Photo Courtesy of Brandon Lovejoy. A University of Rhode Island theater department student advanced to the final round for stage management at a national theater festival earlier this month. After stage managing URI’s mainstage play, “Women and War,” Brandon Lovejoy, senior theater, history and public relations major, received a nomination from the play’s director. “My…
Pianist Peter Kelmelis performs from Carnaval, Op. 9. Photo by Anna Meassick Students from the University of Rhode Island’s music department showcased their performance skills at the third music convocation of the semester. Four acts performed in front of a crowd of about 60 students and faculty members in the Concert Hall at the Fine…
Streaming services like Netflix have been proving themselves to be serious competitors for major movies for years now. Within the past few years, Netflix has received multiple Oscar nominations. This 2019 Oscar Awards will be Netflix’s biggest year at the awards with Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” receiving 10 nominations, including best picture. This is the first…
Last year was a time of tremendous changes in Hollywood, that sparked global socio-economic reforms. Following the phenomenal support for the Time’s Up movement last year, the Academy definitely has had a lot of pressure, to wisely choose its nominees. This year, the best picture nominations in particular have also made several other breakthroughs in…
Cardi B wins Grammy over Mac Miller Mac Miller was completely and utterly jipped Sunday night during the Grammys. Try to change my mind– you can’t. Mac Miller was nominated for his first Grammy for best rap album. His last album produced before he died, “Swimming,” is a masterpiece and the result of sleeping in…
The 61st annual Grammy Awards was held in Los Angeles on Sunday evening, and the female artists in the Staples Center stole the show. Thirty-one of the 84 categories were won by women, up from 17 in last year’s Grammys. Of those awards, Kacey Musgraves took home one of the biggest awards of the night,…
Anna Meassick | Professors Gayane Daraykan and Manabu Takasawa took the stage as the final act of the first music convocation of the semester performing a piano duet. The University of Rhode Island’s Music Department has many different performances scheduled for all of the Rhode Island community to enjoy this semester. Music Department Chair Mark…
James McIntosh | A student observes artwork by Ernest Silva while it is on display in the Fine Arts Center. In honor of late alumni, Ernest Silva, the University of Rhode Island’s department of art and art history is holding an art exhibit of a series of his works. Silva attended URI from the late…
A play with an all-female cast and a classic romantic comedy musical will be splitting center stage for the University of Rhode Island’s Spring 2019 Theater Season. The first mainstage production of the semester, “The Wolves,” revolves around an all-female soccer team and provides an interesting perspective from the mind of a teenager. “I think…
The 2018 award season is almost over, but not before a few more big shows hit the main screens and the Hollywood streets. Buckle up your seatbelts music lovers, music’s biggest night of the year comes to you this weekend, the Grammy Awards. This year’s 61st installment of the famous awards show is being hosted…