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Timid Rabbit: modern Addams family By Erin Lenczycki Staff Reporter
Upon entering the Timid Rabbit, one instantly becomes intrigued. The musky smell of history hits the nose and slightly fades as the eyes travel around the store, flickering between masks and props with childlike enthusiasm as they attempt to see every item crammed inside like a jack-in-the-box, ready to explode. The ring leader of the show, Anthony Intgroen who goes by his stage name Anthony Gerard as well as the rest of the family, instantly bounds up to greet a new customer, eager to share a story and play for a while. The store has over 1,100 costumes and the family also owns an 18,000 square foot warehouse to store a labyrinth of items, which includes everything from a giant pair of scissors for cutting ribbons at openings to a rocket launcher. The store itself is laced with cinema relics, where a spear from Ben Hur is on display and hiding somewhere in the back is the original shark fin used in Jaws. The store sells most anything you can find at huge Wal-Mart
Halloween centers which continue to pop up on October 1 every year. The Intgroen family, which has owned the store for over 35 years, has a running joke with its regulars: Try to think of an item owner and collector Anthony Gerard doesn’t have. “The Halloween USA and places like that cannot afford the types of things we have. They come in and play Halloween for one month out of the year and poof they’re gone. When I say name something you don’t think I have, it’s very difficult,” Intgroen said. The store sells and rents intricate costumes and masks as well as the same essentials easily found at Halloween USA. With the age of the Internet and pop up stores, however, the Timid Rabbit has seen a drop in sales during their busiest month. “If you have a restaurant and everyone goes to the restaurant across the street that’s in a trailer and they’re gonna be gone at the end of the season. How would you feel? I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t give a shit,” Intgroen said. “I’ll be here tomorrow. I’ll be behind the
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The Timid Rabbit stands at 2011 West Main Street in Kalamazoo.
counter dead for three years before they notice it.” A benefit of the Timid Rabbit, besides the vast amount of options, is the ability to rent. There one can rent a deluxe costume which would normally cost upwards of $500 for a fraction of the price. “I find that we have a 99.999999 percent positive response, very rarely do we
have a negative comment, and I think that’s because we don’t do double renting. There is too much of a chance the item could come back damaged, ruined or just not come back at all,” Intgroen said. The family learned this lesson after a student planned a party around his costume and the man that had rented it two weeks before him ru-
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Timid Rabbit owner Tony Gerard stands behind the counter with one of his zombie masks.
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By Kyle Stevens Staff Reporter
If you are no stranger to the halls of the Dalton School of Music, than you’ve no doubt heard of the annual event ‘Tubaween.’ Tubaween, to those not quite as familiar with it as most Dalton residents are, is a yearly musical
hosted by the Tuba/Euphonium Studio within the Western Michigan University School of Music. “You could describe it as a play or a skit with music heavily involved, but we make fun of music because it’s all played on tubas,” said Heather Ewer,
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co-author and producer of this year’s Tubaween. Largely a parody show, this year’s production, “The Magical Adventures of Tuba-rella,” parodies everything Disney. “It’s all about a glass mouthpiece that was stolen, and ‘Tubarella’ needs the mouthpiece to be able to play for her Tuba Christmas concert. She can’t do the gig without the mouthpiece, and she has to get it by midnight or else she’ll miss her concert. It’s the only gig she does all year, so it’s super sad!” said Ewer. Tubaween’s organizers always seek to give their audience a great show that will make people laugh and continue to give them a reason to come back. find that they look forward to “It provides a great escape for every year just because it’s so silpeople, and it’s something we ly. It’s very random. There’s not
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‘Tubaween’ promises to enchant this weekend a lot of purpose to it, other than to give everybody something to smile at,” said Ewer. Each year, the show finds new things to poke fun at. Mike Wawrzynski, the man behind the production’s satyric musical arrangements and stylings, has participated in a number of previous incarnations of Tubaween. “We’ve done ‘Tuba-ler on the Roof ’ instead of [the popular musical] ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ We did a big play on anything John Williams like ‘Indiana Jones.’ It is completely and 100 percent a parody on all things political and, well, everything,” Wawrzynski said. Tubaween has enjoyed a fair amount of success since its inception about six years ago, and has become a sort of institution within the School of Music. Wawrzynski has seen much growth since the first year he participated in it. “Every year on Halloween we put on a musical. It started off really small and grew bigger, into more of a production every year and now we have a full-fledged pit [orchestra]. We’ll probably have a semi-truck trailer soon!” Though this year’s parody is largely made up of references from the Disney movies remembered fondly from childhood, the humor is generally directed toward a more “mature” collegeage audience. “I would call it ‘PG-13.’ We always have the best intentions to aim for the ‘G’ rating, but through improv, or what have you, there are spots in the show that may bump it up to PG-13,” Wawrzynski said. The show will be held in the Dalton Center Recital Hall on Monday, Oct. 31, at 8:15 p.m. The show should run about an hour and a half, said Wawrzynski. “It’s a good ol’ time, and you’ll never think of Tubas the same way again,” Warwrzynski said.
