Envision yourself and your classmates viewing a movie in a tiny theater with just five rows, each with four seats; you forget you’re even in a learning environment when the lights go out and the bass begins to tremble. This is the environment that surrounds The Rhetoric of Sports in Film, my favorite class. In…
The University of Rhode Island jazz department kicked off their spring season on Thursday, Feb. 22 with the first jazz combos night of the year. The show featured two combos, the first directed by assistant professor of amplified voice Atla DeChamplain. The second combo, John’s Kitchen, was directed by adjunct professor John McKenna. The concert…
Bob Marley appeared on the big screen this Valentine’s Day in his biopic, “Bob Marley: One Love,” and as somebody who grasps at any opportunity to watch biopics about popular figures in music, I am here to tell you what I thought about it. The film revealed a behind-the-scenes narrative of his music that sought…
Marley Fitzpatrick, under the artist name of fitzy, is a singer songwriter from Massachusetts whose journey with music has been evolving with him throughout his life. Fitzpatrick’s music is heavily influenced by 90s alternative rock, such as the band Radiohead. When fitzy was 11-years-old, he saw Twenty One Pilots live. He found himself intrigued by…
The first Marvel Comics inspired movie of 2024 has arrived – and it’s a swing and a miss. The film, “Madame Web,” released on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, follows Cassandra Webb, played by Dakota Johnson, as she discovers her clairvoyant powers and rescues three teenage girls from a scientist with Spider-Man-like abilities. So first, let’s…
Lauren Drapeau – Editor-in-Chief This month, a song that has been on the top of my list is “Tomorrow” by Shakey Graves. The first time I felt the full impact of this song, I sat in my car with two beloved friends and watched the sun set in a swirl of reds, pinks and oranges….
Originally born in Toronto, Canada, pop artist Katrina Stuart has been pursuing her love for music in Los Angeles where she has amassed 33,613 monthly listeners on Spotify. In 2017, Stuart released her first single “All In,” which featured Teddy Marquee. The song also had a video that featured Stuart’s now ex-boyfriend, youtuber Sam Golbach….
Epic Games and the Walt Disney Company will be collaborating on a new combined universe that will change the way people experience Disney stories, the companies announced in a Feb. 7 press release . Epic Games is most notable for creating the hit 2017 video game “Fortnite,” a game which has been popular with gamers…
Poetry: since its conception it has been a medium that has allowed people to openly express themselves, however this leads to the question of where someone today would find a place that allows people to engage with it. The Providence Poetry Slam, also dubbed ProvSlam, is an organization that is situated in downtown Providence. It…
Sadie Brandt Contributing Reporter Romantic comedies are my favorite movie genre, filled with happy couples, 2000s soundtracks and horrific retro fashion choices. In 2022, I watched 15 rom-coms in a week after my boyfriend and I broke up. Whether that was a healthy coping strategy or not is up for debate, but it gave me…