Diverse speakers promote ‘ideas worth spreading’
TEDxUMiami speakers shared their professional experiences and ideas with University of Miami students this past Friday, while also encouraging students to pursue ideas of their own. TED is a nonprofit organization that hosts speakers of diverse professional and cultural backgrounds in order to promote “ideas worth spreading” in the technological, entertainment and design fields. TEDx...
Hurricane Productions closes out the semester with special events
With finals approaching, students looking to get away from the end-of-the-year crunch can look forward to the last on-campus events of the semester. Hurricane Productions, UM’s events programming board and source for free entertainment, will offer activities including the annual Canes Carnival and two relaxation days. Pierre-Richard Gautier, the chair of Canes Night Live (CNL),...
Diplo to perform at BankUnited Center
After a year packed with rap, hip-hop and rock n’ roll, electronic DJ Diplo will spin at the BankUnited Center on April 12 for students, faculty and staff. “He’s a really good DJ and is going to be perfect for what the student body has been asking for,” said Kris Martin, Hurricane Productions’ president of concerts....
Phantom of the pop opera
Director Jared Glazer paced before the stage, his voice resonating over a steady baseline to a cast clad in ironed vests, ties and pleated blue skirts. “A general note to all boys: shave!” The crew prepared for the QuantUM Entertainment production “bare: a pop opera,” set in a Catholic boarding school. The opera, which opens...
Billy Joel makes his way to campus
Billy Joel will be in a Miami state of mind this March. In an event organized by Hurricane Productions, Joel, a six-time Grammy award winner, will grace the stage of the University of Miami’s BankUnited Center (BUC) for a night of music and questions on March 5. “We wanted to bring in a totally different...
On-campus events during finals
>> Midnight Breakfast The Division of Student Affairs hosts this semester’s Late Night Breakfast on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. Students can receive free breakfast from the Hecht/Stanford and Mahoney/Pearson dining halls. A meal swipe is not required. >> Outdoor Studying For a break from mundane studying in the dorms or library, check out the hammocks...
Ludacris grabs number one spot
Hurricane Productions (HP) and Student Government (SG) collaborated to collect more than 3,000 surveys designed to gauge students’ top choices for this fall’s Homecoming act. Ludacris was selected after making the top-five list, although Pitbull, Avicii and Lupe Fiasco were among the most popular options. Ludacris has a bevy of hit singles like “What’s Your...
Big screen sans the big bucks
For a thrifty college student, a night out at the movies is probably far-fetched. But who would pass on the opportunity to watch a free blockbuster that’s just a few minutes’ walk away?
Programming board brings on-campus entertainment
Wiz Khalifa, comedians, Neon Trees, an end-of-year carnival, Ms. Lauryn Hill, live music during lunch on Thursdays, the Beelzebubs (the voices behind “Glee’s” Dalton Academy Warblers), free movies and plays, Matisyahu. The University of Miami had the pleasure of having all of the above-mentioned grace its campus last year. And all of this was a...
Carnival takes cues from county fair
As final exams and paper deadlines loom, the last thing on students’ minds is enjoying a ride on a pirate ship or relishing in a delicious funnel cake. But this Friday between 8 and 10 p.m. on the Green and the Rock, stressed students can take a day off at the annual Canes Carnival, hosted...
Beelzebubs bring ‘Glee’ to the Rat
Minus Glee’s Dalton Academy dreamboat Blaine (Darren Criss) and loveable Kurt (Chris Colfer), the Tufts University’s Beelzebubs awaited a crowd that began lining up more than an hour before it began. And the Beelzebubs, the university’s oldest all-male a cappella group, were equally, if not more, excited to perform on the unique Rathskeller stage.
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