Tag: entertainment
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Pierrettes Preview: “Collective Rage” Unites Women Through Theatre
SAV FRANZ Salem College Pierrettes will be putting on a dark romantic comedy, running Oct. 3-6, bringing together five very different New Yorkers expressing their love, rage, and passions together through the art of theatre (or as they call “the thea-tah!”). The five characters— all named Betty, each come from distinct backgrounds but together discover…
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New MAGE Guild explores nerd culture
SCOTIE WILCHER The Manga, Anime, Gaming and Entertainment Guild was recently formed by senior Sabrina Otero and her board, including sophomore Jordan Wallen. Otero described MAGE Guild as “a community of students that have interest in gaming, manga or basically anything in the entertainment fandom world.” As a club, MAGE Guild traces its roots back…
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Review: Nature, Peace and Death in Mary Oliver’s “Felicity”
NATALIE PATTERSON Felicity By Mary Oliver Published 2015 Reading “Felicity”, it’s easy to remember that Mary Oliver has won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry. Elusive and mysterious, notoriously private Oliver is known for her meditations on the landscapes and life of the natural world. Now eighty-two, she…
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Seussical The Musical: A Preview!
Each year, Salem College’s Pierrettes put on two productions: the fall play and the spring musical. This year the spring musical is Seussical The Musical, a play which incorporates many of Dr. Seuss’s famous children’s tales. The play is written by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. It first debuted on Broadway in 2000 and has…
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Winston’s Best Unkempt Secret
From the outside, the Garage is rather forgettable looking. A block east of Trade Street, a squat gray building separates itself from the other bars in town. The only way in or out is through a single, small door that leads down a long hall. Then it suddenly opens up into a generous, deep rectangular…
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Gallery Hop was Hopping This Month!
The first Friday of every month the downtown arts district hosts the First Friday Gallery Hop; where a variety of shops, galleries, studios, and restaurants extend their hours and open their doors to take part in a lively celebration of the arts. Each stop on the Hop boasts its own unique craft, ranging from photography,…
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The Pierrettes Sing Their Way Through Skid Row
I could not stop laughing when I went to see the Pierrette’s version of Little Shop of Horrors. It was fantastic. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman. It follows Seymour (Senior Miracle Thompson), a downtrodden Skid Row florist whose love life and job…
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Killing Us Softly
Kaitlin Hamilton, c/o 2011 When I was a Salem first year, I was required to watch Killing Us Softly 3 (2000) in my College 100 class. I realized then I’d made the right choice in attending Salem. UNC-Chapel Hill does not require all their first years to watch that particular documentary, but it should. In…
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An Academic Throwdown of Epic Proportions
Lauren Poole, c/o 2013 This past Wednesday, Sigma Tau Delta, Salem College’s English honor society, held their annual Student-Faculty Jeopardy. Five professors and six students faced off over categories including “In this Year in History,” “Celebrity Baby Names,” “Sunday Comics” and “Finish the Disney Quote.” Team “F Word” consisted of Dean Ljungquist, Dr. Brown, Anna…
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