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Blank's visual storytelling unearths subcultures
St. Louis International Film Festival awards documentarian for lifetime achievements
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During his career, documentarian Les Blank has filmed everyone from Mexican-Americans, garlic fanatics and fellow filmmakers to gap-toothed women and a tea enthusiast. Blank finds the less ordinary in life, the uncharted subjects and brings viewers a glimpse of their world, unspoiled.
Big Band, 'Mini' honor music legends
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The lights dimmed and the remaining sounds were the combination of trumpets, trombones, saxophones, percussion, piano and bass guitar. Musicians and audience members alike bobbed their heads and tapped their toes to the music. On Nov. 20, the Winifred Moore Auditorium was, if only for a few hours, transformed into a jazz music haven.
Chaon 'wakes up' crowd at visiting writer's series
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With seven brothers and sisters, all with different fathers and a mother sent to prison for killing two of her children, life can get pretty hectic. These issues were the least of the main character's worries in acclaimed writer Dan Chaon's current book project, "I Wake Up.
Porn-inspired art spurs lecture
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Abstract painter Brandon Anschultz entertained Webster students with his Internet porn-inspired paintings. Anschultz lectured Nov. 17 to a packed house in the Sverdrup building, room 123. Students were sitting in the aisles to get a peek at his work. "I came to see (Anschultz) because I am an art major with an emphasis in painting," freshman Britnee Kennedy said.
Alumnus Profile: Joe Stickley
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Joe Stickley, Webster alumnus, might have been raised in St. Louis, but he plays music like a boy from the country. The Riverfront Times voted Stickley Best Songwriter in St. Louis in 2005. The RFT describes his music as a merging of new and old, traditional country and folk with modern pop and rock.
Theatre Review: 'Urinetown' 5 of 5 stars
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When "Urinetown, the Musical" first appeared on the Broadway stage in 2001, many people didn't know what to make of it. Five years later, the show still maintains an originality and creativity that sets it apart from the typical musical that has a typical subject matter.
Student groups prep for AIDS day
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LGBTQ Alliance, Campus Activities and the Multicultural Center and International Student Affairs are bringing World AIDS Day to Webster Dec. 1. Quinn Gardner, president of the Alliance, wanted to use World AIDS Day as an opportunity to spread awareness around campus and help end prejudice against the syndrome.
A conversation with an HIV-positive person
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The AIDS epidemic, now 25 years old, affects all people from all walks of life, including those at Webster University. The following is from an interview with a 21-year-old senior male, student at Webster. He identifies himself as gay and is in a monogamous relationship.
Debunking AIDS myths
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Myths and half-truths have surrounded AIDS and HIV since the epidemic began in the early 1980s. Can it be passed through kissing? Can you get it through oral sex? Can you get it just by touching someone? Although AIDS information and education have been available throughout the years, people may still be confused and have questions.
Commonly misunderstood definitions
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Understanding AIDS and HIV is no easy task. Becoming educated about the diseases can be confusing and time-consuming. Here are some basic terms and definitions that are important to know. AIDS - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, development of certain infections that may result from a decrease in a person's immune system.
History of AIDS
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HIV and AIDS is a worldwide epidemic. AIDS has claimed more than 25 million lives worldwide and over 500,000 lives in the United States alone. Currently, one million people in the United States have AIDS, and the Center for Disease Control estimates 40,000 will contract HIV in 2006.
Movie Review: 'Rent' 2 of 5 stars
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"Rent" premiered on Broadway in 1996 and immediately caught national attention, worldwide acclaim and an enormous following. "Rent" became, and still is, a cultural benchmark and powerful statement on AIDS and dealing with race, gender and sexuality in society.
Movie Review: 'Behind the Red Door' 1.5 of 5 stars
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This AIDS film fails to invoke empathy in Matia Karrell "Behind the Red Door" (2002). Roy (Kiefer Sutherland) is dying of AIDS. He decides to hire his estranged sister, Natalie (Kyra Sedgwick), to take photographs for his fashion campaign in order to reconnect.
Movie Review: 'Philadelphia' 3.5 of 5 stars
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"No Justice. No peace" A harrowing film upon its 1993 arrival, "Philadelphia" was a surprising, yet welcome answer to director Jonathan Demme's previous Best Picture endeavor, "The Silence of the Lambs." It also was essential to the perpetual ignorance and bigotry that enveloped the gay community, long-suffering from AIDS, in the United States from the '80s to the present day.
