After five months of being shut down, AMC Theatres are finally starting to open back up in certain states. AMC Entertainment, the owner of the AMC Theatres, said that it expects to open the doors to more than 100 cinemas—about a sixth of its nationwide locations—on Aug. 20, according to the Associated Press.
Read moreBeyoncé’s "Black Is King"
On June 28 singer/songwriter Beyoncé announced to the world via an Instagram post that she was releasing a new visual musical album with Disney Plus entitled “Black Is King.” It was inspired by Disney’s “The Lion King” and was originally planned to be a joint project to the artist’s previous album “The Gift” that she released last year with Disney’s live-action adaptation to the 1994 animated classic.
Read moreHoly
The more I know God, the more I understand
The glory of He who holds the world in His hand
As around His throne, Behold! What a sound!
It’s just rain
This is my poem, my message to you.
From one drop in a million to another.
It seems like just yesterday we were
running our fingers over unfurnished
window panes,
rough chips of paint catching our
prints as we go
the glass divided into four, like an
Andy Warhol painting, each raindrop
pattern slightly different.
Read moreMissing the Mark: Reflections on Disney's "Mulan"
Disney’s most recent live-action endeavour, “Mulan,” has been met with mixed emotions since its announcement. A “Mulan” without music or Eddie Murphy was not a “Mulan” that most wanted to see.
Read more2nd Emmy Awards Proceed in Unusual Fashion
The 72nd Emmy Awards looked nothing like it has in previous years. Jimmy Kimmel was the featured host, but there was no audience and no red carpet. The nominees were all sent professional cameras and an operator, if needed, as a way to be able to record themselves when they won and stream their reactions live. There were about 140 cameras from 20 cities around the world that needed to be juggled,a very daunting task.
Read moreAlbum Review: NEEDTOBREATHE's "Out of Body"
On August 28th, I opened Spotify and a newly released album popped up titled "Out of Body." The cover art is what hit me first. The stacked exposure photos of a man almost coming up for air feels like a modern take on the classic impressionist painting style.
Read moreSongbirds at Sunset
With the postponement of Kilter on everyone's mind, 14 performers prepared for Songbirds at Sunset on the night of September 26 at the West Pavillion. Founders Hall President Leila Vaughn ’22 put her heart into setting the entire night up, from sound checks, to equipment, to donuts and coffee for everyone to have while the show went on.
Read moreTheatre Department Embraces Short Films
The theatre department has been working to create new experiences and ways to create amidst these unprecedented times. For example, to showcase all the hard work done last year for “The Sound Of Music,” a documentary is being made of the process of preparing the show. This is a way of memorializing the work and talent of the cast and crew while staying safe.
K-Pop Groups Continue to Break Records
Since this past March, dozens of music tours, festivals and other events have been cancelled or postponed with no future date in sight. However, as artists raced to adapt to social media platforms like Instagram, K-pop idols were among the frontrunners, serenading us from their living rooms.
Read moreChattanooga Artist Empowers Victims of Sexual Abuse
“I will not let him win in death.”
These words, spoken by Chauntae Davies who was a victim of Jeffery Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, were the catalyst for local Chattanooga artist, Ali Waller, to create her exhibit.
Remembering the Work of Chadwick Boseman
On August 28, 2020, Chadwick Boseman passed away after a four-year-long battle with colon cancer. He has created a lasting impact on the movie industry by helping those who sometimes feel they are different to realize that they are special.
Read moreThe Circle's End
Whether in fire or ice, Frost wondered how
It all would end. I’ve often asked the same;
I know the rising morning sun is somewhere
Read moreStaff Picks: Hidden Gems in TV/Streaming/NP
For our final “Staff Picks” of this year, I thought we’d glean some hidden gems from the staff. In my opinion, too many of us get swept up in the appeal of wildly popular TV shows (I’m looking at you, Stranger Things), when countless others of far greater quality lie largely untouched and unappreciated by the masses. Of course…
Read moreStaff Picks: YA or Children's Novel/Series
It would be hard to measure the impact certain books and stories had on us as kids, but when I think back to reading “Eragon” or “The Ranger’s Apprentice” and I get that sudden, gut-wrenching longing, that nostalgia for story, I know these stories mean more to us than we realize. Some take us spiraling away to worlds unknown, some ground us more firmly in the world we do know, and the best ones do a little bit of both.
Read moreStaff Picks: Feel-Good Movie
Now, I am a big fan of sad, gritty movies, but every so often my soul longs for something joyful—something so relentlessly happy that I forget what sad even means. I’m thinking here of that one movie—we all have at least one—you can rely on to be whatever you need it to be. You’ve probably seen it more times than you can count, so if you need it to be a mindless distraction, it can be just that. But if you need to laugh, fear not, the jokes are still funny, regardless of how many times you watch it.
Read moreHome Entertainment
Our current global predicament has left many stuck at home, wondering how to fill their quarantine-induced abundance of free time. Not two weeks into this crisis, many are already verging on boredom, like a child realizing a few weeks into the summer that there is such a thing as too much free time. But it is not yet time to give in and admit to our parents that we have nothing to do; it is not time to start doing chores just yet.
Read moreDissonance
There’s birdsong in the background of the packing,
The goodbyes. In doing what it does, the pollen
In the humming air-soup makes us sneeze—short bursts
Of breath that draw suspicious eyes, bring hands
Read moreLosing Your Mind? Here's What to Do
If you’re like me, these stay at home rules are the absolute worst. Drive thrus and grocery pickups activate the brain a little bit, but I can only watch Netflix (or Amazon Prime or Hulu) for so long before my brain starts getting a little existential. So here are three things to do while stuck inside or in your backyard for this spring.
Read moreSmall Parcels: A Look at J. Bradley Adams' Exhibit
Hanging on the walls of the Kresge Art Gallery are drawings that you might find in your own notebook, ones that you absentmindedly doodled during class or chapel. These colorful, obsessive, tiny pieces are the work of J. Bradley Adams, and they are a part of his show titled “garden 321: mensura.”
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