Alliana AvancenaStaff Writer Pablo Picasso once stated, “We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth or at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.” As this quote states, there are clearly truths and lies in fiction and in … Continue reading Why a good book is a secret door
Crystal AllenStaff Writer The UNCG Schools of Music and Theatre collaborated together under the direction of David Holley to put on the final production of the year, “Falstaff.” “Falstaff,” an opera adapted from Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” follows a fat, vain and boastful ex-knight, Sir John Falstaff (Richard Zeller), who believes he can seduce two young married women, Alice Ford (Victoria Erickson) and … Continue reading UNCG Proudly Presents: Falstaff
Alliana AvancenaStaff Writer Monica Byrne begins her Ted Talk with a statement about how creation needs constraint. She represents a character within a hologram and she is 318 years old, talking about her life with her wife. The life she talks about focuses on the wonders of the visual world and how it can lead us to our greatest escape. Byrne imagines rich worlds with … Continue reading Monica Byrne’s Ted Talk Review
Krysten HeberlyEditor-in-Chief As many students are spending their nights in the Jackson Library, preparing for the upcoming exam season that lies ahead, many musicians are re-stringing their guitars and tuning up their drum kits. With less than a month left, these musicians are preparing for the Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance, a four day festival for music and arts that takes place … Continue reading Shakori Hills Festival Returns to the Tarheel State
Krysten HeberlyEditor-in-Chief Over the past week, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding race within country music, after the hit song, “Old Town Road” was removed from the Billboard Hot Country Chart. Billboard claims that the decision is because the song, “does not embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current version.” Many are arguing that the decision is racist … Continue reading “Old Town Road” and Racism in Country Music
Emily HicksStaff Writer Picture this: it is the spring of 1989. The Soviet Union is still intact. George H. W. Bush is president, and Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” has been adapted into a film by director Mary Lambert six years after the book was originally released. In its first weekend, the horror film grosses over twelve million dollars in box office sales. Horror fans go … Continue reading To Be Buried In A Pet Sematary: The 30 Year Anniversary
Kaitlyn BoeckelStaff Writer Art has, and always will be, a huge part of culture and our day to day lives, whether we realize its influence or not. For art to be made, there have to be artists, musicians and performers- and they are humans. Humans are flawed and many do terrible things. Can we separate the magnificence of what they make from the unsavory people … Continue reading How Far is Too Far?
Emily HicksStaff Writer Do you ever wonder what life is life for rock and roll stars living it up on the road? Or how the fame and fortune changes a band? In the new Mötley Crüe biopic on Netflix, “The Dirt,” the band known as the “World’s Most Notorious Rock Band” is exposed for the good, the bad and the grimy aspects of rock and … Continue reading “The Dirt”: A Look Into the Life of Mötley Crüe
Crystal AllenStaff Writer From the mind that brought us the 2017 thriller “Get Out,” Jordan Peele’s new film, “Us” proves that he has successfully transitioned from comedy to horror and is here to stay. “Us” centers around Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) and her family Gabe (Winston Duke), Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph), and Jason (Evan Alex) as they return to her childhood beach house in Santa … Continue reading Us Review: The Enemy is You
Emily HicksStaff Writer Though the world did not yet know it, on March 27, 1963, the influential filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Born to parents Connie and Tony Tarantino, baby Quentin was the result of a whirlwind marriage that would not last. Little to his parents’ knowledge, Tarantino would go on to be world renowned for his directing abilities, becoming known for … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Quentin Tarantino
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