On Dec. 4, “The Mavericks” played at The Strand Ballroom, a music venue in Providence, Rhode Island, to promote their newest album, “Hey! Merry Christmas.” “It was a business move sure,” Lead Guitarist Eddie Perez said. “But it’s also really fun.” He also said that the idea for this album has been in the works…
A recently formed student punk band on campus named “The Shipping Department” is gaining momentum and popularity at the University of Rhode Island. “The Shipping Department” is composed of three musically inclined freshman URI students: Collin O’Connor, Sebastian Toledo and Joe Milia. All three members are well versed in the music scene and are passionate…
Photo courtesy of Sunny Davis. Senior, Sunny Davis works alongside her peers to direct her film “You Are the Reason.” On Wednesday, Dec. 12, Sunny Davis, a senior film major, will premiere “You Are The Reason,” a short film she directed this semester and has been in production since last July. “You Are The Reason”…
Photo by Julie Torchia | Rhody Rhapsodies performs a capella with enthusiasm and vigor. Rhody Rhapsodies, an acapella group at the University of Rhode Island, performed their annual Winter Concert on Sunday, Dec. 2. in the Memorial Union Ballroom. The acapella group’s winter concert was composed of nine songs that included a brief intermission for…
The University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center’s current exhibit on display, “Inter-Media,” includes various art mediums that are thought-provoking. The exhibit features three outside artist work through different media. The first group of 11 pieces was created by Susan Mathews who works in clay, yarn, wool and watercolor. Nine of them are three-dimensional works…
Photo by Kayla Michaud | Jina Moran and Sarah Angeloni filmed and directed their film “Forget Me Not.” University of Rhode Island Senior Jina Moran saw her ideas come to life as she wrote and directed her own psychological thriller. Her film is titled “Forget Me Not,” about Kiera, a girl who wakes up and…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Brendon Lewis and Christina Nero perform “The Flock They Leave the Mountains” during the Opera Workshop. The University of Rhode Island Opera Workshop featured an array of opera scenes and fully staged productions with orchestra titled “Potpourri” on Sunday, Nov. 18. The performance started with the musical work “Acis And…
This past Monday, beloved creator and animator Stephen Hillenburg passed away at the age of 57 in his Southern California home after a 20-month battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Hillenburg is best known for his work with Nickelodeon, most notably the cultural phenomenon, “SpongeBob SquarePants.” Hillenburg worked on the show full-time as a writer, director…
When deciding to pursue a career in the fine arts, there often comes a stigma and a question if the decision to do so is practical. However, University of Rhode Island fine arts department chairs don’t find it necessary to question the practicalities of obtaining a degree in theater, music, art and art history. “There’s…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Entertainment Cinemas is the nearest movie theater to campus. As a freshman at the University of Rhode Island who lives on campus and doesn’t own a car, I have found going to the movies is much more difficult in comparison to when I am back home. In talking to students,…