October is my favorite month of the year. At night I find myself submerged in mounds of blankets on the couch, sipping hot cider out of ceramic mugs and staring up at the Walmart spiderwebs I draped on my bureau in awe at my decorating skills. While all of these things place a warm hum…
Netflix’s “Bojack Horseman” is one of the best television shows not on television. Netflix debuted the show’s fifth season last month, bringing out the usual puns, wordplay, visual gags, and soul-crushing moments of self-reflection. It’s an odd show. Did I mention it features a world populated by anthropomorphic animals and normal humans? Getting down to…
Photo by Greg Clark | “Women and War” was performed in the round to allow a deeper connection to the audience, creating an emotional rollercoaster. Going from having an audience uncontrollably laughing to having tears roll down their cheeks within one show is a difficult challenge. However, it is one that the University of Rhode…
Podcasts: These days it seems like everyone either has one or listens to them. They range in topics from talking about good movies, bad movies, politics all the way to good old fashioned absurd humor. But why? Why, all of a sudden, are podcasts such a huge part of our entertainment culture? Why do people…
Photo by Jake Kraus | Brett Eldredge performed to a rowdy crowd on Oct. 11. When purchasing a ticket for Brett Eldredge’s The Long Way tour, fans were likely expecting a fun night out full of country music. What they probably weren’t expecting was for Eldredge to bring out his dog, Edgar, and see numerous…
Damien Chazelle’s film, “First Man” is first and foremost, a claustrophobic film. The epicness of the story told, the United States race to land on the moon, is contrasted sharply by reliance on closeup shots and small confined shooting locations. For example, take the opening scene in which Neil Armstrong, portrayed by Ryan Gosling, who…
Photos courtesy of Catia Ramos. The student-directed production, “Time Stands Still,” will open in J-Studio of the University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center on Nov. 2. “Time Stands Still” by Donald Margulies tells the story of a photo journalist named Sarah. In the play, Sarah returned home to the United States from Iraq with…
Three University of Rhode Island theater department alumni have rejoined each other to collaborate on the first show of the season, “Women and War.” Kira Hawkridge, URI alumna of 2012, is the director; Renee Surprenant, URI alumna of 2010, is the set designer; and Max Ponticelli, URI alumnus of 2009, is the lighting designer. All…
Photo by Andrew Main | Brandon Harris serenades the audience with “Strike the Viol” and “A Shepard.” Music students Harrison Dolan, Peter Kelmelis and Brandon Harris were showcased in the Oct. 4 music convocation. Convocations are often referred to as “convos,” and are an assembly of people gathering to listen to student performances. Unlike convocations…
Photo courtesy of Michael Salerno The University of Rhode Island’s theater department will debut their production “Women and War,” tonight to open the fall 2018 season. “Women and War” consists of two single act Greek plays adapted by Ellen Mclaughlin. “Lysistrata” is a comedy which discusses women who want to obtain peace during the Peloponnesian…