To celebrate Women’s History Month and raise funds for breast cancer, the URI Jazz Big Band swings with Mary Lou Williams. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor On Thursday, March 3, the University of Rhode Island’s Big Band performed in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall as they presented “Swinging with Mary Lou: Celebrating…
Indie rock musicians gather for a night of performances in the Memorial Union hosted by the Musician’s Guild. PHOTO CREDIT: Erin Brown | Staff Reporter. The University of Rhode Island’s Musician’s Guild set the Memorial Union on fire at their first concert of the spring semester last Saturday, March 5. The Guild hosted artists BedBug,…
The second most-watched HBO series, “Euphoria,” gets serious for their second season. PHOTO CREDIT: Rotten Tomatoes [Writer’s note: this review contains spoilers from the HBO Max “Euphoria” series] Following their Emmy-award winning first season, the cast and creators of “Euphoria” produced one of the most shell-shocking, illustrative collections on television in the show’s second installment….
Kanye West continues to stir up controversy. PHOTO CREDIT: NBC News Here we go again. It should come as little to no surprise that artist Kanye West made headlines throughout the month of February, airing his many grievances about ex-wife Kim Kardashian on social media, announcing the release of new music and even cutting ties…
The URI Symphony Orchestra performed their spring concert this past week. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor This Saturday, the University of Rhode Island Music Department held it’s Spring Symphony Orchestra concert. The concert featured four pieces that had been selected and performed by the ensemble since the beginning of the Spring 2022 semester. …
The new Oscar’s Fan Favorite award is creating conflict between some fans. PHOTO CREDIT: The Hornet For years, Twitter users have complained about the Academy as a voting body. The nominations and awards given at each ceremony are bound to cause some sort of outrage, whether fans are complaining about snubs, a lack of diversity…
Step into the world of Colleen Hoover with her newest book “Reminders of Him.” PHOTO CREDIT: lowplexbooks.com The New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover who wrote books such as “It Ends With Us,” “Verity,” “Ugly Love” and “November 9” released her newest book, “Reminders of Him” on Jan. 18, and it does not disappoint. …
URI alum Ben Shaw is coming out with his new EP and is planning to play a concert at the Parlor in Providence. PHOTO CREDIT: independentri.com University of Rhode Island Alumnus, Ben Shaw, graduated in 2011 with a degree in music composition and continues his passion by releasing music today. Shaw said that there are…
The Screen Actors Guild Awards kicked off the award season. PHOTO CREDIT: Cheatsheet.com The 28th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, held on Sunday, Feb. 27, kicked off the start of the 2022 major televised awards season with the theme “Together Again.”While the Golden Globes was held on Jan. 9, there was no broadcast due to…
Open your eyes for Love is Blind. PHOTO CREDIT: IMDB “Love is Blind” is more of an experiment than a reality show as it begs to answer the question, can people fall in love solely on their emotional connection? The show, created by Chris Coelen, takes the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover”…