Category: Arts & Entertainment

Let’s Remember: Friends Celebrates Its 25th Year

by Madison Palmieri ’22 A&E Staff On Thursday, September 22, 1994, viewers tuned in to NBC to watch the pilot episode of a new comedy. It opened on a group of attractive, fashionable twenty-somethings in a quaint coffeeshop. Within the first few minutes, the audience became acquainted with both their individual personalities and the close-knit […]

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Zac Brown Band Continues to be Prolific

Defies Country Genre with New Album, The Owl by Catherine Goldberg ’20 A&E Staff This past Friday, September 20 Zac Brown Band dropped their sixth studio album, The Owl, and have received mixed feedback.  In the past decade, Zac Brown Band has been one of the most popular and successful country music groups. With hits […]

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Ameer Vann’s EMMANUEL: A Vulnerable Return

by Daniel O’Neill ’21 A&E Staff Ameer Vann’s six-track EP EMMANUEL is his first release since he was removed from the BROCKHAMPTON roster in May 2018. Since then, Vann has spent his life out of the public eye. He was released by the band due to multiple accusations of sexual misconduct by many women.  On […]

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Music for the ‘Generation Why’

Conan Gray Plays a Private Show at NYC Hotel by Sara Conway ’21 A&E Co-Editor As New Yorkers walked past the Public Hotel on Chrystie Street in Nolita, they were greeted by a line that stretched down the block. Those especially curious paused to ask someone in line, “What is this for?”  Those who stopped […]

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Elizabeth Banks Adapts Charlie’s Angels Series

Highlights Modern Female Empowerment by Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff It is well known that Elizabeth Banks is directing and starring in a remake of the classic Charlie’s Angels that will come out on Nov. 15. The cast features actresses including Kristen Stewart as Sabina Wilson, Naomi Scott as Elena Houghlin, and Ella Balinska as […]

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Songland Renewed for Second Season

Pulling Back the Curtain on the Songwriting Process by Grace Whitman ’22 A&E Staff Ever since the year 2002, when American Idol began on Fox, America has been in love with singing competition shows. These shows seek to discover the best vocal singers in the country through a series of nationwide auditions. The power is […]

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Post Malone Releases Hollywood’s Bleeding

A Diverse New Project Born from Collaboration by Daniel O’Neill ’21 A&E Staff Post Malone is arguably one of the most influential and successful artists in music right now. Although initially branded as a sure one-hit wonder after his debut single “White Iverson,” he has managed to prove everyone wrong. This is in part due […]

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Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer

Bands Announce Joint World Tour by Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff For anyone nostalgic for the 2000’s alternative-punk sound, three popular bands have recently announced a joint tour, which will commence next summer. Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer, have decided to team up to put on a show for fans. Decades ago, rock […]

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Jonas Brothers Premier Happiness Begins World Tour

Boy Band Sells out Times Union Center by Grace Whitman ’22 A&E Staff “If you told me two years ago that I would be on this stage, I would say you’re lying. But tonight, I’m here with my brothers,” said Kevin Jonas to a nearly sold-out Times Union Center in Albany, New York on Monday, […]

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K-pop Band Performs a Historical Show in New York

by Sara Conway ’21 A&E Co-Editor Fans at Town Hall in New York City on Sept. 1 during the Korean pop-rock band, The Rose’s, concert experienced a series of unfortunate events. Main vocalist, Woosung, realized his microphone had not been turned on amid the opening chords of the first song of the show, and the […]

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