. Pockalny had the opportunity to sing the national anthem at last Friday’s women’s basketball game. She is a member of the Olean Unified Sports, has competed in Special Olympics and…
By Carrie Penepent Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure’s theater program, presented its production “Dancing at Lughnasa” by Brian Friel in the Garret Theater Oct. 22 through 25. Dancing at Lughnasa is a memory play told from the point of view of the adult Michael Evans, the narrator. This play was based on the lives of Friel’s…
By Amelia Kibbe Features Editor The Bonaventure community took a Halloween-themed adventure courtesy of the hip-hop team Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Coached by senior history major Jacqueline Gertner, the team began preparing for its first show a few weeks into the school year and was ready…
By Lauren Zazzara Staff Writer Concert Choir, directed by Kathryn Black, and Concert Band, directed by Dr. Leslie Sabina, performed their first concert of the semester on Sunday. Both groups chose a variety of music and offered different themes to the audience. The choir’s music was based on religious themes from different religions and parts…
By Amelia Kibbe Features Editor The St. Bonaventure community will gather this evening in the University Chapel in Doyle Hall, celebrating the life and death of St. Francis. Students and ministry leaders will take part in a narrated reenactment of St. Francis’ journey from life to death. The student-led performance begins at 6 p.m. and…
By Andrea Fernandes Features Assignment Editor Students, faculty and members of the community gathered on Sept. 27 to celebrate the annual Bonagany festival. Groups and clubs were present at the event, promoting their image while also hoping to raise funds. One group that stood out this year was Asian Students in Action (ASIA). The group…
By Emma Zaremba Features Editor Too often, performance spaces around campus such as the Skeller, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts and the Garrett Theater are filled with nothing but silence. One Bonaventure student discovered what was missing and found a way to cure the quiet with laughter. Freshman journalism and…
By Alexandra Salerno Advisory Editor “And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?” The famous words, spoken by former slave and human rights advocate Sojourner…
By Mary Best Editor-in-Chief Enthusiastic snaps, laughs and rip-roaring applause filled the Rathskeller Wednesday night as St. Bonaventure’s best poets took the stage in the SBU Spring Slam sponsored by the Slam Poetry Club. The biannual slam featured 11 poets — seasoned veterans and fresh-faced slam newbies alike, all performing their pieces in their own…
By Annie Riley Assitant News Editor After a controversial inauguration lip-synching scandal, Beyoncé won her fans and even her critics back over after a fabulous halftime performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday. Beyoncé has been performing onstage since she was a child, but this performance came at a perfect time for the 31-year-old pop…
By Alexandra Napoli Staff Writer The SBU Hip-Hop Team and Bonacoustics became the Whos of Whoville during their 2012 Christmas show, “Mr. Grinch,” Tuesday and Wednesday in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Chatter and anticipation filled the lobby of the Quick Center before the show. Once the doors opened, and the stage…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Editor The Garret Theater and Butler Basement workshop are once again a flurry of rehearsals, designing sets and costumes, and creating props. This can only mean one thing— SBU Theater is ready to perform again. As a part of its 10th Anniversary celebration, SBU Theater will perform three plays this…
By Alexandra Napoli Staff Writer Music, dancing and laughter filled the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts as ASIA, or Asian Students In Action, performed its annual Diwali Show Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a popular Hindu tradition. During the festival, Hindus celebrate a god,…