After spending a summer doing comedy in New York, Mahmoud Osman, who goes by the stage name Huta, started hosting open mic nights in his room.
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HOUTS TO PERFORM AT WARTBURG’S BACH LUNCH
Katie Houts will be the featured performer at Wartburg College’s Bach’s Lunch organ series Friday, Oct. 8.
WEEKLY GERMAN FILMS OFFER FUN FOR ALL STUDENTS
There’s a new weekly event happening on campus for fans of film and culture –
watching German films.
BEHIND THE SCENES: THE MAKING OF “BRIGADOON”
Imagine visiting a magical place said to only appear once a century. For the cast and crew of “Brigadoon,” they returned to the fantastical world of Brigadoon three days per week during two-hour rehearsals.
WARTBURG CELEBRATES CHAPEL ORGAN’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the installation of Wartburg College’s Dobson organ, Karen Black, the college’s Rudi Inselmann Professor of Organ, will offer an anniversary concert on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m., in the Wartburg Chapel.
ETK WITH A YEAR FILLED WITH NEW OPENINGS AND OLD COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
JOEY GOETZ, GUEST TRUMPET WRITER As the academic year begins anew, students are eager to discover what campus programming organization Entertainment ToKnight (ETK) has in store for a year filled with new openings and old COVID-19 restrictions. “Above all, our mission was last year, and will continue to be, to create safe events for students,” said Rachel Green, third-year journalismContinue reading “ETK WITH A YEAR FILLED WITH NEW OPENINGS AND OLD COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS”
SENIOR ART EXHIBIT TO SHINE A LIGHT ON WARTBURG CREATIVITY
As the year winds down, the senior art exhibit is coming quickly.
REVIEW: ‘PAPER LIVES’ NOT MUCH TO GET EXCITED OVER
Every now and then, I see a film that keeps me on my feet, and I can’t say that I’ve seen one that does this quite like “Paper Lives,” a new Turkish drama out on Netflix.
REVIEW: ‘MOXIE’ PERFECT FOR VIEWING WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS
The riot grrrl scene was not fundamental to independent film, but it encouraged women to make films in a “coming of rage” sort of way, as it surged punk-power feminism into the spotlight. On March 3, Amy Poehler’s “Moxie” was released on Netflix, a mainstream movie that shone a light on the previously forgotten riot grrrl scene.
WHAT MAKES A FEMINIST FILM FEMINIST?
It’s a sad reality that the art of film is so void of female filmmakers. According to USAToday, only 13% of all directors are female, which is a four percent increase since 1998, and only five percent of all cinematographers are female, which is an increase of one percent since 1998.
