<![CDATA[The Current - A&E RSS]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/se/the-current-a-e-rss-1.278 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:28:14 -0400 en <![CDATA[Revolutionary game developer]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/revolutionary-game-developer-1.1494556

By: Alexander Bevier


Corvus Elrod is a game designer and semionaut who explores and create games while communicating stories through game mechanics; the rules defining how a player interacts within a game’s playspa...

]]> 1.1494556 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:02:07 -0400 <![CDATA[Kurt and Warhol exhibits]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/kurt-and-warhol-exhibits-1.1494555

By: Bailey Jo Josie


Touring Pike’s Place Market, walking along the beach in Alki, and hitting up Safeco field for a Mariner’s game are each typical Summer pastimes in Seattle.
 
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]]> 1.1494555 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:00:23 -0400 <![CDATA[KGRG Summer Riot delayed]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/kgrg-summer-riot-delayed-1.1494554

By: Jean-Pierre Garcia


Summer Riot, KGRG’s eleven band kick-off to summer, was set to be hosted on June 19 for the first time in five years.  But after a year of preparing the revival of one of KGRG’s most...

]]> 1.1494554 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:58:50 -0400 <![CDATA[Game Prose]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/game-prose-1.1494553

By: Alexander Bevier


It’s amazing when you realize that the world you live in is much larger than you once believed. Infants only know the places they are guided to by their mother and father until they are able to...

]]> 1.1494553 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:56:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Countdown to Avengers]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/countdown-to-avengers-1.1494550

By: Neil Solano


Marvel comics, the company that created superheroes including Spiderman, X-Men, and The Hulk, successfully catapults America’s favorite superheroes to the big screen.

 
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]]> 1.1494550 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:49:18 -0400 <![CDATA[Revolutionary game developer explores the human essence ]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/revolutionary-game-developer-explores-the-human-essence-1.1494489

By: Alexander Bevier

Cubes and narratives are tools Elrod Corvus uses to connect with players

Corvus Elrod is a game designer and semionaut who explores and create games while communicating stories through game mechanics; the rules defining how a player interacts within a game’s playspace. Elrod is a staple at many gaming events and confe...

]]> 1.1494489 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:49:45 -0400 <![CDATA[Pop Culture icons Kurt and Warhol exhibited Seattle Art Museum]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/pop-culture-icons-kurt-and-warhol-exhibited-seattle-art-museum-1.1494479

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]]> 1.1494479 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:40:14 -0400 <![CDATA[Electrical curveball changes venue for KGRG’s Summer Riot Concert]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/electrical-curveball-changes-venue-for-kgrg-s-summer-riot-concert-1.1492800

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KGRG's most ambitious concert relocates after campus wide black-out scheduled for June 19. Capital projects shut down the campus to redirect power to the new Salish Hall Building....

]]> 1.1492800 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:10:02 -0400 <![CDATA[The countdown to ‘Avengers’]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/the-countdown-to-avengers-1.1492787

By: Neil Solano



With every new Marvel blockbuster that comes out, we’re a step closer to the big 2012 finale - Avengers. But, even though this may be exciting to many comic book fans, isn’t the hype a little much?...

]]> 1.1492787 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:49:42 -0400 <![CDATA[Theatre Extempore takes Stage Door with unexpected cast]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/theatre-extempore-takes-stage-door-with-unexpected-cast-1.1482485

By: Bailey Jo Josie



 

Green River’s Drama Department, known as Theatre Extempore, will be showcasing a classic 1930’s backstage comedy known as George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber’s Stage Door starting May...

]]> 1.1482485 Tue, 18 May 2010 15:43:08 -0400 <![CDATA[Rock for Haiti benefits venue not charity]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/rock-for-haiti-benefits-venue-not-charity-1.1482474

By: Mariah Craven


On Wednesday night, April 25th five local punk rock bands raged in the name of charity. It was the “Rock for Haiti Benefit Show” at Seattle’s El Corazon.

1.1482474 Tue, 18 May 2010 15:02:25 -0400 <![CDATA[Iron Man 2 a great summer flick]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/iron-man-2-a-great-summer-flick-1.1481469

By: Ryan Inouye


Iron Man 2 is one of the best written and directed movies based on a comic book in many years, and it deserves five stars two thumbs up. Everything about this movi...

]]> 1.1481469 Sun, 16 May 2010 20:31:38 -0400 <![CDATA[Try questioning the survival of a music genre for homework]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/try-questioning-the-survival-of-a-music-genre-for-homework-1.1472223

By: Bailey Josie


Poetics of Hip Hop students give modern sound a second look

 

Helmed by Jennifer Whetham, the Poetics of Hip Hop is a class that teaches students that there is more meaning to the genre and culture of hip hop than what is initially shown on the surface; ...

]]> 1.1472223 Tue, 4 May 2010 17:07:48 -0400 <![CDATA[Players wait anxiously for new Wii games]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/players-wait-anxiously-for-new-wii-games-1.1347875

By: Alexander Bevier



 

2010 is set to be the biggest year the Ninendo Wii has had since its launch in 2006. At Nintendo's media summit back in February, Nintendo showcased every high-profile game coming ou...

]]> 1.1347875 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:00:22 -0400 <![CDATA[Latest KGRG concert a raging success]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/latest-kgrg-concert-a-raging-success-1.1347706

By: Mariah Craven



On Friday April 16th the Lindbloom Student Center erupted with a fury only the sounds of rock could produce. Moneta, Shy for Shy, Sunderlyn, and West On...

]]> 1.1347706 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:20:24 -0400 <![CDATA[Elle Woods adds a little pink to Seattle]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/elle-woods-adds-a-little-pink-to-seattle-1.1288481

By: Mary Dusek


What do tiny dogs, an ungodly amount of pink, and Harvard University all have in common? The latest production at the Fifth Avenue Theater, Legally Blonde: the Musical, of course! This latest feature in Seattle leaves audiences saying, “omigod yo...

]]> 1.1288481 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:45:04 -0400 <![CDATA[PRODUCTION BEGINS ON DEATH RACE 2‏]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/production-begins-on-death-race-2-1.1220094

By: PRESS RELEASE



 

PRESS RELEASE     One Race, Three Days and 20,000 Rounds of Ammo     PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR DEATH RACE 2   BEGINS IN SOUTH AFRIC...

]]> 1.1220094 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:55:40 -0500 <![CDATA[Apple's iPad not for the new generation]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/apple-s-ipad-not-for-the-new-generation-1.1168341

By: Guiddo Bakkes


 

Apple recently introduced the highly anticipated iPad, and will be in stores as soon as March this year.
 
The iPad is a multimedia device on w...

]]> 1.1168341 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:09:05 -0500 <![CDATA[Is MAG a bigger hit than Call of Duty?]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/is-mag-a-bigger-hit-than-call-of-duty-1.1128518

By: Randall Miller


  The video game takes place in the year 2025, three PMC (private military contractors) battle it out to see who gets the biggest paycheck. These “Big Three” companies are named Valor Company Inc., S.V.E.R (...

]]> 1.1128518 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:25:14 -0500 <![CDATA[Underground Icon pens grooviest novel yet]]> http://www.thecurrentonline.net/a-e/underground-icon-pens-grooviest-novel-yet-1.892702

By: Stephen Dufendach


If there are still literary events in the 21st century that reach the immortal levels of the past, the publication of a new Thomas Pynchon novel this last summer is about as close as we’re going to get. The fact that many readers quite possibly hav...

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