Culture
comedy
Not Vanilla: New tricks, old trade
The way me and younger generations consume has dramatically changed. A great example is with comedy. We are used to what I call “quick comedy” where the premise, set-up and punchline all happen within a matter of seconds. The quintessential example of this is the dear departed app Vine (may she rest in glorious peace). […]
Music
Midnight Ramblers not only survive, but thrive in spring show
The Midnight Ramblers showcased their final performance Saturday to a substantial audience in Strong Auditorium. 14 of the Ramblers started the show with the rattling harmony “Rehab” by Amy Winehouse. The Ramblers also included complex and fairly synchronized dancing, plus an array of strobe lights, and fog that blanketed the concert throughout the evening. Humor […]
spring showcase
‘X’ marks the nostalgic spot in Louvre’s spring show
Spring often brings an air of nostalgia — with the changing weather, the approaching graduation, and the anticipation of new summer adventures — and Louvre’s performance of “X” on April 7th fits right in. The lights went off and a line of shadows holding hands walked onto the dance floor in Spurrier. The scene, you could […]
culture
KASA and URKC merger: Strengthening community
This past Tuesday, the two Korean student organizations on campus, Korean American Students’ Association and UR Korea Connection, merged. Read More
Dance
BPG brings ballet ‘Alive’
On Friday, Ballet Performance Group (BPG) began its show “Alive” in Strong Auditorium with a contemporary piece called “Movement,” followed by an introduction from the group’s president, junior Hailey Palleschi. Slightly out-of-breath from dancing, Palleschi gave the audience an idea of what the group was about. She also introduced Dare To Dance, an outreach program […]
Game of Thrones
Arya Stark and the trouble with narrative endgames
The books and the show are suffering from different strains of the same disease. Read More
frat party
Frat Review: Walkthrough edition
Wow, do I love when a big pastrami sandwich dribbles its sauces and gosses into my little lap. There were many parties on campus this Saturday night, and I trudged my little feet across three of their little wooden saucy floors. Alpha Delta Phi held their Eastman on Campus event and I guess it's not […]
Music
OBOC marks 20th anniversary with spring show
Off Broadway On Campus (OBOC) gave their spring show, titled “A Mid-April Night’s Dream,” commemorating the group’s 20th year. Beginning at 8 p.m. to a substantial crowd in Strong Auditorium, the show featured dream-related performances including “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat” from “Guys and Dolls” and “Times are Hard for Dreamers” from “Amélie.” The […]
drama
‘Significant Other’ bittersweet and real
I saw TOOP’s production of “Significant Other” with a friend who had just come from a bad date, which made the familiar story of college pals fumbling through relationships less on the quirky side and more on the familiar. The play, about four friends who love each other but don’t always like each other, was […]
French film
Agnès Varda continues to live in cinema
Few people have ever embodied an art movement more than Agnès Varda did the French New Wave. Her first film, “La Pointe Courte” (1954), is considered by many to be the birth of the genre and her last, “Faces Places” (2017), came half a century after its heyday, but Varda’s entire career represented its naturalistic, […]