The snow outside did not stop them. As the audience filled for the arts, the seats of the Staller Center on Saturday night, they gazed upon a black grand piano reflecting the blue lights above it. Some were Broadway enthusiasts and others had seen the performer at other locales. As the lights dimmed, the audience clapped softly while her pianist, drummer and cellist walked on to the stage. Then, Audra McDonald took the stage in a black floor-length, sleeveless dress and the soft clap elevated to a roar of applause.
They were the congressional hearings that would define how the entire tobacco industry would operate and package cigarettes. Scientist Victor DeNoble’s 1994 testimony made the tobacco industry admit on their product that your cigarettes are not so beneficial to your health.
A conflicted Marilyn Zucker stood in front of her "Autobiography" class at the University of Lisbon in Portugal. It was Yom Kippur and according to the Jewish tradition, the day was meant for her to be seeking repentance for her sins- not to be in class.
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” might have hit movie theaters in December 2008, but the girl who might as well be Button’s genetically fast-forwarded sister debuted her play on Thursday at the Staller Center.
He is the Yorktown Heights boy who found himself playing in New York City without enough money to take the train home. So naturally he pulled out a didgeridoo, played for an hour, made $20 and was on the next train.
At 5:15 p.m., about 45 minutes after the concert had already started, students waiting to get into the concert charged Staller steps, causing the show to come to a halt and camps officials threatening to chancel the show.
The morning before a softball game, Seawolves right fielder Bria Green eats bacon, egg and cheese on a roll, takes a shower, fixes her hair and then does her make-up the same as any other day. Then she...
A typical spring at Stony Brook University celebrates local talent and businesses with Earthstock, the Roth Regatta and Strawberry Fest.
Despite common perception among Stony Brook students, the...
After weeks of rumors and contract negotiations, USG announced on its website that Ludacris will be performing as the headliner for Brookfest, this year’s spring concert. Grouplove will be opening.
William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” holds a reputation for being Shakespeare’s longest play and for having some of the most famous lines in the history of theater. (“To be or not to be- that is the question” and “Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well.”)
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