University of Rhode Island alumnus and magician Mat Franco brought magic into the lives of quarantined URI students during a livestreamed show Thursday night. The Student Entertainment Committee organized the “America’s Got Talent” winner’s performance, which occurred on April 23 at 8 p.m. Since graduating from the University of Rhode Island in 2010 with a…
Photo courtesy of Nintendo. Nintendo’s “Animal Crossing” series has always helped people escape from their real-world troubles. In a time when many of us are sequestered in our homes amid a global pandemic, it’s nice to pretend that I can go outside and build a beautiful island paradise. “Animal Crossing” isn’t really about trying to…
Photo courtesy of Netflix. Love is never simple and it is never like it is on TV. There are differences, arguments and bad moments. Things do not always work out and we can do little about it. But “Feel Good” shows the reality of love and addiction. “Feel Good” is the semi-biographical story of Mae…
Photo courtesy of Netflix. Have you ever been accused of feeding your husband to tigers? Or have you owned a zoo and ran for president? Gotten involved in a murder-for-hire plot? All of this and more madness can be found in Netflix’s new docuseries “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” that was released on March…
Frustrated with social distancing? Tired of quarantining and not leaving your house? Bored out of your mind? We get it. It’s important to stay in right now and to avoid being too close to other people, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. It gets old pretty quickly. To help stave off insanity and cabin fever,…
Emily DiPaola, a junior URI student, shows off her various tattoos. Photos by James McIntosh. Emily DiPaola, a third year student at The University of Rhode Island, is a stick and poke pro, seeing no end in sight for future tattoos. DiPaola has gotten three stick and poke tattoos, one each year since she was…
Hosted by the Black Student Union, ‘(Black) Love Boat’ pitted friends and couples against one another to see who knew who better. Photo by James McIntosh. As part of Black Student Union (BSU) Week, BSU hosted their own game show, (Black) Love Boat, in Quinn Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. Three pairs…
The band “Cavalier” (above) was one of three that performed during the Music Guild concert. Photo by James McIntosh. After the unexpected cancellation from the band The Obsessives just a few hours before their concert last Friday night, Musician’s Guild pulled a few strings and still hosted three bands for a crowd of over 60…
The name’s Virus, Coronavirus. Photo from imbd.com New James Bond movie gets pushed back 8 months due to coronavirus outbreak Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the latest James Bond film, “No Time To Die,” will be released in November instead of April. MGM, Universal and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced yesterday…
Grimes (above) released her most recent album, “Miss Anthropocene,” on Feb. 21. Photo from The Cornell Daily Sun. The 2010s were a decade in music defined by massive cultural shifts, the rise of online streaming and an influx of new and exciting artists willing to push genre boundaries in a never-before-seen way. While the 2020s…