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NEWS 4/13/12 8:50pm

International Coffee Festival brings exotic espressos to Irazu

By Merissa Blitz

As I walked into Irazú this morning, with camera in hand, I was greated by a very excited Nada Azem waving me over and saying, “Oh please take some pictures, we need as much publicity as we can get!” I had stumbled upon the International Coffee Festival, an event put on by Elon’s International  Society.

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LIFESTYLE 04/25/2024 12:37pm
Elon Performing Arts presents “Myths and Hymns” for spring musical

After learning “Myths and Hymns” would be the spring musical, Elon professor and director Alexandra Joye Warren knew she would have to add some sort of story into the song cycle. Song cycles are a group of individually complete songs designed to be performed in a sequence without having an overarching narrative. “Myths and Hymns” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on April 26, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on April 27 and at 2 p.m. on April 28 in Roberts Studio Theatre in Scott Studios. Tickets are $15 at the door or free with an Elon ID.

LIFESTYLE 04/25/2024 10:56am
Elon University students reimagine classic fairytale in original musical

A kickline, a love song, a villain monologue and a cardboard cutout of Mark Sloan from Grey’s Anatomy — these were all elements in “Sleeping Beauty,” a student-written reimagining of the classic fairy tale. NewWorks, a student organization that produces original student works, hosted three showings of a workshop production. “Sleeping Beauty” was the first musical NewWorks has produced, written by Elon senior and acting major Graham Cole. The workshop production took place in the Center for the Arts Isabella Cannon Room with a full run of the first act and a short collection of scenes and songs from act two.

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