ANDREW MILNE, Arts & Culture Editor Emeritus
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April 16, 2014
Anyone attending the Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) Arts and Sciences showcase on April 10 was a witness to Fordham history; composer Charlie Martin, (FCLC) ’14, played his song “Ascent of Mountain” as part of the function.
April 11, 2014
On April 8, Mary Bly, professor of English at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC), hosted New York Times best-selling writer Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat, Pray, Love,” in her class Publishing: Theory and Practice.
April 6, 2014
“Heathers,” based on the 1988 cult classic film “Heathers,” which starred Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty, has a new lead for its off-Broadway run: Barrett Wilbert Weed.
March 13, 2014
In 2012, Lauren Plumley, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’16, ran off and joined the circus.
March 2, 2014
“After Midnight” opened in November just a few blocks from Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC). But there is also a familiar name performing with stars like KD Lang and Dulé Hill; Fordham alumna Taeler Elyse Cyrus, FCLC ’08, is making her debut on Broadway.
February 13, 2014
In the midst of all this innovation and change, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) sits at its heart, positioned next to meccas of the opera world.
January 29, 2014
Kicking off on Feb 10, the spring theater season promises exciting changes and dramatic explorations at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC).
January 27, 2014
On Jan. 26, the 56th annual Grammys were hosted at the Staples Center in Los Angeles by LL Cool J.
November 27, 2013
Douglas Brinkley accepts the Sperber Award
November 21, 2013
On Nov. 25, Douglas Brinkley, winner of Washington Post Book of the Year Award for 2012 and writer of a New York Times Bestseller, can claim yet another accolade: winner of the Ann M. Sperber Biography Award for 2013.
November 14, 2013
A music major, Savannah Sturgeon, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’16, is also a singer in a band, Black Market Merchants.
October 30, 2013
Shows like ABC’s “Modern Family,” FOX’s “Glee” or NBC’s “The New Normal” have been lauded for their introduction of gay characters, and 2012 was a red-letter year for LGBTQ characters. Yet on TV screens, the portrayal and prevalence of LGBTQ characters is decidedly polemic.
October 22, 2013
On Oct. 15, Jessica Alexander, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) professor of international humanitarian affairs, released her book “Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid."
October 6, 2013
Fordham alum Thomas Maier, FCRH '78, on seeing "Master of Sex," which is based on his biography of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, come to television.
October 2, 2013
This past August, a controversial new biography and related documentary, “Salinger” by David Shields and Shane Salerno, about J.D. Salinger.
September 30, 2013
"Noonday Demons" opens in the Veronica Lally Kehoe Studio Theatre September 30, 2013.
September 19, 2013
Premiering today at the Richard Rogers Theatre, the William Shakespeare classic “Romeo and Juliet”, older than the first British colony in America, is now opening for the first time on Broadway for the first time in 36 years.
May 2, 2013
On April 22, Fordham College at Lincoln Center hosted its first musical since 1997. “Into the Woods” played its one-night engagement to an almost full house, and despite a bare-bones budget, was widely regarded as a success. Why Fordham hasn’t staged many musicals before? Dean of FCLC Rev. Robert R. Grimes announced the in-progress creation of a committee of faculties that will work on a new concentration: musical theatre.
March 26, 2013
Zane Carney is the lead guitarist for the musical "Spiderman: Turn of the Dark," co-front man in his band, Carney (along with his brother Reeve, who plays the title role in Spiderman), and is now set to start a whirlwind tour with John Mayer.
March 22, 2013
Taylor Swift’s cornflower-blue, anime-sized eyes and Goldilocks-esque have been gracing dozens of magazines, awards shows ...
March 1, 2013
It’s been said that it’s Beyoncé’s world; the rest of us are just living in it.
February 20, 2013
Anyone in New York during the month of November could attest to the fact that Lindsay Lohan starred in a Lifetime original movie; America’s favorite infamous former child star was plastered on every bus with a black wig, violet eyes and sparkling crimson necklace under the heading “Liz & Dick.”
December 12, 2012
It’s safe to say that country is trending in the American consciousness.
November 15, 2012
Emily Tarpey, Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH) ’09, and Leena Borst, FCRH ’12, share the same dynamic energy in an Upper West Side Starbucks that they do prowling the streets of Brooklyn in short dresses and stilettos (for their first apartment, get your mind out of the gutter), the plotline of their new web series “Gentrified.”
October 17, 2012
The cult of domesticity in the early twentieth century promoted women as domestic angels: cleaning, cooking, removed from the grit of the real world.
October 4, 2012
On Sept. 19, Matt Mirro, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’14, and his band Jarflower played Webster Hall, a performance venue that has seen the likes of Florence + the Machine, Foster The People and Greenday.
September 19, 2012
The title “[sleep] holds them” is a fragment from the works of Sappho, referring to the way slumber can restrict a person, hold them back, keep them waiting for something to happen.
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