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Citizen Jane Film Festival celebrates female filmmakers

Citizen Jane Film Festival celebrates female filmmakers

Haris Fazlic October 18, 2012

Ever wondered how many A-list films are directed by women? How many female directors are behind those big screen blockbusters? The answer: not enough. Luckily, the Citizen Jane Film Festival is changing...

Citizen Jane Review: Sexy Baby

Citizen Jane Review: Sexy Baby

William Schmitt October 18, 2012

_Plays at 7:30 p.m. at Charters Auditorium at Stephens College_.   Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus collaborated to direct “Sexy Baby,” which explores issues that have arisen from the explosive popularity...

Citizen Jane Review: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

Citizen Jane Review: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

Carleigh Cavender October 18, 2012

_Plays at 7 p.m. at Windsor Auditorium at Stephens College._ Rarely will you ever taken notice of female comic book heroes. Besides the fact that there are maybe two superheroines that I can even think...

Citizen Jane Review: Orchids: My Intersex Adventure

Citizen Jane Review: Orchids: My Intersex Adventure

Alex Leininger October 18, 2012

_Plays at 2:15 p.m. Sunday at Ragtag Big Theatre._ “Orchids” is not a light film. It’s not an “Elf” type of movie in which everyone sings and smiles and embraces the greatness of the world....

Citizen Jane Review: The List

Citizen Jane Review: The List

Anthony Orso October 18, 2012

The media has portrayed the conflict in the Middle Eastern as Westerners versus Arabs, soldiers versus terrorists. However, movie director Beth Murphy goes beyond this simplistic approach in her documentary,...

Citizen Jane Review: Love and Other Anxieties

Citizen Jane Review: Love and Other Anxieties

Hailey Yeakle October 18, 2012

_Plays 1:15 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday at Ragtag Small Theatre._ When told by her cinematographer Mary Jane Doherty that it was impossible to make a movie about love, filmmaker Lyda Kuth set out to...

Citizen Jane Review: Don't Stop Believin'

Citizen Jane Review: Don’t Stop Believin’

Lauren Rutherford October 18, 2012

_Playing Friday 7:30 p.m. at the Missouri Theatre_ It's the song that plays at all high school dances and can cause any crowd to break into chorus: Journey's worldwide hit, "Don’t Stop Believin'." However,...

Deftones create fine-tuned, aggressive sound in latest album

Deftones create fine-tuned, aggressive sound in latest album

Danielle Filippone October 18, 2012

“Leathers,” the first single released off of Deftones' new album, _Koi No Yokan_, is an aggressive call to move forward and show your true self. This song is full of power as frontman Chino Moreno...

Triangle Coalition hosts Black & Gold Drag Show

Triangle Coalition hosts Black & Gold Drag Show

Katie Pohlman October 17, 2012

The Triangle Coalition and the LGBTQ Resource Center hosted the Black & Gold Drag Show on Wednesday night at The Shack. The show is one of the Triangle Coalition’s biannual shows. The theme was in honor...

Law student receives Kit Carson Roque Jr. Scholarship

Amber Roth October 16, 2012

Third-year law student Henry Tanner was selected as the first-place winner of the 15th Annual Judge Kit Carson Roque Jr. Scholarship by the Jackson County Bar Association. Tanner is the third consecutive...

Columbia Regional Airport could add two flights to Chicago, Dallas

Columbia Regional Airport could add two flights to Chicago, Dallas

Brent Pearson October 16, 2012

Traveling back and forth from Chicago and Dallas to Columbia might get easier for MU students in February. Mayor Bob McDavid announced Thursday that Columbia Regional Airport is in the process of adding...

Columbia man hit with Taser, arrested after hostage situation

Kara Tabor October 16, 2012

The Boone County Sheriff's Department arrested a barricaded man, Antonio Vaughn, holding hostages on Saturday at a Columbia residence. At 4:23 a.m., sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a residence in...