Cullowhee church plans smorgasbord of scares for Halloween

The Wesley Foundation Haunted House is back after a year-long break, so students should prepare to get terrified Oct. 29 and 30! The event will guide guests through dimly lit rooms and tight corridors in the Cullowhee United Methodist Church. College students dressed in costumes and makeup will work hard to give the guests scares […]

Halloween haunts and Rocky Horrors at WCU Bardo Arts Center

Western Carolina University’s Bardo Arts Center Performance Hall hosted a student shadow cast for a one night production of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on Oct. 31. The film is a kinky classic, telling the story of a young couple who stumbles upon a castle infested with elaborate strangers and their leader, Transylvanian transvestite, Dr. Frank […]

Photo Story: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadow Cast WCU production

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a cult movie and musical that is part of every generation. This Halloween WCU students produced their own version of it as a shadow cast. The photo story was made during one of their final dress rehearsal. For full disclosure, I worked as a assistant director for the show. […]

Halloween with ‘Rocky Horror’

  Bardo Arts Center brings the “Rocky Horror Shadow Cast” to WCU on Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. “Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a comedy musical originally released in 1975 as a movie. The film follows a newly engaged couple encounter with the eccentric Dr. Frank-N-Furter after the couple’s car breaks down.  They arrived at […]

Behind the scenes of a haunted house

Halloween is one of the more popular holidays on a college campus. It provides a night of free expression, unusual outfits and for those who are daring enough- haunted houses. With 650 in attendance, 33 evacuations and five peed pants, the eighth annual Wesley Foundation haunted house returned for another successful weekend. On Oct. 28-29, the […]

WCU holds safe trick-or-treating event for surrounding community

Lions and pirates and Clinton, oh my! On Tuesday, Oct. 26 the Ramsey Center was a menagerie of animals, superheroes, pirates and politicians. The Resident Student Association held RSA Hall-O-Ween for young children and families to get dressed in their costumes and have a safe place to do some early trick-or-treating. BaShaun Smith, the Assistant […]