• Standing on stage last night in Brehmer Theater, Russian actress Oksana Mysina stared intently at her audience, shrugged her shoulders, and confessed: “I became an actress because I am impossible.” The audience members smiled, seemingly entranced by this great artist.
    September 3, 2009
  • In true Hollywood style, more than 200 community members walked down the red carpet and into the Hamilton Movie Theater as well as other venues throughout the village this weekend for the inaugural Hamilton Film Festival and Awareness Walk. Along with a line-up of first-rate independent films, the two-day festival featured a 2K-charity walk that […]
    August 10, 2009
  • Next week, 45 area sixth- through 10th-graders with a passion for writing will spend five days on the Colgate campus stretching their imaginations and discovering new ideas through the act of writing. The Young Writers’ Workshop offers a chance to experience writing in a community of peers, instructed by noted writers from a variety of […]
    August 7, 2009
  • A little piece of Hollywood is coming to downtown Hamilton this summer thanks to the efforts of Grant Slater ’91 and his two brothers, Wade and Todd. They are the sons of the late Colgate men’s hockey coach Terry Slater, and founders of Slater Brothers Entertainment (SBE). SBE will hold its first-ever Hamilton Film Festival […]
    July 29, 2009
  • Artists and film professionals and enthusiasts from around the globe discussed a wide range of documentaries at the recent Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, hosted for the second year in a row at Colgate University.
    July 6, 2009
  • For the second year in a row Colgate University will host the prestigious Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. The seminar, now in its 55th year, will run June 20-26. “We are thrilled to once again be holding the Flaherty at Colgate,” said the seminar’s executive director, Mary Kerr.
    June 19, 2009
  • While many budding musicians venture to locales such as New York City and Los Angeles to get a taste of the entertainment industry, Sophia D’Addio ’06 found the perfect opportunity right here in Hamilton. D’Addio, who plans on pursuing a doctorate in art history, jumped at the chance to spend a month as senior intern […]
    June 17, 2009