At the Movies: 'Sin City' |
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by Ryan Finn
Staff Writer
What happens when you take the restrained affectations of the 1940s noir style and force-feed it to our modern age of wanton sexuality and depraved violence? Well, “Sin City” for one.
Here is a city so sinful that most women are strippers or prostitutes and most men are criminals or corrupt authority figures. Most of the ones we see at least.
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Joshua A. Hayes plays banjo during the Song Swap event in the Multicultural Center, a part of the Appalachian Heritage Week. |
Heritage week reflects regional culture
by Kyle Conrad
Staff Writer
The weather is turning nice just in time for the kickoff of Appalachian Heritage and Music Week. The celebration, which is coordinated by the Appalachian Heritage Council, will feature presentations reflecting the deep cultural roots that reside in the Blue Ridge area.
“The events will feature people from all over the country and state,” graduate student and Council chairperson Mark C. Freed said.
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