Gina Nespoli Published: October 25, 2006 On Oct. 11, PJC hosted Mark Doty, author of seven books of poems and three volumes of memoirs. I was ecstatic that I got to hear him read his poetry. I also had the opportunity to ask questions and hear about his influences for each poem. He opened with…
Kay Forrest – The Corsair “People were walking, like, to Mecca,” Iris Shapiro recollects of her long tramp to Woodstock—the music festival of ’69, not Snoopy’s yellow companion. Depending on one’s point of view, the name “Woodstock” conjures up several different images: an open stage, Jimi Hendrix, intoxicated hippies, free love, the idea of “getting…
Wade Manns The Corsair Release: Five, from January to August 2009 Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 By: Bethesda Softworks As a companion piece to my first review here in the Corsair, I’ll speak on the five Downloadable Content (DLC) packages that have since been released for the wonderful first-person role playing game, “Fallout 3.”…
by Paul Smith Platform: PC “The Sims 3” is the latest installment of one of the bestselling video game franchises of all time. “The Sims” was a game originally conceived by Will Wright (who also made the original “Sim City” and the more recent “Spore”) and was a game designed to let players use their…
Published: October 11, 2006 The Jazz Soceity of Pensacola will be hosting a Jazz Gumbo at Phineas Phogg’s in Seville Quarter Oct. 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The doors open at 6 p.m. Popular singer Kitt Lough will entertain with keyboardist David Shelander and other musicians forming a mini-big band. Kitt performed in…
Published: October 11, 2006 Northwest Florida artists are invited to enter the Eighteenth Annual Cinco Banderas (Five Flags) Collection Competition, a unique and permanent body of work established through the Arts Council of Northwest Florida and consisting exclusively of regionally produced art. Works are added to the collection by means of this annual juried competition…
Published: October 11, 2006 Pensacola Junior College presents singer Lorna Bracewell 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio as part of the Coffeehouse Series. Tickets cost $2. Purchase tickets at the Lyceum box office in the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, 1000 College Blvd. The Jean & Paul Amos Performance…
Published: October 11, 2006 The PJC Wind and Jazz Ensembles will present a free concert 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19, at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Bldg. 8. The Wind Ensemble will present the program “Young Music” – compositions created within the last year. The PJC Jazz Ensemble, featuring 17 of PJC’s most talented instrumentalists, will…
Cynthia Munoz Published: October 11, 2006 Not impressed. I’m sorry, was I not supposed to laugh? “The Beginning” seemed to show no real plot or follow any sort of story line. The movie seemed to have what it wanted to reveal about the beginning or give an idea of the massacres but failed to ever…
Gina Nespoli Published: October 11, 2006 Synopsis: This is a classic story of a man finding his inner hero with the help of a selfless mentor. Jake Fischer, played by Ashton Kutcher, was accepted into every Ivy League school on a scholarship for his incredible swimming skills. Instead, Fischer enlists in the U.S. Coast Guard…