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The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

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The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer

The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer

JENNIFER PELLY, Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Emerita

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McCarren Park Pool Ends Its Run as Music Venue

June 22, 2011

Published: October 02, 2008 “Welcome to the end of McCarren Pool as we know it,” Thurston Moore, frontman of NYC noise rock legends Sonic Youth, said to a packed McCarren Park Pool as the sun went...

FCLC to Showcase Student Talent in GO! Benefit Shows

June 2, 2011

Published: April 3, 2008 If you’re reading this paper, chances are you know a thing or two about New York City’s history of shaping talented young musicians. Bob Dylan should have been a sophomore...

Improv Outside the Box

June 2, 2011

Published: April 3, 2008 High school reunions are slightly awkward for most people, but for Charlie Todd, telling his former classmates that he now does pranks for a living was pretty hilarious....

Senior Dancers Shine at Weill Center

June 1, 2011

Published: Febrary 14, 2008 On Jan. 30 and 31, seniors of the Ailey/Fordham Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance program performed in the annual Senior Solo Concert at Ailey’s Joan Weill Center for Dance....

Comedy Troupe Nails Jokes, Jazz Solos

June 1, 2011

Published: January 31, 2008 Take six comedic actors, one standup bass player, a jazz drummer, a keyboardist and a guy on sax—throw them into a NYC art space, label them “FACE,” and what’ll...

Talkin’ Music With Father Grimes

May 31, 2011

Published: April 17, 2008 So what if he doesn’t have an iPod? When it comes to music, the Rev. Robert R. Grimes, S.J., dean of Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) knows what’s up. Music...

In Case You Missed It: Inside the Woodie Awards

May 30, 2011

Published: December 13, 2007 Forget gold, forget silver, forget bronze. At mtvU’s fourth annual Woodie Awards, the only award show dedicated to music chosen solely by college students, it was all...

Fall’s Freewheelinest Flick

May 29, 2011

Published: November 8, 2007 Just because “I’m Not There” is a Bob Dylan movie, that doesn’t mean you should see it stoned. For one, it’s not a Bob Dylan movie in the traditional sense: not...

Unethical Labor Practices at Fordham?

May 27, 2011

Published: October 11, 2007 At Fordham University, an institution dedicated to advocating social justice throughout New York City and the world, it’s ironic to think that unethical labor practices...

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