Arts & Entertainment

By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu

After earning critical success and a handful of Oscars for their last movie, the brilliant “No Country for Old Men,” directors Joel and Ethan Coen decided to go for something significantly lighter in the ridiculous CIA comedy-thriller “Burn After Reading.” The always-rebellious Coen brothers have traded the deep, dark depression and eternal misery of “No Country for Old Men” for “Fargo”-style senseless violence. They succeed in lampooning everything from brand-happy America’s quest for the perfect body to the idiocy of the Central Intelligence Agency. The result is hilarious and amazing, with just a hint of purposelessness.

Photo by Danielle Marsh

Flagler’s student art show featured several works. The first-place winner was a painting by Sierra Strasburger.

Flagler College’s students show off their works at new campus museum

By Marella Flynn | gargoyle@flagler.edu

From March 7 to April 11, students from all areas of study were invited to present their works of art in the first juried student art exhibition in the new Crisp-Ellert Art Museum.

Assistant Art professor Laura Mongiovi was a key player in orchestrating the event. She has had the desire to put on a showcase of this caliber, but the space was never available.

By Amy Gray | gargoyle@flagler.edu

When Ben Campbell, a graduating M.I.T. student, is accepted to Harvard’s graduate school, one of the most prestigious and expensive programs in the country—at the price of $300,000—he hopes that there is a better way to find funds than having to borrow mother’s life savings or work part-time in a local menswear store.

For Campbell (Jim Sturgess), the answer to this dilemma is to use his brilliant mind, superior math skills, and a plane ticket to Las Vegas.

By Lisa Knezich | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Just in time to end the semester is the 23rd Annual Cathedral Festival hosted by the Cathedral Parish School.

Held at The Mission of Nombre de Dios April 18-20, the Festival’s main attraction is its theme park-like rides.

Photo by Emily DeLoach

“The students are always so happy to be here,” said Fernando Arango, director of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind Department Art Club. “This is a blessing in disguise. Working with these kids makes you value what you have.”

Students at FSDB learn about the art of pottery with a little guidance

By Alicia Nierenstein | anierenstein@flagler.edu

When you think of cold, wet clay, do you think of it being used for therapeutic purposes?

According to Fernando Arango, director of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind Department Art Club, this is just one of the advantages of the pottery class that he teaches at the school.

Arango, who has worked with the club for two years, holds the class for the school’s blind students every Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

“It is like therapy for the students because it helps with coordination,” Arango said. “Since they cannot see, they have good perception of dimension and they are good at sculpting.”

By Owain Johnston-Barnes | gargoyle@flagler.edu Flagler student and musician Zac Jaggers wants to change the world with his music, but for now he’s happy just having people hear him play. Jaggers and fellow musician Ian Jones make up the band Clown Car Commute, and they…

By Marella Flynn | gargoyle@flagler.edu

I was hesitant to read the novel by Philippa Gregory because of the historical background, but I was literally blown away by the 672-page monstrosity.

It resembled somewhat of a personal journal illustrating all of the scandalous affairs the two young Boleyn sisters, Anne and Mary, had with King Henry VIII of England.

The movie itself was exquisite. It’s not just another historically based movie. Although it was a loose translation of the novel, the essential elements of the exchange of sex for power and wealth strongly resonate throughout.

Photo by Tad Mask

Flagler’s Theatre Arts Department will present “Camelot.” The show opens with a preview performance Thursday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium.

By Amy Gray | gargoyle@flagler.edu

King Arthur is a legendary hero from medieval Britain, and he is also the lead character in Flagler College’s spring musical “Camelot,” directed by Phyllis Gibbs.

Students in the production have been working for weeks to pull the play together before the curtain goes up in early March.

J.K. Van Arsdall, a freshman who plays Sir Sagramore in the production is confident that the effort put into the play will pay off on opening night.

By Amy Gray | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Imagine being trapped or in danger, and instead of waiting for rescue or death, you think of a safer place, and in seconds you are there, delivered from harm. This ability is what David Rice (Hayden Christensen) discovers about himself one icy winter day when he steps on thin ice and is suddenly trapped under the frozen surface of a river. The next moment, he is soaking wet lying on a pile of books in the public library.

From Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu

On March 7, Classic Blends will host an art exhibit during the downtown St. Augustine Art Walk for local students and rising photographers, Jill Borenstein and Rachael Yaeger.

The exhibit will showcase an artistic blend of matted, framed and stretched-to-canvas photography. The unique pieces feature buildings, landscapes and other elements found in nature.