Singing for sustainability at Stony Brook Earthstock

After six months of hard work, a committee composed of academic departments and student programs opened Stony Brook University’s 10th annual Earthstock on April 19, a week of festivities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The weeklong program is designed to raise awareness among students as well as the public through informative academic and cultural events addressing environmental concerns, sustainability and healthy eating habits.

Breathing East-A Long Island Band Trying to Break into the Music Industry

After playing countless shows in front of dedicated Stony Brook fans, Breathing East will have the chance to play a bigger stage.

The Long Island based band, Breathing East, has graduated from smaller campus shows to playing shows like Bamboozle Hoodwink, an outdoor music festival in New Jersey, on April 30^th. The festival lasted all weekend but Breathing East shared a stage with around 20 other bands on Friday alone, some of those bands included Say Anything and Motion City Soundtrack. This was nothing like the band had ever seen before.

“It was an amazing experience,” said William Stevens, bassist and back up vocalist for Breathing East. “We handed out nearly 600 of our CDs. You never know what it will be that will give you a big break. That’s why I don’t like turning down even the smallest shows.”

Budget cuts in the Theater Art Department at Stony Brook University

When I was covering the story about “Figaro, Figaro” last month, I learned that the Theater Art Department at Stony Brook University was suffering serious budget cuts. Students from THR 321, the spring 2010 production class, where concerned about the cuts.

Post Secret

PostSecret is a community mail art project.  Started by Frank Warren, people mail their secrets in anonymously on a homemade postcard and the secrets are selected and posted on the blog.  Each week the secrets chosen have a different theme ranging from confessions of secret desires, embarrassing habits or hopes and desires. 

Student displays sculpture at annual Stony Brook arts festival

Spring has finally arrived at Stony Brook University and with it the annual Shirley Strum Kenny Student Arts Festival. The art festival is from April 7 to April 23 and is dedicated the many creative Stony Brook students in an entertaining week of artistic exposition.

Shirley Strum Kenny Student Arts Festival Starts Off On The Right Note.

Wednesday April 7th was the official start of the Shirley Strum Kenny Students Arts Festival at Stony Brook University.  The annual  festival is an outlet for SBU students to demonstrate their creative talents through spoken word, music and traditional art.

Opening of “Figaro/Figaro” at Stony Brook University

This weekend, after more than two months of hard work, the Department of Theater Arts at Stony Brook University, NY, opened “Figaro/Figaro,” a play adapted by Eric Overmyer.

An unfortunate accident never injured his passion for art

 

The basement of the art building at Stony Brook University is one of the most interesting places where some curious students might be gladly lost.  If you turn to the right from the elevator and walk until the end of the hall, you will find two enormous rooms crammed with all kinds of sculpture tools and art work. It is fascinating to witness how these amazing pieces of art are born inside these thick concrete walls that shape this dreary building. This is the studio where many art students carry out their sculpture projects.