When Kirk Dafoe opened Black-Tie Tuxedo and Costume 34 years ago at 1017 S. Mission St., he never planned to sell Darth Vader costumes next to three-piece suits.
“It was originally supposed to be strictly a tuxedo shop,” Dafoe said. “But one day a woman from California came in who was selling top hats – I found out she made costumes and it took off from there.
A one-woman play will reveal the realities of abusive relationships to students at 8 p.m. tonight in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.
The play is sponsored by Program Board and is a part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, said Allegan senior Carrie Lewis, Program Board cultural events co-chair.
Nationally-recognized television star Amy Roloff will get her second chance to fill Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium at noon Friday.
So many people showed up to her speech in March 2007, some had to be turned away.
The Accessibility and Disability Advisory Council and On the Fly Productions are co-hosting Roloff’s speech.
Comedian Alex Thomas will perform a free show at 8 p.m. today in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.
He has been featured in episodes of “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper” and “Moesha,” and has done voices for “Family Guy.” Thomas also has had roles in the movies “Just Married” and “The Wash.
Apparently Yung Joc forgot that he should perform his own music.
For the majority of the concert in Friday’s Finch Fieldhouse performance, the 2007 Grammy-nominated rapper sang karaoke on hits from a variety of other artists.
It was obvious before the concert Yung Joc simply doesn’t have enough well-known songs to fill an entire show.
Brandon Folsom waited in line for three hours so he could stand at the front of the stage for the Yung Joc show Friday night.
The Ferris State junior drove from Big Rapids to Finch Fieldhouse to see the show.
“It was well-worth the drive and the wait,” Folsom said.
On the Fly Productions decided Tuesday to move the Yung Joc concert from Rose Arena to Finch Fieldhouse.
“Ticket sales are going all right, but not as good as last year for the T-Pain concert,” said Dani Hiar, OTF advisor. “We felt it would be better to have a packed Finch rather than an empty Rose because of where ticket sales are at right now.
Foreign Exchange Student Zilla Olsen never thought she would go on her first whitewater rafting trip after only a month and a half in the United States.
But the self-proclaimed “city girl” from Copenhagen, Denmark, found herself on a nine-person raft stuck between two rocks Friday afternoon on the Gauley River in Summersville, West Virginia.