Archive: Hobbies

Talents, crafts, and skills from our spare time.

MinecraftI Play Minecraft

POSTED 2 Feb 2011 5:03 PM by Robert Eisenbraun

Minecraft, a game by indie Swedish game maker Markus “notch” Persson, is a sleeper hit born on its unassuming graphics and “sandbox” gameplay. The game doesn’t give players objectives, it just sets them in a randomly generated world of boxes … Continue reading →

Pen on GuitarThe Cheapest Puerto Rico Prelude

POSTED 9 Sep 2010 5:58 PM by Robert Eisenbraun

My acoustic guitar is not the sharpest instrument in my closet. It’s… “acoustically challenged.” But when I bought it, one feature stuck out to me – a popular selling point – It was free. Continue reading →

adolfhitlerStationary of the Third Reich

POSTED 27 Mar 2010 1:34 AM by Robert Eisenbraun

A couple of weeks ago, my friend and professor Peter Berggren asked me to do some minor research for a documentary he’s making on music in Berlin during World War II. Wilhelm Furtwangler and Rudolph Dunbar were the two men … Continue reading →

prov-010Large, Extra Cheese

POSTED 25 Jul 2009 9:40 PM by Anna Eisenbraun

Pizza Party, a new improv. group led by Stephanie Webber of North Park University, is performing at the Cornservatory as part of Improv Gladiators. In their first week they just barely made it out of the Cornservatory alive. They squeaked … Continue reading →

skirt-006(Here’s Where You Insert a Hook)

POSTED 4 Jun 2009 12:38 PM by Anna Eisenbraun

Anna talks about crochet, puns, and her summer plans. Continue reading →