'Desolation of Smaug' a visual and narrative disaster
(12/15/13 5:39pm)
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” is long, boring, disappointing and suffers from many visual and narrative problems.
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Zeta Sigma Chi hosts speed dating event
(12/15/13 5:35pm)
Zeta Sigma Chi opened EMU’s Student Center Ballroom doors to singles across campus to participate in their speed dating event. The event was co-hosted by Phi Sigma Pi EMU’s coed national honors fraternity. Alyssa Thornton, president of Phi Sigma Pi, was looking forward to the event, and would like to work together on more of their events.
Make some delicious appetizers
(12/15/13 4:24pm)
It’s a known fact that I love to eat, but I also have to eat before I eat. I have a grand affinity for appetizers – the more the merrier.
EMU remembers Nelson Mandela
(12/15/13 4:20pm)
Flags were raised at half-mast across the country in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s passing on Dec. 5, 2013, after years of health problems. The loss of Mandela, 95, was heartbreaking not only for his own country, but also for the world.
Katie's Craft Corner: Homemade aprons
(12/15/13 4:08pm)
When the holidays roll around, everyone begins to bake their annual favorites: pies, cookies, turkey and more, particularly for parties and family gatherings. Unfortunately for the klutzes among us, this means getting flour, chocolate and unknown mystery stains all over our nice clothes – a problem that’s been solved for ages with the humble apron.
Food Scoop: Vegetable Lo Mein
(12/15/13 4:06pm)
It’s the end of the semester, and I am feeling overwhelmed. The last couple weeks are always a rush of papers, presentations, and exams and it’s difficult to make time for real meals. Most days I have whatever I can throw together in five minutes with what I have in the kitchen. On the rare evening I have time to spend some time in the kitchen; I like to stretch out a bit. I enjoy making something a little adventurous, like a little veggie lo mein.
Kelly Clarkson releases Christmas album
(12/11/13 10:13pm)
The season of tinsel covered trees and maxed-out credit cards has arrived. Every year, the gifts may change from one glitzy electronic to the next, but there is one thing that stays consistent no matter what – the music.
Katie's Craft Corner
(12/11/13 10:10pm)
I think almost everyone has had some kind of encounter with clay in the past – rock-hard pottery clay, messy plaster, Play-Doh (the smell of which I’ve never been able to get past). After searching and experimenting with different types of clay this fall, I’ve come across a new favorite, just in time for holiday gift-giving: baking soda clay.
Don’t loaf around — learn to bake bread
(12/11/13 10:09pm)
I am addicted to anything bread; baked, broiled, fried, buttered – you can even bread about anything you want in your kitchen and, rest assured, I’d promote it.
Nirvana nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
(12/11/13 10:07pm)
April 2014 will mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide at age 27, a somber reminder of the end of a musical era. Nirvana has been nominated for the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the same month and if inducted, the band will be one of the youngest nominees, barely making the 25-year minimum requirement for the honor.
Food Scoop
(12/11/13 10:05pm)
Minestrone soup is one of my greatest triumphs. It is the one single vegetarian, non-dessert, fills-me-up thing that I introduced to my mother, and it changed her entire outlook on deeply vegetarian soups. Well all right, it just changed her outlook minestrone, and only the style of the Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen. It’s still a wonderful feeling when I walk in the door and I find out that she’s making “my” minestrone soup because she thinks it will be good for lunch tomorrow.
VISION’s Sharing Trees a spirited success
(12/11/13 10:03pm)
During the winter season, many families around Ypsilanti struggle to provide winter necessities to their children, including coats, hats and gloves. Not only is it hard to afford these items, but some families cannot afford presents under a Christmas tree.
Lively choir performance celebrates peace
(12/11/13 10:01pm)
The Chamber Choir and University Choir came together on Dec. 8 to perform a unique blend of music in Pease Auditorium. The theme throughout the performance was “Peace on Earth.”
Matt On Music: EPs
(12/09/13 12:16am)
In a better world, EPs would rule. Full-length albums are great, sure, but our obsession with LPs has resulted in the more quantitative records becoming the more qualitative. It’s so bizarre that EPs are so often used for extra material considered too subpar for full-lengths, which LPs are so often full to the brim with good songs.
Rifftrax live show fails to hit previous comedic potential
(12/09/13 12:15am)
This month’s Rifftrax live show offering was funny, but simply failed to reach the comedic heights of the last two.
Planetarium screens ‘Season of Light’
(12/09/13 12:14am)
On Dec. 7, at the Eastern Michigan University Planetarium in room 402 of the Mark Jefferson Science Complex, “Season of Light” was presented in celebration of the holiday season. Produced by Loch Ness Productions, the presentation focused on the history of holiday traditions, specifically the focuses on lights.
‘Jigsaw’ instills humor within its Ypsilanti audience
(12/09/13 12:13am)
Petie the Dog (PTD) Productions’ presentation of the play “Jigsaw” is lively and lighthearted. The play was written by Dawn Powell in 1934, but has not enjoyed much popularity over the years. The Midwest premier run took place at Ypsilanti’s Riverside Arts Center, 76 N Huron St., on Dec. 5 and is running through Dec. 14.
Ypsilanti puts on annual holiday festivities
(12/09/13 12:07am)
On Friday, Dec. 6, the city of Ypsilanti twinkled with festive delight with the annual Starlight Spree and Tree Lighting Ceremony outside the downtown library.
Food Scoop: Light, fluffy pancakes
(12/09/13 12:05am)
When I was a kid, pancakes were magical things, even when my mother managed to burn about half the batch. In college, they are still magical things and now I can make them myself.
Recipe time: You say potato, we say delicious
(12/09/13 12:02am)
It would be an understatement to simply say that I love to eat – and I am completely OK with blaming my family genetics and the many scrumptious recipes they’ve passed down to me through the years for it.
