This weekend, two groups will perform concerts featuring tunes by Fiona Apple, Sarah McLachlan and Phil Collins - all without any musical instruments. A far cry from the average person singing in the shower, the a cappella groups Amazin' Blue and Harmonettes use their voices to create melody, harmony, bass and percussion. The groups will bring their unique vocal arrangements of popular songs to Rackham auditorium tomorrow and Sunday.
Amazin' harmony hits a high note
Comic Norm MacDonald will bring his wry sense of humor to Hill Auditorium tomorrow for a live performance. Known mainly for his role behind the Weekend Update desk on "Saturday Night Live," MacDonald says that fans can expect a "funny" performance that draws on whatever is going on in his life. As he is currently under the weather, the show's topics will likely touch on the flu and his recovery.'Funny' man visits A2
Christopher Durang has gotten a lot of exposure these past few months. University Productions presented "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" in the fall. This weekend, Basement Arts is presenting Durang's popular comedy, "Baby with the Bathwater." Durang's fun 'Baby' delivers
As the end of the semester approaches, many groups on campus are beginning to wrap up business, completing their projects and activities for the school year. One of the University's comedy troupes is also preparing for its final performance before summer break.Comedy survives with Company
This Sunday, Students for a Free Tibet will sponsor the first Tibetan Benefit Concert, featuring Tibetan Chanting Master Sonam Dhargey. Headlining at the event will be Detroit's Immigrant Suns. Local acts including Transmission, Mazinga, #6 and The Prisoners will also perform.
Concert at Rick's to benefit Tibetan freedom movement
It might seem obvious, but the primary objective of a sitcom is to be funny. "Damon" falls far short of this mark and lands right on its face. Fans of the groundbreaking "In Living Color" will have high expectations for this series, since it reunites alumni Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier. But the magic the pair had in their "Men On ..." sketch never manifests itself on "Damon." Whereas Wayans and Grier had fun, original material on "In Living Color," they are given nothing to work with on "Damon.
'Hated it!' Wayans and Grier fall short
Despite the popularity that bands like No Doubt, Sublime, Goldfinger and Reel Big Fish have brought to the genre of ska, none of them can get away with calling themselves true ska bands. These hugely successful artists all experiment with some of the basic rhythms on which ska was based, but they are all just pop bands.Bostonian band Bim Skala Bim maintains ska's true sound
While basketball fanatics clamor to pick the winners of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament, movie fans often take part in a different gambling endeavor during the month of March - the annual Academy Awards "office pool." To accurately pick the winners in all of Oscar's 24 categories, not just the best director, actors and screenplays, one must accurately prognosticate winners in the evening's technical categories. This is not an easy task. After all, competitions for best sound effects editing and best original musical or comedy score tend to be less publicized and less predictable than marquee events like the year's best picture.
What if 'Titanic' doesn't win everything?
Rainbow dragons, outer space, prostitution and having a baby vampire embedded within your body are topics found in the imaginative songs of Helium. These few examples are only a sample of what talented songwriter Mary Timony extracts from the mysterious depths of her complex mind when it comes to composing songs.Helium inhales new, imaginative sound
Tomorrow night, tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman will play The Ark on Main Street. Redman rules at Ark
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