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On Friday night, Off Broadway On Campus presented “Where’s OBOC?,” a collection of vignettes and tracks from countless other stage shows, performed live in Strong Auditorium. I had never been to an OBOC show before — the only on-campus drama I’d seen at Rochester before was last year’s performance of “Accidental Death of an Anarchist” […]

Like a lot of people reading this, I came to UR with the impression that I was somehow going to a “good school” in a “bad location.” Read More

No figure looms larger in the collective consciousness of UR and Rochester than George Eastman, whose creation of the Eastman Kodak Company put the future 585 on the map and whose endowments upon his death to several schools (ahem — UR) ensured that it would stay there. His story is bittersweet for several reasons. The […]

One of the most compellingly amusing phenomena of our ironic age is the rise of the “so-bad-it’s-good” movie. Genuinely terrible films like “The Kissing Booth,” intentionally awful, campy schlock-fests like “Sharknado,” and off-kilter flicks like “A Talking Cat?” have all developed cult followings. They have thrilled film students and fans alike, and proven themselves to […]

The summer of 2018 contained many memorable movie releases. We picked a few favorites. 'Incredibles 2' Legendary animation director Brad Bird (“The Iron Giant,” “Ratatouille”) returned this summer with a triumphant sequel to the fantastic, fan-favorite film “The Incredibles.” Nearly everything that was so phenomenal about the original movie returns, from the mid-century settings to […]

If you were searching for a female acoustic indie-folk-pop duo based right here at UR, you’d be happy to find Candy Isle, comprised of seniors Kat Bakrania and Lydia Dake. Read More

Cold, wet snow was falling from dark skies over the Eastman Theatre on Friday evening, but the welcoming light inside offered a heartwarming, gorgeously well-performed, and often hilarious production of 2005’s brilliant “The Light in the Piazza.” The play is an uncommonly optimistic take on what the show’s stage director, Stephen Carr (associate artistic director of Eastman […]

Boulder Coffee on Alexander Street was the place to be for jazz enthusiasts and music fans of all kinds last Sunday. The Recall, the experimental, unique, and totally fun jazz group made up of five first-year students performed their first show.   The moment I walked into the coffee shop, everything about the place felt […]

Saturday marked the 20-year anniversary of genre-revolutionizing album “In the Aeroplane over the Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel. Two decades later, “Aeroplane” still manages to influence indie music and capture unique facets of the human experience. “One of the best feelings in the world is when you read or listen to something and it feels […]