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...
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:...
April 6, 2014
Beginning on Monday, March 31, New World Stages, just around the corner from Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC), will be home to the New York City premiere of the musical “Heathers,” based on...
March 13, 2014
In 2012, Lauren Plumley, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’16, ran off and joined the circus. It’s not quite as angsty as it seems—she wasn’t kidnapped by clowns or lured by an enigmatic...
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...
February 13, 2014
For most, the idea of opera conjures up an image of the wrinkled and rich masses bespectacled in stodgy opera glasses. It’s a classic perception, but not necessarily true—now is a particularly...
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), including pieces written by current students and plays...
January 27, 2014
On Jan. 26, the 56th annual Grammys were hosted at the Staples Center in Los Angeles by LL Cool J. The Grammys laud musical artists from all genres, who are awarded a gramophone trophy or “gold sippy-cup”...
November 27, 2013
Douglas Brinkley, a professor at Rice University, accepted the Ann M. Sperber Award on Nov. 26 at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC). As mentioned in an earlier Observer article, he won the 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...
November 14, 2013
Not many college students get the chance to perform at Webster Hall.
Originally from Tennessee, Sturgeon’s Southern upbringing comes out in her gift for storytelling. She recounts how...
October 30, 2013
It’s clear that this is an important time for the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Queer community—with gay marriage gradually gaining approval around the world, LGBTQ rights improving and relaxed...
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
Showtime's “Masters of Sex," airing Sundays at 10:00 p.m., chronicles the life of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, whose pioneering research of human sexuality in the 1950s is hailed as partially...
October 2, 2013
Holden Caulfield, the main character of “The Catcher in the Rye,” says in the modern-classic: “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author...
September 30, 2013
Two reclusive saints, a war of piety and a mound of petrified human feces—continuing with the theme of “A Season of Facing Demons,” Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) premieres “Noonday...
September 19, 2013
William Shakespeare's classic “Romeo and Juliet”, which is 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...
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...
March 22, 2013
Taylor Swift’s cornflower-blue, anime-sized eyes and Goldilocks-esque hair have been gracing dozens of magazines, awards shows and even internet memes with especial ferocity in the past few weeks....
March 1, 2013
It’s been said that it’s Beyoncé’s world; the rest of us are just living in it. Oprah has knighted her as “The Beloved Mistress of the Universe” and hailed her work as the intersection where...
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...
December 12, 2012
Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, The Band Perry and Sugarland are all household names. Taylor Swift continues to be a maven for adoration as the country-pop princess released...
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...
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. Feminism in the latter half of the...
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...
September 19, 2012
According to the writer, Jason Rosenberg, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’12, the title “[is] a metaphor for lack of control, about people waiting for something to happen.” Rosenberg went...
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