by: Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff While fans of the fan-fiction-turned-movie After may be pleased that it has won the People’s Choice Award for Best Drama Film of 2019, the movie follows a trend of others that have come before it, such as the popular series 50 Shades of Grey. Both were fanfictions turned books […]
Attracts Viewers With Classic Movies and TV by: Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff With much anticipation, Disney released its coveted subscription service, Disney+ on Nov. 12. The streaming platform has already attracted many customers, reaching over 10 million subscribers within its first day available. Although the service has yet to add an extensive amount […]
Global Program Provides Opportunities for Self-Expression by Madison Palmieri ’22 A&E Staff The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) has announced that five public elementary schools in the Providence community have been chosen for this year’s Disney Musicals in Schools initiative, through which they will have the opportunity to produce a Disney musical at no cost. […]
An Update on the Former One Direction Members by Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff One Direction joined the ranks of boy bands whose members have gone their separate ways when the group split in 2015. Like other groups that have done so, all five former members of One Direction have decided to pursue solo careers. […]
New Season Comes Alongside Cumulative Vinyl Soundtrack by Daniel O’Neill ’21 A&E Staff Finally, after two long years, Peaky Blinders is back with its fifth season. The last time fans saw Thomas Shelby was when he was on top of the world, after becoming a newly elected member of Parliament representing Birmingham. Season five opens […]
R&B Singer Filled Long Hiatus With Advocacy, Radio Shows by Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff Back in 2016, Frank Ocean released Blonde, which quickly evolved into one of the most well-received R&B albums of the decade. As successful as the record was, he has yet to release another full-length album in the years since. Recently, […]
by Peter Keough ’20 A&E Co-Editor Both on concert tours and at music festivals, it is becoming increasingly popular for artists and organizers to bring out unannounced guests to perform their own music. Whether it be Kanye West joining Chance the Rapper on stage or Harry Styles performing with Kacey Musgraves, this move has become […]
OLAS and BOP Celebrate Día de Los Muertos by: Jennifer Villeda ’20 A&E Staff Día de los Muertos is often misunderstood to be a Mexican celebration of Halloween. However, this celebration, which is popular in Mexico but can be celebrated in other Latin cultures, is a time of celebrating the afterlife and being part of […]
McPhail’s Hosts Harry Potter Trivia by: Brenna O’Leary ’20 A&E Staff Swish and flick! Just like some of the most beloved wizards, Providence College’s Board of Programmers (BOP) was able to perform some serious magic this week. On Tuesday, October 28 in McPhail’s, BOP transported PC students into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. McPhail’s […]
by: Catherine Goldberg ’20 A&E Staff On Sunday, November 3, the Providence College Department of Music presented “An Hour of Choral Music,” conducted by Fr. Vincent Ferrer Bagan, O.P., and accompanied by Michael Kregler on the piano. The hour-long concert in the Ryan Concert Hall of the Smith Center for the Arts, filled with traditional […]