In the three semesters I have contributed to the Good Five Cent Cigar, I have apparently started each by detailing a certain dining experience I had that was worthy of a write up. In January of 2023, I outlined my top ten offerings to look for in the University of Rhode Island’s dining halls (expect…
20 years after “Mean Girls” (2004) was released and six years after “Mean Girls The Musical,” Tina Fey is back as the director for a film adaptation of the musical. The movie stars singer and actress Reneé Rapp as Regina George and Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in the 2016 movie “Moana,” as Janis Imi’ke….
As we say farewell to 2023, great movies and TV shows of the past year will continue to be discussed heading into 2024. The Golden Globes and Primetime Emmys award shows premiered over the past month, with trophies being awarded to shoe in favorites and a couple surprises as well. To no one’s surprise, Christopher…
The new semester brings new projects for the University of Rhode Island’s fine arts students. This semester two productions are going to be put on in the Fine Arts Center’s J Studio. This semester’s play is William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and the musical is “Little Shop of Horrors,” written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Last…
On a foggy evening of Jan. 26, the music department’s Concert Hall at the University of Rhode Island came alive with the vibrant and rich melodies of Hashi Duo. The duo, guitarist Adrián Montero and pianist Moé Takamatsu, whose name translates to “bridge” in Japanese, were once again at the musical stage of URI. The…
“The Boy and The Heron,” the rumored last film in the famous Studio Ghibli franchise, won awards and soared to popularity over the winter months. Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese filmmaker, has a reputation for producing strikingly beautiful and profoundly deep animated films. This reputation holds for “The Boy and The Heron,” which won the Golden…
2023 was so last year, and so were its fashion trends. Fashion is always evolving, and so are we. Fashion tells a story. It is a way that we express ourselves whether it be through patterns, material, accessories, or colors. But what trends are in? What trends are out? Let’s find out. Bows had a…
Lauren Drapeau – Editor-in-Chief For the month of January, I decided to listen to “Mesa Redonda” by Hermanos Gutiérrez on repeat. Part of the reason being that I keep playing the recent songs saved to my Spotify out of laziness, but also because it makes me feel like I’m coasting through a warm desert with…
Riding a three-game losing streak, wins became ever more important when the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team took on a two-game stretch against George Mason University and La Salle University this week. Traveling to Fairfax, Virginia on Saturday, Rhode Island’s first task of the week would be taking down the Patriots of George…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team made a couple of statements this past week, winning both of their games by double digits. First, they defeated the University of Massachusetts at home, before going on the road to get a win over George Washington University. In a battle between the two teams who finished…