The University of Rhode Island’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures is hosting the Tournées French Film Festival for the third year in a row. This past Tuesday night they held a screening of “Mustang” in Chaffee Hall. The festival was sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S.,…
It has been a long 10 years since the rock band We The Kings released their first self-titled album and when they hit the stage last weekend, the audience was transported back to 2007. The Met was completely packed, nearly exceeding capacity, last Saturday night in Pawtucket. Opening bands included the local Rhode Island native…
Growing up in a musical family, Adriana Cancelliere has always had a the love of music. It wasn’t until recently, however, that she started to perform her own music for audiences. Hailing from Cranston, Rhode Island, Cancelliere grew up with an opera singer for a mother and a bass player for a father. Her dad…
Politics are often inescapable in the film world. Releasing a horror film that weighs heavily on the topics of race and politics as the final pieces of President Donald Trump’s administration (one that has often been criticized as racist) fall into place is clearly a wise move. Politics in horror is nothing new. It is…
“We are horror” reads the website of TerrorCon, a convention held annually in Providence, Rhode Island. “Terror Con” is Rhode Island’s one and only horror and paranormal convention. The convention was held from Feb. 25 to 26, at the Providence Convention Center and has been ongoing for the past few years. The convention is home…
The exhibition “Invisible Bodies, Disposable Cloth: Slavery in Rhode Island, 1783-1850s” ran in the University of Rhode Island Main Gallery from Jan. 23 to Feb. 17, as part of University of Rhode Island’s commemoration of Black History Month. Two of the URI staffers that put together the gallery were Professor Bob Dilworth and Deborah Baronas….
Every Wednesday evening students gather in room A102 of the Fine Arts Center for the University of Rhode Island’s Art Club meeting and studio time. Nick Costa, a sophomore bachelor of fine arts major and art club president, describes the Art Club as “a social club” where students can work on their own art and…
Stage plays adapted into film always raises a red flag immediately. There’s a danger of just “shooting the play,” which means the film is just two hours of actors trading long monologues while the camera remains generally inert. Unfortunately, “Fences” really hammers home the fundamental difference between theater and cinema, showing that the difficulty in…
“The School for Lies,” a play by David Ives, opens Feb. 23 at the University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center. It is an adaptation of Moliére’s play “The Misanthrope,” with the setting updated to 1600s France. Catia Ramos plays Celimene, who has managed to avoid all suitors since her husband passed away. Then comes…
All it takes to expresses you world through writing, sculpting and taking pictures is a $4 Yashica camera. Second-year art major Alex Murdock started shooting photographs with a digital point and shoot cameras in elementary school, and continued photographing on and off until college. He said he tries not to take direct influence from…