Lawrence Community Orchestra Brings Sound To Silent Films

Lawrence Community Orchestra co-director, Matt Smith, wants you to know that silent films don’t mean a quiet audience.

“It’s kind of like‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ you know?” explained Smith. “The audience feels free to boo and hiss when the villain comes on screen and cheer when the hero saves the heroine, so there’s a little bit of audience direct participation. We’re not throwing toast or rice or anything, but just it’s fun to share in that.”

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Five Things You Should Definitely See at Panic Fest This Weekend

Five Things You Should Definitely See at Panic Fest This Weekend

Five Things You Should Definitely See at Panic Fest This Weekend

There are several dozen films screening over the course of Panic Fest, running at Screenland Armour (408 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, MO 64116) from this Thursday, January 24 through Thursday, January 30. There are shorts, features, premieres, and repertoire screenings, to say nothing of Q&As and live podcast tapings. What’s a horror fan to do, what with all of…

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A whirlwind year for the Greeting Committee wraps up with a hometown show at the Uptown

A whirlwind year for the Greeting Committee wraps up with a hometown show at the Uptown

A whirlwind year for the Greeting Committee wraps up with a hometown show at the Uptown

Photo by Elizabeth Miranda In 2014, Addie Sartino, Brandon Yangmi, Pierce Turcotte, and Austin Fraser were students at Blue Valley High School who had just started a promising indie-pop group called The Greeting Committee. Flash forward five years, and those young pups have grown from a local band into a national act that tours with heavy hitters like Rainbow Kitten…

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Spencer Raymond & Ricky Roosevelt, Ok O’Clock, Tech N9ne, and more of this month’s finest local music videos

Spencer Raymond & Ricky Roosevelt, Ok O’Clock, Tech N9ne, and more of this month’s finest local music videos

Spencer Raymond & Ricky Roosevelt, Ok O’Clock, Tech N9ne, and more of this month’s finest local music videos

The holidays are over, we’re all crawling out of our booze and food cocoons, and arguably telling ourselves that this is the year we get our shit together. While you make your lackluster, half-hearted attempts to keep those New Year’s resolutions, take a look at the latest roundup of local music videos. With new music from Spencer Raymond & Ricky…

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The Whiffs return with a fresh bouquet of basement power-pop

The Whiffs return with a fresh bouquet of basement power-pop

The Whiffs return with a fresh bouquet of basement power-pop

Photo by Jake Cardwell A passing glance at the members of the Whiffs gives little in the way of context clues about what style of music they might play. Oi!? Slade covers? Ramones-core? “This guy bought a record at one of our shows recently and was like, ‘Do you all plan this?’ says bassist and vocalist Zach Campbell, sitting at…

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The Get Up Kids, Giants Chair, Flare Tha Rebel, and more of this month’s finest local music videos

The Get Up Kids, Giants Chair, Flare Tha Rebel, and more of this month’s finest local music videos

The Get Up Kids, Giants Chair, Flare Tha Rebel, and more of this month’s finest local music videos

This month’s set of visually enticing local music videos features Flare Tha Rebel tackles code-switching, the Get Up Kids meeting up with Lou Barlow, Giants Chair diving into the past (and returning with a new record), and MB58 kicking it on an airplane wing—among other stunners. Flare Tha Rebel, “Fuh Wit’ Me” As a member of hip-hop collective Anti-Crew, Flare…

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Making Movies’ Enrique Chi on the band’s New Year’s Eve plans to ‘Remain in Light’

Making Movies’ Enrique Chi on the band’s New Year’s Eve plans to ‘Remain in Light’

Making Movies’ Enrique Chi on the band’s New Year’s Eve plans to ‘Remain in Light’

New Year’s Eve is a chance for a band to go big and try something more grandly spectacular than most might be willing to go for on a regular old Monday n…

Source: www.thepitchkc.com/arts-entertainment/music/qas/blog/21038915/making-movies-enrique-chi-on-the-bands-new-years-eve-plans-to-remain-in-light