Documentary shares alarming truth

Photo courtesy of IMDb On April 5, the Ryan Auditorium hosted a screening of “A Plastic Ocean.” The screening was hosted by the local Junior Girl Scout Troop #560 hoping to unveil the alarming plastic pollution affecting Earth’s oceans. Families, students and faculty attended the event and learned from partnering organizations, including Clean Ocean Access,…

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RI Black Film Festival

A one of a kind event is coming to Providence this weekend, as the Rhode Island Black Film Festival is set to take place starting this Saturday April 14 and going through the 16th. This festival, which launched in coordination with the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, is going to be the…

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Khalid comes to campus

Photo courtesy of the URI Student Entertainment Committee  Lil Wayne, Post Malone, Fetty Wap, Kendrick Lamar and many more have graced the Ryan Center stage for the annual spring concert. This year’s spring concert is 20-year-old R&B singer Khalid. The concert is sponsored and put on by the University of Rhode Island’s Student Entertainment Committee….

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Robbie’s Reel: ‘Ready Player One’

Back when Steven Spielberg, arguably the most famous and noteworthy filmmaker in history, announced that his next project would be an adaptation of Ernest Cline’s bestselling young adult novel “Ready Player One,” I was fairly surprised and mostly skeptical. The novel, a dystopian teen adventure story, is absolutely stuffed cover to cover with references and…

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Behind the music with Lila Kane

An interview with URI Theatre Department’s musical director The University of Rhode Island’s Theatre Department is putting on a classic musical fit for all ages, “Mary Poppins.” I had the privilege of meeting with the musical director, Lila Kane, to get a behind the scenes understanding of her role in creating the world on Cherry…

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