William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be performed in the Backdoor Playhouse over the next two weeks. Mark Creter, professor of English at Tennessee Tech, will direct the play. “It is one of my absolute, all-time favorite Shakespeare shows. We did it here in ’96,” said Creter. “Historically, there […]
Author: Kaylee Gentry
Waterfall installation flows into UC
As students look around the lobby of Roaden University Center, they’ll notice a waterfall coming down the spiral staircase, courtesy of Bryant Holsenbeck, students and staff. Holsenbeck makes art out of the everyday items people tend to throw away. The installation in the UC demonstrates how much plastic is used. […]
Graduation is bigger than you think
It’s almost here. Graduation. The caps and gowns. The lines of people trying to get a seat. We’ve all gone through high school graduation, so we know what to expect. But does it have as much meaning? In high school, you really think about getting to the end. Walking across […]
Center Stage to host events after Spring Break
Center Stage will be hosting several events the week of March 16 for students to attend. The first event features the Ensemble Creo, who will be performing March 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Wattenbarger Auditorium at the Bryan Fine Arts Building. According to the Center Stage Spring 2015 brochure, the […]
TAB says “Halo” to video game tournament
The Tech Activities Board will be having a video game tournament on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room on the second floor of the Roaden University Center. “Teams of two can play ‘Halo 3,’ and that will be on the Xbox 360 … We’re doing Madden 15 […]
Tom Wolfe Quartet gets jazzy
The Tom Wolfe Quartet will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20 when the jazz group comes to Tech’s Bryan Fine Arts Building. Jazz guitarist Tom Wolfe composes his own music and performs with the quartet. "Most of the pieces the quartet will play are originals of […]
Michael Aurbach’s larger than life collection featured in Joan Derryberry Art Gallery
As you walk into the Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, you’ll notice there aren’t as many pieces as the last exhibit, but the pieces there are much larger. Michael Aurbach, artist-educator at Vanderbilt University, says his art is basically about protest, and he uses a lot of art historical “formats” and […]
New artist’s work on display
Students will notice a few new splashes of color on the walls of Joan Derryberry Art Gallery as the new exhibit by Jim Graham opens. The pieces in the collection, “New Paintings for Exotic Tastes,” are “comparing things from two dissimilar categories, often focusing on the gap between the natural […]
Center Stage releases 2014-2015 season of events
Thanks to Center Stage, several cultural and artistic events have been scheduled for the year, with four of them taking place this month across campus. Center Stage recently released their schedule of upcoming artistic events that are free to students. The events range from guest speakers and concerts to art […]