If you have Netflix, then this show might become your new favorite bingeable series. PHOTO CREDIT: marca.com What would you do for enough money? How far would you go to financially support yourself and your family? Netflix’s newest original hit show, “Squid Game” tackles this very question. Born from the mind of South Korean director…
Connecticut-based opera company brings new life to classic “Carmen.” PHOTO CREDIT: United Theatre Over the past two weeks, local opera company, Salt Marsh Opera, presented four stagings of French composer Georges Bizet’s final work, “Carmen,” at both the United Theatre in Westerly and the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Based in…
While tattoos don’t need a deeper meaning, all are significant. Photo credit: Amy Pate Sometimes, when you decide you want a tattoo, there are months and months of planning, brainstorming and designing. They have some sort of significant meaning behind them. Other times, it’s a split-second decision. If you are lucky, that decision is one…
URI Theatre will raise curtains for the first time since 2019 on Oct. 14th. GRAPHIC CREDIT: Elizabeth Wong On Thursday, Oct. 14, for the first time since 2019, the University of Rhode Island theatre department will open an in-person production to a live audience. According to Director Tracy Miller, “Silent Sky” is a contemporary play…
“Diana” the musical has shocked audiences, and not in a good way Through every move, note and lyric in the nearly 2-hour musical “Diana,” I was left wondering why someone, anyone, in the creative process, from conception to a premiere in California to Broadway previews and finally a Netflix pro-shot release, didn’t simply ask, “why?”Why…
The final installment of Daniel Craig’s Bond-era comes to a satisfying close with “No Time to Die.” PHOTO CREDIT: metacritic.com “No Time To Die” is the 25th James Bond film and the final incarnation with actor Daniel Craig, which follows a retired James Bond going back into active MI6 service to prevent the villainous Safin…
Sarah J. Maass is this reporter’s pick-me-up, it could be yours as well. PHOTO CREDIT: sarahjmaas.com As an English major, I like to imagine myself as having amazing taste in books, but I realize that, deep down, I love a trashy read as much as the next person. A few years ago, I was looking…
URI held an art exhibit last month to honor the work of Jorge Cardenas. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu For the entire month of September, The University of Rhode Island hosted an art exhibit at the Feinstein Campus to honor Jorge Cardenas and the work he did for the Providence Public School Department. Cardenas was born in…
Later on this month, URI is set to host a weekend full of concerts, lectures and more at the sixth annual international guitar festival. PHOTO CREDIT: uriguitarfestival.com The University of Rhode Island’s sixth annual international guitar festival is set to be held from Oct. 14-17 with a hybrid format, making it accessible to all. This…
Alumnus Andrew Burnap thanks URI Theatre in his Tony Award acceptance speech. PHOTO CREDIT: Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images “To the University of Rhode Island theatre department,” Andrew Burnap ’13 said in his list of thank yous during his acceptance speech of Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play at the 74th Tony…