Faculty in the Fines Arts Center exhibit recent work to encourage their students to express themselves. Photo by Grace DeSanti. “Visual Thinking,” a new art exhibit featuring faculty artwork in the Fine Arts Center, is inspiring art students to continue studying art. The Fine Arts Center asks their faculty members for recent work to put…
New film “Joker” directed by Todd Phillips, expects to make headlines this award season. Photo from IMDB. From Toronto to Venice, movies have been hitting the big screen at film festivals for the first time in hopes of becoming a contender for the awards season circuit. If you’re curious about what movies to watch out…
Brad Pitt stars in new film “Ad Astra” directed by James Gray. Photo from IMDB. “Ad Astra” is a science fiction action drama directed by James Gray that follows the story of an astronaut (Brad Pitt) who is assigned to go to Mars and try to contact his presumed deceased father. The father, played by…
Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, and Keke Palmer hustle their way to fame 2019 film “Hustlers” directed by Lorene Scafaria. Photo from IMDB. ‘Hustlers’ takes a dark, humorous take on a crime drama “Hustlers,” a drama based on a true story and directed by Lorene Scafaria, follows a group of strippers who begin to…
Consider attending a musical, concert or comedy show here in Rhode Island Are you itching to get off-campus this semester and experience entertainment in the surrounding area? Rhode Island offers numerous events and activities to scratch that itch. As an out-of-state student living on-campus, I was a little wary about attending a school in such…
Taylor Swift released a new album at the end of summer called “Lover.” Photo from Billboard.com Taylor Swift’s latest album “Lover” was released on Aug. 23, and it’s shaping up to be one of the hottest releases of the entire year. Here’s a track-by-track review. Track 1: “I Forgot That You Existed,” 6.5/10 I’d describe…
Music Professor Adam Levin shares his love for classical guitar and his experiences of performing around the world. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Adam Levin thrives off of the guitar and sharing his love for guitar with other people “I’m absolutely passionate about music-making and classical guitar and I cannot imagine a world in which the…
Ayushmann Khurrana and Nushrat Bharucha fall in love in film “Dream Girl” released by Balaji Motion Pictures A film review that features a play on the term ‘dream girl’ The film “Dream Girl” was a surprisingly progressive film for a romantic comedy that is based upon the premise of a straight man pretending to be…
Emmett Goods passionately plays his trombone for a captivated audience. Photo by James Singer. Jazz trombone teacher practices for his doctoral performance in front of students Emmett Goods steps on stage in front of an intimate group of 16 people and raises his brass trombone to his lips. The first notes of the performance ring…
An art installation called “The House Divided” is now open for viewing in the Fine Arts Center. Photo by Grace DeSanti. The ideas of migration and immigration are illustrated in the Fine Arts Centers’ new sculptural installation, “House Divided,” by Michael Yefko, an adjunct University of Rhode Island faculty member. Yefko’s installation involves chain link…