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...function involves learning and practicing, Skinner and Shivvers are excited for their upcoming performance. “Because juggling and circus acts are all about performing,” Skinner says. “It’s about making other people happy.” The Arts First gig will showcase the club members’ different talents. They believe that other people will be excited, too. “When’s the chance that you’ll get to see the circus for free?” Skinner says. —Staff writer Candace...
...lose touch with his music. After his junior summer he realized how integral it was to his life and reprioritized so as to be able to devote himself to it. He started performing around campus with pianist Malcolm G. Campbell ’10. He also picked up a gig in New York, where he plays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. every Monday before catching a 7 a.m. bus back for his Tuesday morning classes...
...form that refuses to die, because all of us who are engaged in it are driven.”As a 15-year-old kid in Philadelphia, Golson and pianist Ray Bryant started off in a 15-piece band that had a simple, rough sound and played some gigs on the weekends. Golson recounted the story of their first gig: the leader of the group called and told Golson and Bryant the gig was cancelled, but in reality he had replaced them with other musicians. The two boys were devastated. “My mother took each...
...Maybe you break the mold because Broadway’s just a side job for you. Your main gig is as an executive producer on “The Daily Show.” A 2006 study at the University of Indiana found that “The Daily Show” is actually about equal in substance to most “real” news programs. What do you think...
...home run last April, even better.Jenkins isn’t waiting to visit the altar, either. He’s engaged to marry his high school sweetheart, Ashley, this summer.But Jenkins, a senior second baseman, has had to wait for the better part of four years for a regular gig on the Crimson infield. He has waited almost three years now, since Harvard’s last Ivy League title in 2005, for another chance to suit up in the NCAA Tournament.Let’s just say he doesn’t want to wait any longer.Now...