Tag: march 2018
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What’s New Book Review: “The Astonishing Color of Ever After”
SAM SHAW The Astonishing Color of Ever After By Emily X. R. Pan pp. 480 Little Brown and Co. Published March 2018 “Write what you know” is the advice paraded before all writer-hopefuls as if it were inscribed on both the Egyptian pyramids and on the Rosetta Stone. We all have it memorized because it…
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Oscars 2018: no surprises, but good fun
GABY IORI After the unexpected envelope mishaps of last year’s Oscars, the 90th Academy Awards were a somewhat welcome change of predictability and Hollywood frivolity. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Hollywood’s biggest night was March 4 and boasted the attendance of the film industry’s most well-known and lauded stars. Kimmel kept his opening monologue relatively tame,…
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“9 to 5”: A Review
SOPHIE SHELTON Salem College Pierrettes presented “9 to 5” in the Drama Workshop on March 8-11. The musical, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based off of the hit 1980 movie of the same title. “9 to 5” was directed by Amy da Luz with musical direction by…
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Contemporary Poetry Review: “play dead” by francine j. harris
NATALIE PATTERSON “play dead” francine j. harris Published April 2016 francine j. harris, 2015 NEA fellow and PEN Open Book Award-winner, writes a poetry that is as difficult to describe as it is profound, subversive and challenging. “play dead” has been showered with accolades, including a 2017 Lambda Literary Award and is praised both by…
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Film Review: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”
GABY IORI Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool dir. Paul McGuigan Released Dec. 29, 2017 “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Annette Bening and Jamie Bell is a melancholy look at Oscar-winner and Classic Hollywood star Gloria Grahame (Bening) during the final years of her life. The film delves…
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New York: concrete jungle where National Model UN dreams are made of
MARY DANIELS Salem College’s National Model United Nations will be going to New York to represent Liechtenstein this year under new leadership and with new strategies. National Model United Nations is an opportunity for students to learn about the diplomatic process through role play, where each school is assigned a country and the students act…
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