Culture
CSA
Food, games, and poster board at China Expo in Hirst
Mooncakes, calligraphy, and traditional games were among the offerings by stations at the Chinese Students’ Association’s (CSA) annual China Expo, which celebrates and educates about Chinese culture. The expo took place in Hirst Lounge in Wilson Commons on Friday, Sept. 28, from 2 to 5 p.m. The event came three days after Mid-Autumn Festival, a […]
Eastman
Eastman Percussion Ensemble performs ‘Drumming’ at Fringe
Festival goers flocked around the final outdoor happenings of the Rochester Fringe Festival while the Eastman Percussion Ensemble gathered in the atrium at Miller Center and filled the room with transformative rhythm. Taking place Saturday, Sept. 22, it was a dazzling finale to the 11-day festival, as the ensemble, upperclassmen of the percussion studio, gave […]
Eastman Museum
The George Eastman Museum and the Eastman ghost
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 […]
Not Vanila
Not Vanilla: In celebration of museums
Hello, dear reader! This week, I want to talk about a more reserved but common aspect of our culture: museums. Museums are centers of learning and exploration, spaces designed for the enrichment of the human mind. They’re places where we showcase best of our knowledge and culture. There are museums for almost every subject in […]
student musicians
For senior Facciolo, debut album is 8 years in the making
Senior Siena Facciolo was 14 when she wrote her first song about a “little fling” she had at piano camp. That song, “Morning,” is featured on singer-songwriter Facciolo’s debut album, “Dear House,” out Sept. 29. Facciolo, now 22, has been actively putting the album — recorded in Rettner — together since January. She first arrived […]
Movies
‘The Room’: Profoundly awful, awfully profound
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 […]
Movie Review
Pedestrian Drive-In combines nostalgia and a queasy romance
On Thursday, the Pedestrian Drive-In screened “Phantom Thread” as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival. The Pedestrian Drive-In was familiarly wistful, but instead of pulling into a dirt parking lot and adjusting the radio to the film’s station, headphones were provided for personalized audio, and the film itself absorbed viewers in haunting elegance. The ride […]
Rocky's
UR Stand-Up Comedy Club finds a venue in Rocky’s
Rocky’s Sub Shop flooded with students 15 minutes prior to the 10 p.m. opening of a showcase of UR’s Stand-Up Comedy Club on Friday, Sept. 14. The showcase was hosted by club president and senior Kathryn Baldwin, sophomore Kandie Kramer, and juniors Cass Domingo and Maude Hall-Skillern. Some performers had a comedy background prior to […]
cooking
Not Vanilla: The joys of watching people cook
Recently, I’ve realized I watch a large amount of cooking shows and videos. I came to this conclusion when the first three shows Netflix suggested were all cooking or food-centric. I started to think about why I (and society in general) like watching cooking videos. Cooking entertainment has spanned several types of media — you […]
frat review
A party at Sig Ep, reviewed
“I can’t look at this,” said my friend Matty, as they exhaled a bulbous, opaque cloud of vape in the kitchen of an off-campus house inhabited by some Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers. It was a party, on a Saturday night like any other. The arid air enveloped us like a microwaveable sleeve, and we were […]