Author: Mollie Siu-Chong

Typically, the Court holds about 80 oral arguments at the State House in Indianapolis each year. Occasionally, it schedules arguments outside the capital to allow the press and public in other areas of the state an opportunity to attend an...

  NEWS RELEASE August 18, 2014 Neon Trees 'First Things First Tour' will make stop at Purdue in November WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Neon Trees and Fictionist will perform at Elliott Hall of Music at 8 p.m. on Nov. 7....

Melissa Aldana's third album and her first for Concord Records - entitled "Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio" - has been released today Tuesday June 24 in the US. The album also features master bassist Pablo Menares (also from Chile) as...

PRINT YOUR TICKETS EARLY! Due to technical maintenance required by the location of the event, you will NOT be able to print your tickets after 2:00pm the day of the show. After 2:00pm, un-printed tickets will be available at the Stewart Center...

It was September 26, 1957, and something great was coming that evening: a Broadway musical unlike any that had come before. “I thought West Side Story was going to be a flop,” says Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book of...

The Life In Color outdoor concertThe LIFE IN COLOR tour UNLEASH featuring Adventure Club, David Solano, Machine Gun Kelly, Cash Cash, Spyder Logic and White Vinyl Sky The concert, sponsored by the Purdue Student Concert Committee to celebrate Grand Prix week, will take place Friday, April...

By John Gholson Late in the documentary Born to Fly, "pop action" choreographer Elizabeth Streb mentions wanting to expand the brand name recognition of her dance company. This film should certainly help. I'd never heard of Streb before this (not that...

This is a program that explores time and counterpoint. Bach’s 15 Two Part Inventions are pieces that he wrote in 1723 as a guide for keyboard players.  It shows how to play counterpoint, beginning with two voices, one in each...

PROGRAM NOTES As young men, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Piotr Tchaikovsky (born four years apart) represented opposite tendencies in Russian music.  The former started his professional life as a naval officer, largely self-taught in music who, together with his colleagues in...

Several weeks ago, the Journal and Courier wrote a feature article about Purdue Convocations and its history. Going through the performance archives was definitely a trip down memory lane! Since 1902, Purdue Convocations has presented some of the world’s top...

Reality shows are ubiquitous on television and in pop culture these days. But though we view them with a more knowing and wary gaze than we did when The Real World and Survivor took over the airwaves, our attention hasn’t...