Photo by Greg Clark | Valerie Ferris and Matthew Oxley portrayed Sarah and James in the emotional play. Audiences enjoyed free admission to the student-run production of “Time Stands Still” from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4 in the J Studio of the Fine Arts Center. The play tells the story of couple, Sarah and James,…
Photo take from IMDb Of all the rock bands of the 1970s and 80s, “Queen” has to be the most iconic and timeless. “Bohemian Rhapsody,” released in theaters on Nov. 2 and directed by Bryan Singer, is the perfect celebration of “Queen”- and lead singer Freddie Mercury’s career, spirit and legacy. As the movie starts…
This past September, Vilde Aaslid, assistant professor of music history, was invited to speak at the Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium in Guelph, Canada. She was asked to speak at the event because her work in music history over the years became well-known. This event is a jam-packed four-day-long celebration of jazz music. It is…
Photo courtesy of Seth Jacobsen Musical artist and cello professor in the University of Rhode Island’s music department Theodore Mook performed at the Star Island Chamber Music Conference and the Kingston Chamber Music Festival. The Star Island Chamber Music Festival was held in New Hampshire from Sept. 7-9. The weekend held a repertoire of musicians…
To be honest, the recent trend of remaking older animated films seems to me like a money-making scheme more than anything else. “Star Wars” has a million new movies, most of which are honestly not that good, there’s a prequel to everything, and some of the remakes are just plain stupid. For example, they’re making…
The University of Rhode Island Foreign Film Society is a new club on campus that professor Rob Cohen has partnered with students to create. The club held their first event on Nov. 1, which was a screening of the biopic of Indian boxing champion Mary Kom, an uplifting if not routine sports movie titled simply…
Photo by Joseph Lachance | Chris Alves gives a stand-up performance at the Comedy Show Tuesday night. On Nov. 6, the Comedy Club hosted a Stand-Up Open Mic Night at Hillel where students were able to perform their own stand-up comedy acts. The show was hosted by Ron Melamed, a freshman at the University of…
University of Rhode Island student filmmakers now have a place to pool their resources together and network once again due to the revival of Film Collab. Film Collab was revived by Sunny Davis, senior film media and writing and rhetoric double major. The club has existed on campus for many years but dissipated in spring…
Photo by Joseph Lachance | The RKO Army performs to “Thriller” during pre-show. The RKO Army Performance Troupe put on a live performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in Edwards Auditorium at the University of Rhode Island on Oct. 26. RKO Army is a small shadow cast from Rhode Island that URI’s Gender and…
Photo by Greg Clark | URI’s Jazz Big Band held their first concert of the year with a focus on Latin Jazz. On Oct. 26, the University of Rhode Island’s music department held their first Jazz Big Band concert of the year in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. The concert was conducted by Emmett…