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Xfest to feature artist workshops, talk back sessions and world premiere in theater and dance

Xfest to feature artist workshops, talk back sessions and world premiere in theater and dance

Nuns in Seattle during the 1960s. Cinema puppets interacting with humans. Antarctica adventures fused with an insurance company. And a world premiere by a dance and theater company.

These comprise productions coming to SIUE this week for Xfest: an Alternative Theater and Dance Festival.
Theater professor, Chuck Harper, also Xfest artistic director, said the weeklong festival features […]

Documentary on skateboarding park receives widespread recognition

Documentary on skateboarding park receives widespread recognition

Skateboarders under Kingshighway Bridge in St. Louis were filmed by mass communications senior Ashley Seering and instructor Cory Byers for a documentary that made the Broadcast Education Association's award list. The award ceremony will be held April in Las Vegas. Photo courtesy of Seering
A skatepark documentary filmed by a mass communications instructor and student has […]

Handle with Care fourty eight hour film

SIUE Crew Takes on the Saint Louis 48 Hour Film Challenge

Last June a group of current and former SIUE students and Professor Cory Byers of the Deparment of Mass Communications teamed up to take on the Saint Louis Fourty Eight Hour Film Challenge.
In this annual competition teams from around the Saint Louis area are given forty eight hours to write shoot and edit a short […]

X-Fest video wins Broadcast Education Association Award of Excellence

X-Fest video wins Broadcast Education Association Award of Excellence

[Video] Corey Byers from the SIUE Department of Mass Communications recently received an award of excellence from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) for his video on X Fest.
The BEA is the educational branch of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), focusing on the education and training of media professionals. The Award was given as part […]

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