The new Disney suspense film “Malignant” is visually pleasing, but the plot misses the mark. PHOTO CREDIT: imbd.com James Wan’s, “Malignant,” is a messy and decidedly-weird genre flick that combines elements of suspense, slasher sequences and comedic levity to make for an uneven, yet slightly entertaining experience. The film follows a widow named Maddie who…
The Fine Arts Center opened its doors to a new gallery featuring surreal landscapes from Leigh Tarentino. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron On Sept. 14, the University of Rhode Island’s Main Gallery in the Fine Arts Center reopened to display the surreal landscape paintings of local artist Leigh Tarentino titled “Shade Garden: New Paintings.” URI’s new…
URI Theatre looks to make a return to in-person productions. PHOTO CREDIT: URI Communications Last week, the University of Rhode Island’s theatre department announced the casts for this fall semester’s productions, “Silent Sky” and “Clue.” The department plans for these performances, starting in October, to have a live in-person audience for the first time since…
New Wave Kitchen introduces students to an eclectic menu of dishes using local agriculture. PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Marchese The Kingston Emporium recently welcomed New Wave Kitchen (NWK), a restaurant with “eclectic comfort foods made with local ingredients,” to its list of eateries at the beginning of this school year. Located next to the Rhode House,…
‘Tongue-in-cheek’ name sticks around The Good Five Cent Cigar celebrates 50 years of creating newspapers for the URI community. PHOTO CREDIT: Morgan Maleonskie The year is 1971. Richard Nixon is president; Elton John is on tour; and the University of Rhode Island’s student-run newspaper, the Good Five Cent Cigar, is born. Now, a half-century later,…
Despite COVID-19 challenging in-person teaching, education majors are becoming more resourceful and trained. Since the beginning of COVID-19 in the spring 2020 semester, the University of Rhode Island’s School of Education has changed aspects of its curriculum and practicum courses to follow health and safety guidelines. These changes allowed students to take advantage of some…
URI’s student-run coffeehouse is brewing back to life after more than a year of virtual events and online classes closed the shop. PHOTO CREDIT: James Singer The University of Rhode Island’s COVID-19 task force has indefinitely postponed the Polo G concert originally scheduled to be held at the Ryan Center on Sep. 17. The announcement…
After an illustrious career at Rhody, Trent Baltzell is now tasked at continuing the legacy that his predecessor John Copeland started. Photo Credit gorhody.com Former University of Rhode Island distance runner and-five time Atlantic 10 champion Trent Baltzell has his eyes set on big goals for the Rams. Baltzell assumed the head coaching position for…
Fourth-degree karate black-belt Brett Geaber leads students in self-defense seminar. PHOTO CREDIT: Greg Clark Fourth-degree black belt in karate Brett Geaber was invited by the University of Rhode Island’s Campus Recreation to host a self-defense seminar on the Quad last Wednesday for students and faculty. Geaber, the owner of Innovate Karate in North Kingstown, has…
URI rowing alums Allie Reilly and Karen Petrik and rowing coach Shelagh Donohoe captured silver at last month’s Tokyo Paralympics. Photo Credit gorhody.com University of Rhode Island rowing alumnae Karen Petrik, Allie Reilly and current rowing Head Coach Shelagh Donohoe represented the smallest state on one of the biggest stages, bringing home silver at the…