http://xpress.sfsu.edu/arts/ en-us 2008-05-14T16:48:47-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011152.html Over 60 people attended the "Pre-Exam: Happy Concert 20 Years and Still Counting," a duet piano recital held today in Knuth Hall at 1:10 p.m, an annual Spring concert held one week prior to the semester ending. Performing pianists, Inara... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-05-14T16:48:47-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011120.html Most of SF State alumni Bohdanna Kesala's art is either several feet in size or less than ten inches in size. She believes that she can get her point across with something either very big or something very small and intimate. editors 2008-05-11T19:04:43-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011116.html The Scottish Rite Masonic Center in San Francisco was at its capacity for SF State’s 36th annual Pilipino Cultural Night on Saturday, May 3. “I’d just like to thank the audience for making this our first sell-out [show] during will... x-hasmultimedia amorrison03 2008-05-10T16:35:11-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011113.html A colorful display of student art is hanging in Golden Gate Park. The de Young Museum hosted its 10th "College Night," titled "Art for All," on Friday, March 21, 2008. A new exhibit pulled in college students to participate in... x-hasmultimedia amorrison03 2008-05-10T15:23:49-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011111.html Hip-hop. How can one define it? Whether it is characterized by rap music, graffiti art, or break dancing, it’s up to the individual or group to decide what hip-hop means to them. “Hip-hop has a culture, whether it’s dancing, singing,... x-hasmultimedia amorrison03 2008-05-10T15:18:27-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011089.html Between 3 and 5 p.m. on May 8, the sound of a chattering crowd could be heard down the hallway outside the SF State gymnasium. Inside, walking space was at a minimum due to the large number of metal easels.... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-05-09T01:35:13-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011074.html Sitting behind a sewing machine, amid knit fabrics, naked mannequins, faded music and a room filled with concentration, apparel design and merchandising major Christina Iskandar carefully works on a jacket piece for her collection. It was just two years ago,... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-05-08T12:52:36-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011073.html The soothing sound of a tenor saxophone, accompanied by the deep tone of the taiko drum and the slow strum of a guitar carried Juan Felipe Herrera’s voice out of the Poetry Center and down the halls of the Humanities... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-05-08T12:49:33-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011046.html Hollywood Director, John Swanbeck, makes visit to SF State to discuss life on a Hollywood set. 07-ToPUBLISH staff 2008-05-06T16:01:02-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011035.html San Francisco City Hall's North Light Court Room exploded with emotion as Bay Area poets exercised their first amendment right of freedom of speech while hundreds of spectators trickled in and out of the SF landmark. "If you haven't exercised... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-05-05T11:56:05-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011026.html Knuth Hall was at near capacity as audience members were clapping and dancing in the aisles on Friday's evening concert of the Afro-Cuban Ensemble. Director John Calloway led the way as the 23-piece ensemble along with nine vocalists filled the... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-05-03T02:00:11-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/010995.html By the time 10 p.m. rolled around Tuesday evening, the sound of the applause echoing through Davies Symphony Hall made it fairly clear whose hands the future of classical music lay in. Lang Lang, the 25-year-old Chinese piano virtuoso, played... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-05-01T13:27:01-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/010994.html The bulletin board is rather large in size, perhaps the largest in the Creative Arts building. Despite its size, there isn’t much empty space left on it. The large, cork board is filled with cast lists, rehearsal schedules, contact information... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-05-01T13:24:35-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/010993.html It’s the winter of 1989 in upstate New York. The temperature is freezing; it’s no more than 20 degrees outside. Arthur Streeter comes home, only to discover that Central Hudson, a New York area gas and electric company, has left... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-05-01T12:55:07-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/010964.html “Don’t stay unhappy, wherever you are,” said adult film star Nina Hartley during a two-hour lecture on April 24 in the Rosa Parks conference room. From the enthusiastic bouts of laughter from the audience, unhappiness wasn’t an immediate concern. Hartley,... 07-ToPUBLISH editors 2008-04-28T08:40:32-08:00