Arts & Entertainment

Drop show promises fashion and music

By Jacqueline Dautel | gargoyle@flagler.edu Fashion and music will collide at the Drop Show on April 9 at Push Push Salon. The event begins at 8:00 p.m. at the Push Push Event Hall located at 299 San Marco Ave. The Drop Show will feature a…


Theatre arts major balances senior conservatory with bundle of joy

By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
First photo contributed by Emily Glazier

For Nelsie Gordon, Flagler College theatre arts major, directing a one-act play for her senior conservatory class also means preparing for motherhood. She and her husband, Brandon, are expecting their first child in June.

“His name is Ethan and he’s been in four shows,” Gordon, 20, said. “I’m nervous about the labor part, but, honestly, no matter how ready you think you are or aren’t, you have to make yourself ready [for parenthood].”


It’s not all lows for Eisley with “The Valley”

By Andrew McDaniel | gargoyle@flagler.edu With a new album from Eisley, the family group from Tyler, Texas, chronicles their highs and lows through song. “The Valley” is Eisley’s third full-length album and first release in four years.  The band signed with Equal Vision Records, an…


Suwannee Springfest 2011

By Ryan Buffa | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Spring is in the air and so is great music.

The Suwannee Springfest’s four days of music and camping begins March 24 and runs through March 27. The festival will be held at the Southeast’s most beautiful venue, the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fla.


Locals ‘check in’ with location applications

By Alyssa Murfey | gargoyle@flagler.edu Planet Fitness Manager Ivy Coss surveys the gym area, spotting many of her clients speckled around the equipment, heads down, focused on their iPhones and Blackberries. However, many are not listening to music or texting a friend, but rather “checking-in.”



A&E editor predicts oscar winners

By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Photos by IMDB

For the first time since the Coen Brothers swept the competition for “No Country for Old Men” — my personal pick for the best film so far this century — I’m excited about the Oscars.

It’s almost like the World Series; equally obnoxious, yet far more decadent. As I’ve eaten my share of over-priced, buttery popcorn and quenched my thirst with unhealthy helpings of Cherry Coke, I’ve seen a great majority of the films nominated this season. I’m going to go ahead and submit to elitism and call myself an authority on the subject.

Here goes.