Tall, spindly, good-humored, straightforward and humble. These characteristics form a basic composite of the man who is senior Anthony “Tony” Capparelli, piano performance major extraordinaire. Capparelli has been involved in music for his whole life. From the looks of it, his enthusiasm for the art and practice seems unlikely to ever diminish. “I was always interested in…
Wriston Art Center Galleries debut three fall exhibitions
On Friday, Sept. 27, the Wriston Art Center Galleries debuted their three new Fall exhibitions. Washington, D.C.-based artist Stephanie J. Williams, whose exhibition “Homegrown” is currently showing in the Kohler Gallery, opened the exhibitions with a lecture about her influences and inspirations in art. After the lecture, attendees were invited to partake in refreshments, chat…
Volcano Choir tours new album “Repave”
Wisconsin-based Volcano Choir took to the stages of Madison and Milwaukee this weekend, presenting their newest album, “Repave.” A band whose whole is not as well known as the people within it, the group is made up of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Collections of Colonies of Bees. “Repave” is their second album after “Unmap,”…
Johanna Burns entertains with quirky performance
On Friday, Sept. 27, singer-song writer Joanna Burns played a small but intimate show in the Esch-Hurvis room of Warch. The New Jersey native was in the final leg of her Wisconsin tour. Her performance was relatively scaled down, as she is still too small to travel with her band, but this did not seem…
LU Weird features off-campus bands
Despite the technical issues during sound check that delayed the start of the performances, the second annual LU Weird festival was a fun weekend full of radical and unconventional sights and sounds. Unlike last year’s LU Weird, this year’s festival featured campus bands but only two off-campus bands, Oshwa and Buke and Gase, hailing from…
Murphy emulates Holly Golightly in “Love and Other Disasters”
Do you like witty, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” style romance? Do you miss Brittany Murphy? Do you have a Netflix account? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then “Love and Other Disasters” is a great movie for you. This surprisingly good romantic comedy directed by Alek Keshishian is often overlooked for its appearance…
César Aira puzzles and entertains
If you ploughed through Jorge Luis Borges’s short stories long after the Freshman Studies assignments were over and read Garcia Marquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude” for fun over the summer, then look no further than César Aira’s “The Literary Conference” for your next read. Aira is one of his native Argentina’s most prolific contemporary…
“Grandchildren” describes overcoming loss through art
Things you should know: In “Things the Grandchildren Should Know,” the frontman of the band “Eels” tells us his story of growing up as the son of a genius and dealing with the deaths of his entire family. In a straightforward autobiographical style, Mark Oliver Everett recounts his insecure and tumultuous childhood and adolescent…
“Plough and the Stars” presents portrait of revolutionary Ireland
Beginning on May 9 and continuing with three more performances on May 10 and 11 in Stansbury Theatre, the department of Theatre Arts put on Sean O’Casey’s “The Plough and the Stars,” a portrayal of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising in turns humorous and sad, with an ultimately tragic ending. The play presented a challenge with…
Parlato transports audience with masterful performance
On a night overflowing with music, jazz singer Gretchen Parlato concluded this season’s Jazz Series with an exquisite concert on Friday night, May 10, backed by keyboardist Fabian Almazan, bassist Chris Morrissey and drummer Mark Guiliana. Parlato sang tunes from her albums “In a Dream” and “Lost and Found,” showcasing each musician’s individual voice while…