Artist Weekly: Anne Rowland Kidd

Sophia Lucente     Staff Writer Anne Rowland Kidd is riding a swelling wave forward in the name of art and industry. A senior, she is majoring in New Media and Design, a division of the art department which, according to its page on UNCG’s website, “balances the progressive building of conceptual and technical skills with creative problem solving and prepares students for advanced courses … Continue reading Artist Weekly: Anne Rowland Kidd

George Jenne Goes Elsewhere

 Thomas Breeden       Staff Writer In the late 1970s, Sylvia Gray had amassed a huge collection of items in her 606 South Elm Street warehouse in Greensboro. The former Carolina Sales Company building she owned with her late husband Joe became her treasure chest for thrift store finds. Fast forward to 2003, when Elsewhere founders George Sheer (Gray’s grandson), Stephanie Sherman and Josh … Continue reading George Jenne Goes Elsewhere

Horoscopes

Mary Windsor   Staff Writer Aries March 21 – April 19 You’ve become dependent on things that don’t matter anymore. Arbitrary ideas and trivial events that hold no weight. Let them go. Start anew. Find significance around you. Taurus April 20 – May 20 If you’re feeling pressure to know about a certain subject or activity because of others, don’t freak out. I know it’s hard to … Continue reading Horoscopes

Verses from Matthew’s Red Journal

Featured poems from our sports editor Matthew Johnson    Sports Editor June, hanging heavy with odors red Dawns on this conscientious life, A far-off player, an unwelcomed silhouette. Those pillars of all those talked about souls Makes me death, awwnd stiffly cold. Take me away from these hard and sanctifying stones And let me sink deep, away from that unmoved nature. You see me haunted … Continue reading Verses from Matthew’s Red Journal

Art & Dialogue: Addressing Racial Tension in America

Kashif Stone Freelance Writer Multiple local organizations are partnering up to create a project that will change the way racial tensions are addressed in America. The project, entitled “Art & Dialogue: Addressing Racial Tension in America,” intends to bring the community together through the use of art as a catalyst for dialogue sessions. Greenhill, the Center for Visual Arts, the African American Atelier, Guilford Native … Continue reading Art & Dialogue: Addressing Racial Tension in America

HAIR SPRAY

Mary Windsor   Staff Writer Students in UNC-Greenboro’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance will perform the colorful hit Broadway show and Tony Award winning musical “Hairspray” during the month of October at the Taylor Theatre. On Oct. 1, the cast and crew will perform a “Pay What You Can Preview” show. “Hairspray” will officially run from Oct. 2 through Oct. 8. For this production, … Continue reading HAIR SPRAY

Top 5 Albums for the Fall

Jackson Cooper    Staff Writer One night back in high school, I felt my life turn into a movie. It was the beginning of a chilly evening, with a sunset forming a pink tapestry of clouds and colors as I drove home from school. The back roads I took had many small neighborhoods where I would see children playing outside as their contemplative parents looked … Continue reading Top 5 Albums for the Fall

CD Review: “Hamilton” Original Broadway Cast

Jackson Cooper    Staff Writer “Hamilton” does what every high school student always fantasized about: it raps American history. Literally. The newest sensation on Broadway has received overwhelming hype for its concept: a 2+ hour rap musical featuring America’s founding fathers. When have dead white guys ever rapped? Never. But writer, composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda has other ideas. Instead of old white guys rapping … Continue reading CD Review: “Hamilton” Original Broadway Cast

A Friday night set by Bent Frequency Duo

Vincent Johnson     Staff Writer Bent Frequency Duo is a musical group composed of percussionist Stuart Gerber and saxophonist Jan Berry Baker. Last Friday night the duo performed a set at Mack and Mack clothing, which featured a number of unique pieces from composers like Mark Engebretson and Dorothy Hindman. Gerber and Baker, who are also both music professors at Georgia State University, are … Continue reading A Friday night set by Bent Frequency Duo

Speakiesy App launched at UNCG

Shannon Neu    A&E Editor Speakiesy, a campus-specific app that combines features similar to social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram, was launched at UNCG on Sept. 5, 2015. Speakiesy intends to provide a safe space for students to make the most out of their college experiences. Students who have active university-specific .edu email addresses are able to download Speakiesy, as long … Continue reading Speakiesy App launched at UNCG