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Stony Brook student honored by national arts organization

Dahalia IbrahimArts Top StoryApril 7, 2013

David John Davani may seem like your average freshman at Stony Brook University.

Theatre Arts Department prepares to stage “Hamlet”

Steven RossinArts Top StoryApril 7, 2013

With just days remaining until opening night, the cast and crew that will perform the modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet are busy playing out scenes before the curtain finally rises.

Sequels to old video games revived for newer technology

Robert CiminoArts Top StoryApril 4, 2013

The months of March and April will spring a number of revered franchises back onto gamers’ radars. “Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon,” “Bioshock Infinite” and “Injustice: Gods Among Us,” a new IP, are among the most notable.

Q & A Interview with “World War Z” Author Max Brooks

Will RhinoArts Top StoryApril 4, 2013

Before Brooks came out to entertain audience members, he took a moment to speak to me about his book, zombies, and “The Walking Dead.”
Will Rhino “WR” talked with Max Brooks “MB” about zombies.

University Music Department plans Handel’s “Orlando”

Dahalia IbrahimArts Top StoryApril 4, 2013

For the first time ever, there will be a collaboration between the Stony Brook Opera and the Stony Brook Baroque Players to perform George Friedrich Handel’s famous opera, “Orlando,” right here on campus at the Staller Center for the Arts.

Stony Brook student writes book of poems based on death

Robert CiminoArts Top StoryMarch 24, 2013

Death By Active Movement: The Certainty of Life through Poetry,” a collection of poems about death, explores the many facets of an inevitable phenomenon in order to “display its beauty”.

Spring Breakers relies on sex to bring in an audience

Jon WinklerArts Top StoryMarch 24, 2013March 24, 2013

Let’s say you’re in a movie theatre and you see a posse of white kids walk in the door. They wear DGK, or Dirty Ghetto Kid, t-shirts, skinny jeans or maybe basketball shorts and Nike shoes that LeBron James may have endorsed. If those guys and the girls they walk in with, wearing something smaller but similar, look like they just woke up and seem a little dazed, tell them to see “Spring Breakers.”

Starbucks wars: Roth Cafe vs the Stony Brook Union

Chelsea KatzArts Top StoryMarch 24, 2013

No longer do students need to wait on long lines for their venti cinnamon dolces. Never again do coffee enthusiasts from Tabler Quad have to walk across campus for their tall chai lattes. Having a lounge to sit in and relax—that’s a different question.

Anticipation begins for PlayStation 4’s Holiday 2013 arrival

Giselle BarkleyArts Top StoryMarch 10, 2013March 10, 2013

With several months until the release of Sony’s new PlayStation 4, the countdown begins.
According to PS4 Playstation4.com, the new console is scheduled for release in “Holiday 2013.”
The PlayStation 4 will take gaming beyond the walls of the living room or an isolated pastime. Consumers will not only have the ability to stay connected to their games but also to their gaming community.

Pixar combines creativity and math to make household films

Brandon BenarbaArts Top StoryMarch 10, 2013

From the zealous facial expressions in “The Incredibles” to the detailed environments of “Ratatouille,” and even the way light moves and sparkles under the ocean in “Finding Nemo,” all Pixar films are indebted to mathematical creativity.