Kristin Martin If you’re on campus around noon next Tuesday, you might want to stop by the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio to see Hoobastank, an alternative rock band, be recorded live for Studio Amped, a WSRE-TV performance series. The event is free, but you’ll need a ticket to get in. You can pick...
Category: <span>2009 Archive</span>
Junk to Art Workshops bring out student imagination
By: Troy Lambert Published: January 8, 2009 Stop! Don’t throw that junk out. Bring your junk to Pensacola Junior College’s “Junk to Art Workshop.” On Oct 24, 2008, as part of Pensacola Junior College’s sustainability project, Assistant Professor of Communications, Jen Ehrhardt, and Adjunct of Philosophy, Judy Golding, started a series of workshops where artists,...
The community celebrates Black History Month
From Staff Reports Published: January 9, 2006 Pensacola Junior College presents jazz icon Roy Ayers along with his band Ubiquity and legendary jazz saxophonist Bill Saxton 8 p.m. Friday Jan. 27, at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. The concert kicks off PJC’s observation of Black History Month and celebrates...
A look into the life of student Sandi Danielson
Brandi Snodgrass Published: January 9, 2006 At first glance, Sandi Danielson might look like a wild child, but upon looking closer one can see that she is a genuinely sweet and caring girl who just so happens to express herself through fashions using lots of colors and textures. Danielson is a first year photography major...
White Stripes break though confines of earlier albums
Erika Wilhite Published: January 9, 2006 Get Behind Me, Satan is, without a doubt, the White Stripes’ most confounding, bewildering record yet, and possibly their boldest. The Stripes, industry darlings and the poster children for the Detroit garage punk movement, have a track record of bizarre, unorthodox albums, each one different from the last but...
Jackson brings more emotion to ‘King Kong’
Kristen Bailey Published: January 9, 2006 Director Peter Jackson successfully brought the “eighth wonder of the world” back to the big screen over the Christmas holidays. Having a more emotional slant than its 1933 predecessor and much better graphics, “King Kong” proves that beauty really does tame the beast. In this recreation of the 1933...
They’re back! Cowboy boots are no longer just for cowboys
Brandi Snodgrass Published: January 9, 2006 Those boots were made for walkin’ and that’s what they’ll be doing this spring. Cowboy boots are back and there is no denying the fun and flirty style they offer to those who are bold enough to wear them. They are coming in all styles from simple everyday casual...
“Aeon Flux” takes on the big screen
Published: December 7, 2005 “Aeon Flux” takes place in a post-apocalyptic futureworld where people have mutant limbs, mysterious dreams and kicky, asymmetrical haircuts. It’s a good-looking movie with a fine cast, including four Oscars nominees: Pete Postlethwaite, Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo and, in the title role, Charlize Theron. She’s fine, but the problems in “Aeon...
Kong is King for game systems this fall
Matt Foster Published: December 7, 2005 I’m in love with an immensely powerful, rage-filled, dinosaur-stomping gorilla named King Kong. Maybe it’s the hype stemming from Peter, “Lord of the Rings” Jackson’s latest movie phenomena, the remake of the 1933 classic King Kong. Maybe it’s the longing for a game that is emotionally driven and filled...
Jazz band presents December concert
Joshua Kinser Published: December 7, 2005 The PJC jazz band will perform their final concert for the semester at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 at the Ashmore Auditorium for Fine and Performing Arts. The jazz ensemble, conducted by Tim Jackson, will perform a variety of tunes with diverse styles that include traditional jazz, swing, big...