Mt. Joy played “Silver Lining” and others in front of an audience in Providence on Dec. 2. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille After two long years, I have experienced live music again for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. On Thursday, Dec. 2, I saw Mt. Joy live at The Strand in Providence….
Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album hit the charts, which made her one of the most listened to female artists this year. PHOTO CREDIT: variety.com 2021 will forever be a year defined by the ventures of liberated, influential female artists. These are some of my favorite music moments from the past 12 months. Olivia Rodrigo’s standout album…
I was 5 years old when I got my first game system, a Game Boy Advance. It came with a few games like “Mario,” but there was one game that I got on it that I played religiously: “Backyard Baseball 2006.” Featuring all of my favorite players as kids as well, with fun power-ups, a…
2021 offered some great movies to get movie-lovers through this long year. PHOTO CREDIT: imbd.com 2021 has been a huge year in regards to the return of the movie-going experience and films released to both streaming and theaters, sometimes in concurrent fashion. With the year nearly wrapping up and a new slate of Christmas releases…
In the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on Tuesday night, the four-person African Drum Ensemble performed powerful, very quick and energetic African tribal music that kept the audience in tune with their powerful sound. Aboubacar Camara, who teaches African drumming at the University of Rhode Island, was the leader in this performance. There were two…
Spotify Wrapped came out at the beginning of the month to ring in the start of the year’s end. PHOTO CREDIT: creativebloq.com Spotify Wrapped was released on Dec. 1 to the excitement of many devoted Spotify users like myself who wait all year to find out just how they listened. Launched in 2016, Spotify Wrapped…
Take a look through the magnifying glass at URI’s production of “Clue: On Stage.” PHOTO CREDIT: carrolltonga.com I remember the first time that I watched “Clue” (1985) as a child and instantly fell in love with the movie. On Thursday Dec. 2, the University of Rhode Island theatre department opened its newest production, “CLUE: On…
The University of Rhode Island music department opened the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall’s doors to welcome in audiences and allow the Concert Choir to showcase the talented voices of URI in two languages and many harmonies. Mark Conley, director of the Concert Choir, said that being online and having to socially distance when in…
They say wine tastes better as it ages, and that’s the case for the “Twilight” saga. PHOTO CREDIT: radiox.co.uk When I was in middle school in the early 2010s, the peak of the “Twilight” craze, I thought it was stupid as hell. As a die-hard “Potterhead,” I promised myself I would never watch or read…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Which means it’s time to talk about winter activities, and let me tell you, there are a lot of ways to make winter fun. Let’s start off with the obvious––ice skating! This is the one time of the year where you can ice skate (of course you…