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Spooky deals By Ambrosia Neldon Staff Reporter Halloween is quickly approaching, but many students have yet to find or purchase a Halloween costume for the weekend’s festivities. It is not too late to buy costumes and students can do so for a good price. The places to buy costumes range from high-end costume shops to thrift stores. Denise King, the director of marketing at Goodwill Industries in Southwest Michigan, said Halloween is Goodwill’s busiest time of year. “[Halloween] is like our Christmas,” King said. Commercial Halloween shops like The Halloween Store on Stadium Drive and Roe Costume Shop on Dutton Street sell preassembled costumes that are good for last-minute shoppers but can be expensive. “I make my own costumes for Halloween because they’re so expensive at the costume stores,” Andrea Wright, a junior pre-nursing student at Western Michigan University, said. Students who are looking for a cheaper alternative often create their own costumes or buy used costumes at thrift stores like Goodwill or Second Impressions. “At Goodwill you can do a whole lot for a little,” King said. “You can also find something unique.” There are other reasons why students build their own costumes and not just price. “It’s so much more rewarding when people say things like, ‘Oh, awesome costume!’ and you can reply with, ‘Thanks, I made it!’” Caitlin Martin, an organizational communication major at WMU, said.
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Rocky horror show to play at WMU
By Cody Janczewski Staff Reporter
It is time to dig out those stilettos, feather boas and fishnets to prepare for the premiere performance of a wild cult classic, The Rocky Horror Show at Miller Auditorium, Friday, October 28. This show tells the story of a recently married couple, Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, who run into car trouble and seek help at the site of a light down the road where Dr. Frank ‘n’ Furter is in the midst of his maniacal experiments. With adult themes and intended for mature audiences only, this performance is a rock musical, a spoof of those shady science fiction movies, and an outlandish story of sex and seduction. Emily Duguay, Director of
Arts Management at the Gilmore Theatre Complex, believes despite the minor challenges and adjustments that have occurred thus far, this experimental collaboration with Miller Auditorium will be a success and hopefully return to become an annual performance in which patrons look forward to. “The staff at Miller is fantastic and we have had a great time collaborating with them, and while it has created new challenges for everyone, we have worked through them all so far,” Duguay said. “We have also created the show so that it can be re-mounted – designed and built so that it can break down and go into storage along with costumes that have been designed so that alterations for different actors can be made more easily if this production is
to return.” When moving to a venue of 4,000, one much larger than that of The University Theatres, there are bound to be some challenges, described Alan Knight, stage manager of this production. “One very large challenge to this show is the fact that Miller is a touring house, which means shows are constantly coming in to perform, so we [cast and crew] are not able to move our set onto the Miller stage until the Wednesday before opening night,” Knight said. Compared to a typical production where at least three technical and dress rehearsals are allotted before opening night, Rocky Horror is on a very short time constraint with only one technical and dress rehearsal allowed to perfect this show.
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Sophia Araoz as Magenta (character), Zachary McConnell as Frank N’ Furter, Nick Garaffagna as Riff Raff. “We [cast and crew] have about Miller, and tech the show,” Knight two and a half days to load in said. “This is a huge challenge.” lights and projectors, focus them, Not only is the crew on a time put together the set on stage in limitation, the cast is feeling the pressure, said Bello Pizzimenti, a junior majoring in Musical Theatre Performance casted as the part of Rocky, Frank ‘n’ Furter’s creation of an ideal man. “We get three days this week to make the adjustment from Gilmore to Miller and I imagine the biggest thing will be to make sure the energy and presentation of our performance reflects the size of the venue compared to where we have been rehearsing,” Pizzimenti said. Knight said that this show has also worked extremely close with Kevin Abbott, the University Theatre digital media specialist, in premiering the integration of animation and projectors into automated scenery, a brand new feature to The University Theatre. “Abbott and his team have created numerous projections used in the show using software that is used to create video games,” Knight said. “The show is using a total of six projectors to project on five different projection surfaces ranging from about 40 feet wide to smaller screens that are only eight feet wide which are unnoticeably built right into the set.”
