What Cuban poster artists did in the 1960s and 1970s was not just a random, lucky occurrence. It was a prime example of a complex process that involves referencing and appropriating visual material from the past — a complex process still employed today.
The Staller Center for the Arts flooded on Saturday, March 4, in the early afternoon, causing power outages on the north side of Stony Brook University’s campus that same evening and class and event cancellations, according to university officials. University…
It was a night of comedy with Daily Show alums John Oliver and Wyatt Cenac in the Staller Center on March 11, 2013. Although the Stony Brook USG hosted show had to be rescheduled from its original date of February…
Stony Brook University’s art department is once again occupying the gallery at the Staller Center for the Arts, this time for the 2012 Senior Art Show. Those venturing into the exhibition will find the gallery space packed full of prints,…
The audience buzzes with anticipation as the curtains on stage draw back, revealing a man dressed in white sitting at a desk. The man soon embarks on a world journey, walking across the stage with a map projected behind him.…
Wednesday, March 28 marked the 11th annual Piano Project in which students and faculty of the piano studio tackle this three-concert marathon each year. Flashing fingers, pounds of sheet music, hours of intense focus—the event is a basically a one-day…
As a classical musician, I’ve learned to respect the sanctity of ceremony in music performance. One grows accustomed to the frenetic chaos of performers warming up, the whispered breaths of tuning notes, the pomp and circumstance of symphonic applause. Yet…
Forget everything you think you know about Moulin Rouge. Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet brought an entirely different story to the Staller Main Stage than that presented by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman in the 2001 film. The Moulin Rouge was…
On February 28, a group of students and faculty put on “Starry Nights at Staller Center,” a concert featuring renowned musicians, including Metallica’s Kevin Cobb and the Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera’s Pedro Diaz. Named for its generally well-known participants,…