Ben Watt, an accomplished writer, DJ, BBC radio personality, and musician, gives a peak…
Category: Arts & Culture
Local electronic band deviates from the norm with their latest album
S/T, released by Contrapposto, is some of the strangest electronic music to come out…
USM students zip their lips for the National Day of Silence
Students at USM and across the world will join in a vow of silence…
Roman decadence thrives in The Great Beauty.
Whether he is walking down a cobble stoned street, dancing to pulsating electronic music…
Heroes and misfits and jazz
Heroes + Misfits, released by up-and-coming jazz pianist Kris Bowers, exemplifies the emerging trend…
Sign of the rhymes: Poetry serves as a medium for change
Poetry reading has evolved from coffeehouses and dusty leather bound books into packed bars,…
Arts & Culture Recommends: USM Theatre presents The Mystery of Edwin Drood
By: Matthew Donovan The USM Theatre department is letting the audience decide “whodunit” with…
Ceramist Shawn O’Connor shares historical method
Last week USM hosted a special guest, alumnus and ceramist Shawn O’Connor. O’Connor teamed…
Campbell brothers shoot for big screens
Siblings Thomas and Peter Campbell, emerging filmmakers and theatre and music majors at USM,…
100 years of culinary history displayed at the Maine Historical Society
To celebrate Maine Restaurant Week, the Maine Historical Society Museum has put together a…
Bam Bam bakes up delicious options for gluten-sensitive foodies
With one percent of the entire U.S. population suffering from celiac disease, it’s no…
A student’s guide to Maine Restaurant Week
The 6th annual Maine Restaurant Week is the perfect opportunity to break free from…
Top 5: Food Apps
In honor of Maine’s Restaurant Week, let’s take the stress out of finding somewhere…
Local Album Review: A dose of whole-hearted rock’n’roll
Whale Oil’s self-titled release isn’t complicated, technically proficient or even polite. What it is,…
Arts & Culture Recommends: Delta Rae rocks the State Theatre
The harmonious choruses of Delta Rae and The Falls’ heartbreak ballads will echo through…
National Album Review: Terrestrials is a dark and ambient musical collaboration
Sunn O (pronounced as just “Sunn”) and Ulver’s drone metal collaboration, Terrestrials, is pristine….
Dark comedic musical written by Holocaust survior has english world premiere at USM
The USM Department of Theatre is debuting the English language world premiere of In…
Film Review: American Hustle
David O’Russell is perhaps one of the most curious directors working in Hollywood. Hanging…
Local Album Review: The Border
Successfully executing the traditionally untraditional, and predominantly disfavored, integration of punk and country genres,…
McConaughey’s perfomance may be career best: Film Review of Dallas Buyers Club
Sporting a bucket-sized cowboy hat and thinner than a cornstalk, Ron Woodruff is nevertheless…
Finding love in the digital age
Can apps like Tinder spark an off screen romance? Whether we care to admit…
Album Review: Along the Way
Mark McGuire has had a busy year. After splitting up with the electronic band…
Film Review: “August: Osage County”
By: Martin Conte It’s every movie buff’s guilty pleasure. It’s like getting wine tipsy,…
National Album Review: “Grass Punks” by Tom Brosseau
Grass Punks, released by Tom Brosseau, questions the imperatives of American folk, yet it…