While watching the free Stand Up 8 show for SBU students on February 13, I realized that I have a new direction in life: I want to be an aerialist. Ok, that’s a dream that I won’t actually pursue, but…
Dressed in a green, striped flannel shirt and a blue backwards cap, Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdés walked onto the stage looking like an ordinary man. That is, until he started playing the piano, making the word “ordinary” an insult.…
On the fourth floor of the Staller Center is the lithograph studio. It’s a bright room filled with tables, rustic lithographic presses and the strong scent of chemicals. Alexandra Iosub works at the second press. Wearing a denim apron over a…
Seeking to cut back on administrative costs, art departments at Stony Brook University are combining under a new Center for the Arts, which will include the Staller Center’s performance space. The new center has been under discussion for years, according…
The 2011-2012 season at the Staller Center for the Arts opens Saturday, October 15 with “Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger,” Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. The Staller Center has a packed season lined up, with many musical guests…
By Nick Statt Clad in what looked like a multi-thousand dollar grey and black suit, comedian Aziz Ansari strolled onto the Staller stage Wednesday night to an explosive crowd. Even Aziz himself didn’t quite know how to receive the fervor,…
By Emily Torkel The Stony Brook Staller Center for the Arts is kicking off its new season of concerts and shows on October 21. The new season begins with Emerson String Quartet on October 21. The diversity of the performances…
Nestled between the Wang Center and the Melville Library lies Stony Brook’s very own Staller Center. Unbeknownst to many students is the fact that for twenty dollars, one can purchase a season pass to view their weekly Friday offerings
Upon discovering that the Department of Theatre Arts was going to be performing The Grapes of Wrath, I was a bit worried. The technological prowess of Frank Galati’s adaptation of the beloved John Steinbeck novel calls for, among other things, a moving stage.