Arts & Entertainment

SUNY Potsdam is cutting funding for 14 academic programs within the next few years in order to decrease its yearly $9-million-deficit gap, according to University President Suzanne Smith. To the surprise of many, SUNY…

It's been over a year since Ti West's "X" was released, and I'm still pissed I didn't see it in a theatre. I wanted to, but I had no one to go with, and this isn't exactly a movie you want to be spotted excitedly seeing by yourself,…

The Alexander String Quartet wowed students, faculty and community members during its week-long residency at St. Lawrence University last week. The world-premiere ensemble was founded in New York City, New York in 1981 and is currently…

A skeletal feline… A polka-dotted bald lad… A boogying Northface puffer model tearing up the dance floor… Meatball au d’oeuvres… An anarchist Margaret Thatcher… To quote three of the esteemed Java Barn housemates, "I think this might be my…

In the early 2000s, Pedro Almodóvar turned down an offer to direct “Brokeback Mountain” out of fear that Hollywood wouldn’t be ready for what his much more unabashedly gay and colorful interpretation would have been. As someone who likes…

'Tis the season for classic horror films, and Andrew Fleming's "The Craft" is more relevant than ever. "The Craft" is a spellbinding story of four girls who get caught up in a world of dark magic and confusing adolescence.…

I’ve written this quintet to selfishly talk about some of my favorite girl-coded horror films. To provide a superficial sense of thematic unity, I used the following criteria: No excessive gore or violence: a film for the ladies…

Without a Java show this week, what is a poor musical lover boy to do? Listen to everything else possible, of course. A slew of new releases arrived last Friday with an anxious mix of pop grooves, hip-hop highlights…