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Haunting events creep over campus By Alexis Luker Staff Reporter Western Michigan University’s department of Residence Life is redefining its Halloween identity this season now that Haunted Hall has been laid to rest. After an unfortunate decrease in enrollment back in 2005, Res Life saw the opportunity to create a non-profit event open to WMU’s campus and community alike. The event was known as Haunted Hall. The haunted attraction raked in a total of $913 for Big Brothers Big Sisters and filled three laundry bins full of edible goods to donate to the Gospel Mission in as recent as 2010. But after a visit from the Kalamazoo fire marshal back in 2010, Haunted Hall came to an end. “The idea and the passion for it still exists,” Laura Darrah, Res Life assistant director, said. “Finding a new and different format for it that’s cost-effective and can still involve the campus community in creating it, and be open to the Kalamazoo community to participate is just going to take us a little while and thinking outside of the box. We’re not giving up on the idea. If there’s something that we can do as an alternative, we will.” Haunted Hall is not a memory left to the past just yet. Darrah explained that it is Res Life’s hope that within the next couple of years, there will be a centralized attraction for all to enjoy. In the meantime, residence halls are working independently to provide a fun environment for the students within their building and in some cases, the community. Valley II’s Eicher/LeFevre will be providing activities for children within the community. Treats will be handed out in the Piano Lounge from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Halloween night. All are welcome. “If you live on campus, watch for information for our Western Community with Kids. Hoekje Hall will be offering trick-ortreating,” Darrah said. Hoekje Hall, located near the
Bernhard Center, is opening its doors to the community for a child-oriented ‘Night of Fright, Frolicking and Fun’ on Monday, Oct. 31, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event promotes safe trick-ortreating and campus-community interaction. All are invited, so stop by and say boo! “What’s fun is that Hoekje is our transfer student building. We get a great response rate from residents. I’m expecting things to be pretty dang cool,” Darrah said. Hoekje isn’t the only hall with ambitions. Assistant Director of Harrison/Stinson, Jasen Herrera, is putting on his dancing shoes for the hall’s Halloween-themed dance taking place in the Harrison lounge at 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31. Activites include a costume contest, free food and music. Costumes are encouraged! “We’re still trying to figure out what kind of ghoulish kinds of things we can get, but that’s the start of it,” Herrera said. “The whole concept is still kind of new.” There are even more activities on campus for Halloween this year. “What’s kind of nice for those doing the dances and things, is– because we have so many Halloween-related items from doing Haunted Hall–instead of going out to buy things, everyone’s going shopping at Haunted Hall,” said Darrah. Eldridge/Fox’s Haunted Hall storage room provides students and staff with a colossal amount of creepy crawlies ranging from decapitated heads to tainted Barbie dolls, all dug through and collected by Herrera and Draper/ Siedschlag R.A., Jacob Heemstra, for their upcoming events. Draper/Sied is another hall hosting a shindig for its residents on Monday, Oct. 31. Doors are open to the public as well. The event takes place from 9 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. in its dance room located on ground floor. No costumes are required; however, a costume contest will take place
for those who want to participate and music for all guests looking to get their monster mash on. “[There are] a lot of Halloween things happening in the residence halls, mostly geared toward residents of those buildings. Some are planned by staff, some are planned by hall government,” said Darrah. Among activites planned for the haunted holiday is the Hal-
loween dance, taking place in the Bigelow dining hall, on the Friday before Halloween. The dance will take place from 8:30 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Oct. 28. All students are welcome.
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Haunted Kalamazoo By Sam Stachurski Staff Reporter With Halloween coming up, more and more people are seeking scary thrills. Two places in the Kalamazoo area to get these thrills are the Phobia House on North Douglas Road and the Psycho Ward & Nightmares Haunted House on Ravine Road. The Psycho Ward & Nightmares Haunted House are two outdoor attractions for the price of one. It has been around since 2000 and is owned by Phil Stommen. The Psycho Ward is based on the legend of Floyd Cranston, a serial killer confined for many years to the North Carolina Prison for the Crimi-
nally Insane. Nightmares Haunted House, on the other hand, works to discover what their visitors fear most, and then use it against them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We set out to create a haunted attraction intense enough to scare the high school-college audience. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so scary in fact, that 270 visitors decided that they just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complete the show last season,â&#x20AC;? Stommen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal was to create a realistic story and environment that would help customers feel as though they had been dropped into the middle of a horror movie-one that they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likely to survive,â&#x20AC;? This haunted house operates without a tour guide, and has an exit at the end of each attraction,
so if visitors feel too scared to move on to the next attraction, they may leave. The Phobia House, on the other hand, is entirely indoors and is completely tour guided. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We take through tours of approximately 13 people at a time and we have three tour guides, so we can have one at the beginning, one at the middle, and one at the end so we can usually go through and take in a new tour about every ten minutes,â&#x20AC;? said Laura Gerard, one of the owners of the Phobia House.
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