Faculty members joined up-and-coming soprano Melissa Joseph for the latest installation in the University Artist Series. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu The University of Rhode Island’s own Rene de la Garza and David Gilliland united with up-and-coming soprano Melissa Joseph for an afternoon of vocal virtuosity last Sunday with the latest installation in the University Artist Series. …
Books provide an escape for some in the times of COVID-19. PHOTO CREDIT: time.com Okay, the confession’s out — I was a book nerd. No, not just the typical kid who liked to read. I took my craft seriously. I was the kid who waited outside of Barnes & Noble in the dead of December…
Rewind Rewatch Review: “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” is more than a typical kids comedy, reminding and informing us of the current climate crisis. PHOTO CREDIT: imbd.com One week before moving into college, my 4-year-old niece begged me to have a movie night. So, being the fun aunt that I am, I gathered all of the…
Photo from amazon.com. “BookTok” has been rising in popularity on TikTok this summer, providing many books a boost in readership, even years after their initial release. As a kid, I was an avid reader, but as I got older, the only time I read books were for high school English class (and let’s be honest,…
Photo from nerdsandbeyond.com Luke Hemmings, the lead singer of pop band 5 Seconds of Summer, released his first solo album titled “When Facing the Things We Turn Away From” on Aug. 13. And he killed it. 5SOS fans, like myself, were both shocked and excited when Hemmings announced a solo album in June. As a…
Comedian Mike Birbiglia is one of the in-person talents the Student Entertainment Committee will host this year. Photo from nypost.com. After over a year of navigating the remote world, the University of Rhode Island’s Student Entertainment Committee (SEC) is planning to bring new in-person events to campus for this upcoming year. The events will kick…
Billie Eilish’s “Happier than Ever” highlights a coming-of-age period for the popstar and closes out the summer of 2021. Photo from Wikipedia. The music industry kept it hot this summer with standout releases across the board. Here are some of my favorites from the season. It would be criminal to overlook Doja Cat’s third album…
Pride month is a time to celebrate LGBTQIA+ people; real and fictional. While there has been an increasing amount of representation both on-screen and off-screen in recent years, many LGBTQIA+ characters and storylines have fallen into tropes ranging from “please get this off of my screen, this is setting gay rights back another 50 years”…
Some of the greatest and most influential artists today identify as LGBTQIA+, and in honor of June being Pride month, we’re going to break down some of the best in no particular order. The artist that has arguably had the most modern impact on the LGBTQIA+ community is Lady Gaga. Since first talking publicly about…
With minimal LGBTQIA+ representation in their films, Disney continues to face backlash this Pride month for only using token queer characters rather than spotlighting the community. Over the past five years, Disney has incorporated very few queer moments and characters into their feature length films despite a growing global concern for proper representation. Glimpses of…