arts and entertainment

Jussie Smollett is an actor and singer known for his role as Jamal Lyon in “Empire” and his activism within the black and LGBTQ+ communities. On the morning of Jan. 29, he was targeted and attacked on the street by two white men, one of…

By this point you’ve probably heard the hype that “Roma” is a cinematic achievement worthy of “Best Picture of the Year,” according to Rolling Stone and many other cultural authorities. Since its release, I resisted for as long as I…

If you had any access to the internet during the spring of last year, you may have heard of an ill-fated Instagram ploy known as the Fyre Festival. Promising an island full of models, blue waters and booze, the Fyre Festival promised to be…

Perhaps NPR’s Ann Powers said it best in her breakdown of the greatest music to come out the past year: “In 2018, women in music are not newcomers, novelties, or antidotes. They are here, at the top...” This sentiment certainly reflects…

Since the release of their self-titled debut in 2013, the British pop band, The 1975, have been labeled many things: groundbreaking, pretentious, original, sellouts, bland, iconic.All of these titles are warranted. Frontman Matty Healy has…

Unpopular opinion: “The Crimes of Grindelwald” was better than “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Now, before I get thrown to the wolves, let me explain myself. I really did enjoy the first movie in the “Fantastic…

“Circle” is easily one of the most pretentious films I’ve seen in some time. The film starts by throwing the audience into a black room that slowly lights up revealing the set that looks like it was put together by a college production.…

Upstate New York is often a place that one hears little about, unless you are a local, like myself. In June 2015, Upstate New York was a place that made national news, specifically Dannemora, New York. How did a small rural town of roughly…