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UR alumnus talks filmmaking and New Orleans
After working as a sound editor for projects like Spike Lee’s “School Daze” and Brian De Palma’s “Carlito’s Way”, UR alumnus Peter Odabashian switched to documentary filmmaking in the mid ’90s. In 2013, Odabashian – along with his three co-directors Louis Alvarez, Andrew Kolker, and Paul Stekler – debuted “Getting Back to Abnormal” at […]
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Student musicians take the stage, show impressive originality
The fun and festivities of the Yellowjacket Weekend carnival included not only face-painting, carnival rides, and ice cream (I wouldn’t have recommended pairing the last two) but also a variety of musical talent on campus. This student showcase, put on through UR Events, included many genres spanning from smooth jazz to metal. Sophomore and Roc […]
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Creative, offbeat humor plays on campus culture
New and returning students packed Strong Auditorium on Saturday for one of the highlights of Yellowjacket Weekend: a night of irreverent humor with comedians Michael Ian Black, Ron Funches, and Nick Vatterott. Vatterott, an alum of Chicago’s “Second City” comedy troupe who has also performed on “Conan” and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, opened with […]
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Summer Cinema: June
It’s never easy choosing what movies to watch, especially when financial constraint and limited time are thrown into the mix. Below are a few upcoming June movies that I feel show promise. Hopefully the list will help inform your decision this summer season. “The Fault in Our Stars” June 6 (wide) Admittedly, the trailer looks […]
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The end of the Chamber Boys
Host Patrick Adelman talks the end of the Chamber Boys. Read More
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‘Under The Skin’: A sick, haunting portrait of humanity
In 1964, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart contextualized the term “I know it when I see it” in the case Jacobellis v. Ohio, stating that when it came to works of obscene media, “I know it when I see it.” I’d argue that this phrase works just as well at identifying works of genius. There’s […]
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‘Roadshow’: exploring the kitsch of the past
Growing up, I often watched Turner Classic Movies, where big-budget musicals from the 1960s, such as Camelot, Hello Dolly!, Oliver! and Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang would air frequently. Movies such as these all feature an overture, intermission and entr’acte, as if they are actually being performed onstage. Biographer Matthew Kennedy studies this type of lavish […]
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‘Phantom of the Opera’ lives up to its grand legacy
One day, while enjoying coffee at Java’s, I was shocked to find an advertisement for a revival of “The Phantom of the Opera,” done by Cameron Mackintosh at Auditorium Theater. I had seen it performed in the Playhouse Square Theater in Cleveland, Ohio five years before and been under the assumption that I would be […]
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Interclass Living Council sponsors concert
As the narrator from “Field of Dreams” states; “if you build it, they will come.” In the case of guitarist Jeff Howard, who opened up a night of musical excellence at UR’s Drama House this past Friday, if he played it, they would come. After a few minutes of playing, Howard’s audience had already met […]
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‘Rambler Channel’: reinventing nostalgia
Like a talking naked mole rat, Disney's tween culture is endearingly repulsive. I would know – at the crux of my own tweendom, lovable and conscientious Cody from "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" became a go-to model for rendering my crippling fear of authority socially attractive. If Cody taught me anything, it […]