In looking for a way to sum up the past year's events, perhaps the idea of campus arts itself says it all. Campus arts, a term that only begins to express the scope of what it includes, encompasses everything from the School of Music to the basement of the Frieze Building to Hill Auditorium.
Campus arts keeps 'U' alive with music, dance, theater in 1997
Looking for trends within the popular film industry in '97 is like shooting fish in the proverbial barrel. It seems that 90 percent of the movies released last year fell into the cut-and-dried category. But, as it is my job to reveal the obvious, I'll be happy to oblige and point out the trends that are probably painfully evident to viewing audiences everywhere.
1997: The year in arts: Aliens, sequels, trends dene 1997's films
Writing about 1997 in the literary world is both an exciting and a terrifying undertaking. So much has happened this year; who am I, a lowly student who will never have enough time to read everything I want to read (much less everything published), to offer an opinion on the good and the bad?
Standout novels mark year in literature
I refuse to call this the year of Diana.
Though it was one of 1997's biggest television "happenings," the coverage of the death of England's Princess Diana was also the most disgusting. Rather than tastefully noting the untimely passing of a popular international figure, the amount of excess air time given to ludicrous theories on how Diana and Dodi Al Fayed died should have been used to do what television is supposed to do best: entertain.
1997 TV features drama, cartoons
New year, new you?
So, it's 1998. A new year. Time for a new beginning. A chance to start over. Blah, blah, blah. Yada, yada, yada.
1997: the year of the puff
1998 started rather abruptly, just as I was beginning to understand the complicated, seven-based mystique that was 1997. I say "abrupt" referring to the unfortunate and beguilingly stupid pair of skiing mishaps that befell Michael Kennedy and Sonny Bono. Nothing like a tree to stop a year's momentum.
Depending on who you ask, 1997 stood out as a rather significant year in the music industry for a variety of reasons. Some were convinced it was the year electronica took listeners by storm. Others maintain that it was the year female musicians finally stepped into the spotlight.
Music 1997: Rock in Review: Soggy recordings leave 1997 in musical limbo
Yet another great year for the video game industry, 1997 served up some true gems for gamers. We saw the Sony Playstation completely destroy its competitors. We witnessed the demise of the Sega Saturn - I'm still hurting from that one (damn Sony and its smoking gun!) And, oh yeah, the Nintendo 64 finally got some decent games! Leisure computer games add to spectrum of 1997 fun
"It was a good year for us; we keep selling more books. We're doing well compared to how books are doing nationally.
"There was a moment in August or September that lasted maybe two or three weeks when there was, in my opinion, the best bestseller list in years. 'Cold Mountain,' 'Underworld,' 'Into Thin Air,' 'Undaunted Courage' ...Experienced arts patrons offer comments on 1997
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4 On Dec. 18, the world of comedy lost one of its largest and most hilarious members. Chris Farley (pictured below) was found in his apartment, having died of a multiple drug overdose. The former "Saturday Night Live" star's latest effort, "Beverly Hills Ninja," flopped, but along with
Comedian Farley dies; Pearl Jam to release CD
The window of opportunity is now open wide. Avoid hasty decisions, lazy decisions and ignorant decisions; otherwise, your chances may close before you know it.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Weekend Magazine Horoscope
Help Me Harlan
Fallen Denzel Washington stars in this thriller about the survival of an executed killer's spirit. At Showcase: 1:00, 3:15, 4:05, 6:20, 7:05, 9:20, 9:40, 11:55, 12:10, 2:25. At Briarwood: 12:45, 3:30, 7:00, 9:40.
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