Category: Arts & Entertainment

Georgia Band Hits Downtown Providence

by Abigail Czerniecki ’19 A&E Co-Editor This past Friday, The Georgia Flood, a homegrown all-male band from Atlanta, Georgia, took the stage at the Alchemy in downtown Providence. The band finished their tour in Providence, and it was surely a successful ending. Band members Lane Kelly (bass and background vocals), Gavin Deleshaw (guitar), Damian Navarro […]

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Demi Lovato Opens Up About Mental Health in New Documentary

by Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff Fall has very quickly taken New England captive with its awkwardly cold temperatures, vibrant leaves, and flannel stereotypes. Even in the intangible world of music, artists have been putting out records suited for casual hangout sessions rather than mass parties in the open air.  However, with the return of […]

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Weezer’s New Album Pacific Daydream: Weezer Brings the Beach Back to Fall

by Patrick Fuller ’21 A&E Staff Fall has very quickly taken New England captive with its awkwardly cold temperatures, vibrant leaves, and flannel stereotypes. Even in the intangible world of music, artists have been putting out records suited for casual hangout sessions rather than mass parties in the open air.  However, with the return of […]

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Winter is Coming: Hollywood’s Final Movies of 2017

by Blaine Payer ’18 A&E Staff With the end of 2017 quickly approaching, movie lovers are eager to buy their tickets in hopes of ending this year in film with a bang. Now that they have survived what some may consider to be one of the most disappointing movie summers in years, it is finally […]

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Ethan Gruska: Following in His Family’s Footsteps

by Kerry Torpey ’20 A&E Co-Editor As the son of three-time Emmy nominated composer Jay Gruska and the grandson of five time Oscar winning composer John Williams, you could say that music is in singer-songwriter Ethan Gruska’s blood. Gruska, and his sister Barbra found success with their band, The Belle Brigade, when they released their […]

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Taylor Swift Releases Witty New Song “Gorgeous”

by Abigail Czerniecki ’19 A&E Co-Editor Popped it, locked it, and dropped it is what Taylor Swift has done with her new single “Gorgeous,” which was released Thursday, October 20. Swift has now previewed three songs that will be on her new album Reputation, but these new tracks are no “Love Story” or “You Belong […]

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The Center Will Not Hold Us: A Documentary on Joan Didion

by Elizabeth Jancsy ’18 A&E Staff Joan Didion one of America’s most beloved authors, is finally getting the Hollywood treatment in a new documentary coming to Netflix, which show cases her career and personal life. Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is a tell-all documentary about Didion, consisting of readings from her novels, rare […]

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Fresh and Local : Providence Welcomes New Seafood Restaurant

by Ryan Cox ’18 A&E Staff Blink, and you will miss it. On the corner of Ship and Dyer Streets in downtown Providence is a little red trailer serving local seafood with big flavor. Dune Brothers Seafood, nicknamed “The Shack,” is located in the I-195 district, which has been a major point of discussion for […]

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Strange(r) Things are Happening: You Better Boo-lieve You Are in For a Frightening Season

by Patrick Fuller ’21 A&E Staff When we enter our late teens, the biggest question of our life blindsides us like an inter-dimensional monster snatching up innocent children: what do we do after we are too old to wear costumes and go trick-or-treating? Well, Netflix has the perfect answer. On Oct. 27, the Friday before […]

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Miley Cyrus Returns to Her Country Roots

by Catherine Goldberg ’20 A&E Staff In Hannah Montana: The Movie, Miley Stewart gets shipped off to Tennessee in hopes of rediscovering her roots. As a homegrown farm girl, MileyCyrus’s character grapples with an identity crisis over whether she should keep or ditch the iconic blond wig that allows her to be a world-wide popstar. […]

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