By: IZZA JATALA Staff Writer Going on its third year, 420 Jam Fest is bigger and better than ever. That’s according to the music festival’s creator, Vincenzo Carrasco, who will be performing as a drummer for one of the headlining bands, Anival Fausto Band. 420 Jam Fest will be an all-day event at the State
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By: DYLAN LEMERT Columnist The central gimmick in Spike Jonze’s new film “Her” — that an adult man would be so lonely and desperate enough as to fall in love with a computer operating system (or an “OS” for short) — is enough to engage or disgust potential audiences right off the bat. Forgive me:
By: RYAN LOHMAN Staff Writer The sixth annual “Lift Every Voice: Celebrating the African American Spirit” concert will be held at the Northside Hall Campus Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22. The South Bend Symphonic Choir and IU South Bend Gospel Choir will be performing with special guests Rodney Mack on trumpet, Maria Corley
By: DYLAN LEMERT Columnist As The Preface’s loosely-defined “pop culture” columnist, I’ve been graced with the freedom to write about whatever’s been tickling my fancy at any given moment. So frankly, I’ve no idea why it’s taken me so long to write an article about one of my favorite TV shows of all time, besides
By: DYLAN LEMERT Columnist As I write this, the 2014 Grammy Awards, that annual celebration of music industry achievements, will be airing this coming Sunday. (Meaning by the time you read this–unless the rumored second Snowpocalypse delivers in an especially big way, disabling the nation’s cable infrastructure–it will have already aired.) Along with the Emmys,
By: GEOFF LESAR Staff Writer South Bend hip-hop collective The B.E.A.T. is making waves and doing its part in the rise of the “Third Coast” through their hosting of the monthly No. Coast Social concert series. “We’ve seen it in Cincinnati, where people have these monthly shows and they’re really pumped about it,” said Eli
By: MELISSA SEYBOLDT Staff Writer Titan Productions has announced a tentative line-up of events for students this semester. “I think we are looking forward to a really fantastic, exciting, and fun-filled spring semester,” said Ross Ford, executive producer for the organization. Students Tesla Hardesty and Alyssa Neece have recently joined the Titan Productions Team, according
By: CECELIA ROEDER Design Editor Four bands took to the stage in the University Grill on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to fight for a $250 prize and the opportunity to headline a Titan Productions event in April. Ross Ford hosted the First Annual T-Factor Talent Show and Competition. The competition required bands to have at least
