Slam poet brings laughter and cultural awareness to WCU

Western Carolina University’s Last Minute Productions (LMP) brought award winning slam poet, G Yamazawa, to campus on Monday, Feb. 29, where he entertained an audience of about 50 students and faculty members with his comical spoken word performance in UC Illusions. In between telling personal stories from his childhood growing up “southern Asian” with Japanese […]

Slam poet G Yamazawa is coming to WCU

Have you ever wanted to hear a spoken word artist perform poetry? Your chance is on its way! Award winning slam poet, G Yamazawa, will grace Western Carolina University with his spunk and wit on Monday, Feb. 29, in UC Illusions at 7 p.m. The G Yamazawa Slam Poet event is a part of the Coffeehouse […]

A unique twist on coffee shop music

” To the windows, to the walls. To the sweat drop downs my b***s, To all these b*****s crawl. To all skeet skeet motherf*****s, all skeet skeet god d**n” This is how Dan Henig entertained an audience of around 30 people in UC Illusions, on Feb. 9, during his coffee house concert. Henig’s music is […]

“RaceOff” in front of WCU students

Teja Arboleda, the champion of diversity and the ‘speaker for the human race’ will make his appearance at Western Carolina University on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in the UC Theater. The Entertaining Diversity, a minority-owned production, entertainment and educational collaborative founded by Arboleda, provides details about his work as a TEDx speaker and consultant on diversity, […]

Catfish brought to WCU

Nev Schulman, the host of MTV’s reality show, Catfish: The TV Show, brought inspiring advice to hundreds of fans packed into the UC Grand Room on Monday, Sept. 23, hosted by Last Minute Productions. An hour after the doors opened, Schulman made his way up the center aisle, videoing fans, shaking hands, and even kissing […]

Volunteers lend a hand in Maryland

The Center for Service Learning and Last Minute Productions (LMP) co-sponsored a community service based Alternative Spring Break trip to Charm City’s Baltimore, Maryland. Twenty volunteers had the opportunity to make a difference in a foreign community and tour the city in their spare time. Almost every Spring Break, several alternative trips are offered to […]