April 2021
URI Theatre perseveres with ‘Miss Nelson Is Missing!’
URI Theatre endures, albeit virtually, with their newest release “Miss Nelson is Missing”, which will soon be available to stream. Photo from URI Theatre Instagram. The University of Rhode Island’s theatre department has successfully executed their first in-person mainstage production in over a year, “Miss Nelson Is Missing!” and plans to broadcast this show far…
Narragansett looks forward to busy tourist season
With pandemic restrictions easing, Narragansett town officials are hopeful that tourism numbers will be on the rise this summer. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. With summer right around the corner, hotels are filling, rental houses are being booked, events are being planned and it looks like it’s going to be a busy season for Narragansett tourism. …
‘Godzilla vs. Kong:’ Kings of the Monsterverse clash
The monkey has a supercharged axe, Godzilla knows judo Watch an axe wielding gorilla go toe to toe with the lizard apparently descended from Bruce Lee. Not interesting enough? They’re both the size of the Empire State Building. Photo from youtube.com. Movies — an experience as diverse and distinct as can be. Tales of love,…
Physics to Shakespeare, Berkeley to Oxford
Meet Travis Williams Meet the current Chair of URI’s English Department, Professor Travis Williams. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. When Professor Travis Williams, the University of Rhode Island’s English department chair, enrolled in the 1996 class of the University of California Berkeley, he did not think he would come out with a bachelor of arts in…
Ask Abbie: Mugwort? Mugwort.
Top o’ the mornin’ to y’all. How is everyone’s lovely first full week of warm and sunny weather going? Technically, I am writing this prior to experiencing the rest of the week so the predicted weather and statement above may not be entirely accurate, but speaking it into existence, right? Now that the days are…
SAG Awards marks farewell to outstanding television season
The Screen Actors Guild jst wrapped up their 2021 awards ceremony. Let’s see who got snubbed this time. Photo from celebrityaccess.com. The virtual Screen Actors Guild Awards held on April 4 marked the end of the 2021 awards season for television, and despite the pandemic, the past year has produced great works that deserved to…
Demi Lovato masters ‘The Art of Starting Over’ with powerful new album
Demi Lovato is “Dancing with the Devil” in her latest album debut. Photo from cosmopolitan.com. Before this week, I had never heard a Demi Lovato album in its entirety. After listening to her newest release, “Dancing With The Devil…The Art of Starting Over,” I have to ask myself what took me so long. I knew…
Unpopular Opinion: Superior Sequels
Sequels. They either improve on what was already there, like “Spiderman 2”, or they make us wish the original hadn’t even been made, like “Amazing Spiderman 2”. The sequel at hand: “High School Musical 2”. Photo from amazon.com. It’s always exciting when your favorite movie comes out with a sequel. While they’re very hit or…
‘Law & Order:’ The gift that keeps on giving
We didn’t ask, but NBC has delivered. It’s the spinoff of the spinoff of the original: Law and Order: Special Victims Unit: Organized Crime. Photo from eonline.com. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” premiered it’s first episode of its spinoff, “Law & Order: Organized Crime” last week, and it definitely had me reminiscing of the…