Local Top 5: Beaches
Posted on April 29, 2013 by USM Free Press in Arts & Culture
1.) Kettle Cove There is nothing particularly exciting about Kettle Cove–no big waves, no stunning vistas, no shocking wildlife. There doesn’t need to be. Kettle Cove is peaceful and expansive, a plane of soft sand leading down to a calm, clear stretch of water for swimming. The cove is protected by an impressive wall of [...]
Portland Public Library bookmobile is on the road
Posted on April 29, 2013 by Sam Hill in Arts & Culture, Features
The Portland Public Library’s new “mobile branch” visited USM on Wednesday for the first time, showing off their customized Mercedes-Benz mobile library and spreading the word on what they have in store for Portland. “A lot of people in the city have busy schedules, and one too many things on their plates,” said Portland Public [...]
National Review: #willpower by will.i.am
Posted on April 29, 2013 by Sam Hill in Album Reviews, Arts & Culture
Let’s just say that will.i.am’s fourth solo album #willpower will never be trending on Twitter, despite its not-so-subtle marketing scheme of the album’s title. You’d think after founding the Black Eyed Peas, releasing three previous solo albums, winning seven Grammy Awards and being given the position of creative director of innovation at Intel Corporation that [...]
National Review: Indicud by Kid Cudi
Posted on April 29, 2013 by Sam Hill in Album Reviews, Arts & Culture, Music
Kid Cudi tweeted last June that his next release, Indicud, would be his own version of Dr. Dre’s 2001. Sounds like it’d be quite the undertaking, right? Well it seems Cudi forgot when he started this project that, unlike Dre, he’s a really weird dude. Indicud opens up with a heavy instrumental track titled “The [...]
School of Music receives $1 million bequest to be used in music scholarships
Posted on April 22, 2013 by Sam Hill in Arts & Culture, Features, Music
In a press release posted by the Office of Public Affairs on April 12, USM announced that the School of Music would be the beneficiary of a $1 million bequest from the estate of Anne Randolph Henry. But many music students are still stuck worried about the future of the music program. In the wake [...]
Staff Picks: End of the semester stress relief
Posted on April 22, 2013 by USM Free Press in Arts & Culture
1.) Nate Mooney, News Assistant I like to change up my choices for stress-relief depending on my mood and the urgency of the situation. If time and motivation allows, a few mile run around Portland’s East End Trail always helps me forget about whatever work is hovering over my head and makes me love Portland [...]
A&C Recommends: Garbage to Garden
Posted on April 22, 2013 by francisf in Arts & Culture
Take some time on Earth Day to talk to a Garbage to Garden representative set-up at a Portland cafe. They’ll be tabling throughout Portland to distribute information on how people can help clean up the earth through their program. Garbage to Garden is a fast growing local company that aims to change the way we [...]
Local Top 5: Places for one and two on campus
Posted on April 16, 2013 by Sam Hill, and Andrew Henry in Arts & Culture
1.) Abromson Center Do yourself a favor – drink a lot of water during the school day and visit the Abromson bathrooms on your way to the parking garage. We swear a top-notch custodian must clean these every ten minutes, because they’re always so clean. It might also be because students don’t often have class [...]
Local Album Review: Burrow by Max Garcia Conover
Posted on April 16, 2013 by Sam Hill in Album Reviews, Arts & Culture
Guys with guitars are a dime a dozen. Who cares how good their “Wonderwall” covers are, you just don’t want to deal with them, right? Well, let’s just say if Maine-based songwriter Max Garcia Conover showed up at a party offering to play songs off of his full-length debut album Burrow, you wouldn’t tell him [...]
National Album Review: Tell Where I Lie by Fossil Collective
Posted on April 16, 2013 by Sam Hill in Album Reviews, Arts & Culture
Fossil Collective’s debut album Tell Where I Lie is a great listen, but it’s not anything you haven’t heard before. The duo Jonny Hooker and David Fendick have been toeing the line of commercial success with this band for years now, gaining internet buzz and collecting a slew of followers on essentially every social media [...]
