SF State’s “Spring Awakening” play showcases students’ musical and theatrical talents
An hour and a half before the show, between having makeup artists apply heavy liner to their eyes, even heavier blush to their cheeks and dashing onto the stage for brief sound checks,…
VIDEO: An interview with Toro Y Moi
Xpress news sat down with Chazwick Bundick, better known as Toro Y Moi, after he performed at the Rhythms Music Festival last Thursday at San Francisco State University. Bundick graduated from the University…
ASI organizes Rhythms Music Festival despite venue, cost challenges
This time last year, the Annex served as a temporary library while the current one was under construction. But Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27, a stage will take the place of…
Key players in San Francisco music scene to host panel at Jack Adams Hall
Several key players in the San Francisco music scene and from SF State’s Music/Recording Industry school will host a panel Friday, April 27 at Jack Adams Hall in Cesar Chavez Student Center from 1…
PHOTOS: San Bruno elementary school instructor teaches math through music
A classroom full of third-graders stare at instructor Endre Balogh, drumsticks in hand, ready for the lesson to begin. Within minutes, 60 small sticks lightly tap in rhythmic unison, imitating his every instruction….
Follett presents potential plan for SFSU Bookstore at open meeting
Three employees of Follett Higher Education Group presented their case on why the company should take charge of operating the SFSU bookstore in an open meeting yesterday afternoon. Follett, Barnes & Noble and…
“American Hipster Presents,” a new YouTube series, will make first stop in San Francisco
This loosely thrown about term can describe a sense of style and taste in music, a lifestyle choice or a state of mind; and can be perceived as an insult or compliment. But…
ODE bookstore in Stonestown closing down, unclear if students will be affected
Martin Carmody’s mission to keep bookstores from becoming a thing of the past isn’t exactly going according to plan. Three months after Borders’ Stonestown Galleria location closed last July, Carmody decided to take…
SF State interactive art exhibit opens in memory of late professor Stephen Wilson
A robotic hand welcomed guests to the SmART Space opening reception, deciding which of its three grip strengths to use based on each person’s heartbeat and touch. The interactive exhibit, which explores the…
VIDEO: The Growlers perform at The Depot in Cesar Chavez Student Center
More than 500 people packed The Depot in the Cesar Chavez Student Center Friday night as sweaty bodies cornered The Growlers on a stage that barely fit their musical equipment. “Beach goth” rock…
Songstress Lana Del Rey performs in the Haight District
A short Brazilian man was browsing through the “country rockabilly” section of Amoeba Records on Haight Street in San Francisco, within minutes he found himself engulfed in a sea of hundreds of people….
Noise Pop artists to participate in Musical Yearbook Project
A yearbook is normally a bound publication of photographs, documenting memories to look back on years down the road. But the Musical Yearbook captures memories in a different way. This new online venture is…
PREVIEW: Campus entertainment events for the spring semester
School’s back in session: the stress of crashing classes, the strict routine of waking up early and being punctual, and waiting in long lines at the bookstore. But amidst all the seriousness, there’s…
Residents frustrated with festival trash near Golden Gate Park
A blanket of plastic cups, bottles, glow sticks and other various forms of waste quickly replaced swaying bodies and ecstatic cheers on the main stage field as Arcade Fire finished the last set…
