Photo by Kayla Michaud |CIGAR| Performers in play start conversations with audience on and off stage. In recent years, the opioid addiction has become an increasing epidemic within the United States, and the state of Rhode Island in particular. Despite the ongoing crisis, it can be tough for people to have a conversation about opioid…
As if they weren’t already sucking up everyone’s free time or dominating competing streaming services, this past Tuesday Netflix announced a major boost of “original” content coming in 2018. Media mogul and Netflix CFO, David Wells, announced the company’s plan while speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 27….
Photo courtesy of Veronica Wood. “I want to use the medium of film to help people explore history,” said Rob Cohen, a film and media studies professor at the University of Rhode Island. Professor Cohen explained that this goal is the baseline for his students’ work throughout the year. This past fall he taught a…
Photos by Kayla Michaud |CIGAR| The University of Rhode Island was paid a visit by the American Band, a classical concert band of over 60 of the finest musicians and conductors in Southern New England, this past Sunday. The American Band is one of the oldest concert bands in America still in operation, having…
Photo courtesy of Rock.com| In July of 1988, while the popular music scene is ruled by solo popstars like Michael Jackson, glam metal bands like Def Leppard, and rap groups like N.W.A. and A Tribe Called Quest, Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” quietly slips off the Billboard 200 chart- 736 weeks after its…
From the moment the film begins, “Black Panther” is like nothing we’ve ever seen before. It’s refined vision of Wakanda and characters fulfill the demands of superhero spectacle with great subtext. The movie follows T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) who returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Catch O’Marra at work by tuning into the “Sport Power Half Hour” on WRIU and his own personal talk show on RIU2. The man behind the microphone Rhode Island’s leading non-commercial radio station, WRIU, has been a huge stepping stone on the road to becoming a professional sports broadcaster for students…
Have you ever wanted to learn how to edit video, but don’t know where to start? Are you familiar with editing software, but still looking for a few tips and techniques to improve your productivity and skill in the editing bay? If so, be sure to stop by Ranger Hall tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 23 from…
Photos by Kayla Michaud |CIGAR| From left to right Christina Nero, Jacob Brunelle and Nicholas Schleyer answer questions following their performance Students gathered in the Fine Arts Concert Hall last Thursday, Feb. 15, to watch their classmates perform in that week’s music convocation. Performances included Christina Nero, as a vocalist, Nicholas Schleyer, on the piano and…
This past Saturday, Feb. 17, the Main Concert Hall of the University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center hosted yet another wildly successful evening of live pieces of contemporary music. This weekend featured the talents of saxophonist and URI faculty member Johnathan Amon, with accompaniment from fellow members of the Chagall Performance Art Collaborative Saxophone…