After being faked out by the oncoming spring for the fourth time this year, the weather seems to finally be resting on the higher end of the thermometer and staying there. Fittingly, as the prospect of the end of the semester looms on the horizon, student-hosted events are cropping up in record numbers, and (we) the students going to them are turning out! If you’re looking for new albums to listen to on the way to your next show or for easy reads to pick up while sunbathing on the Beach, look no further: we’ve selected all sorts of media for your enjoyment! In particular, look forward to the following.
Lee Cronin, best known for his award-winning short film Ghost Train and his 2023 contribution to the supernatural horror franchise Evil Dead, is coming back with a modern adaptation of the horror classic The Mummy (1932). Already being described as “the most terrifying and disgusting Mummy movie you’ll ever see” by early viewers, the upcoming thriller has Jack Reynor of Midsommar fame as the journalist protagonist who is reunited with his missing daughter. At least, that’s what he believes initially. Keep an eye out in theaters because adrenaline junkie fans are sure to find themselves thrilled by Cronin’s upcoming horror cut!
Staying in the realm of horror, we turn to Kylie Lee Baker’s upcoming novel Japanese Gothic and see not one, but two parallel storylines in the same place but over a century apart. After fleeing New York to run from the roommate he’s convinced he murdered, Lee Turner finds himself at his dad’s secluded home in Japan. The house was creepy already, but the discovery of a doorway that connects to ghosts of samurai from the Meiji era turns “unsettling” into “horrific”.
If you’ve recently been called to the dance floor by Dayli x Beta Rave, then Jessie Ware’s groovy, trance-inducing dance pop will undoubtedly draw you back into the disco. Proving that the album will see Ware returning at her strongest, Superbloom’s three singles have been nothing but infectious earworms ready to turn any open space into a flash mob for one (or more!).
Typically, you’d be rapidly escorted out of the theater if you got up out of your seat and started dancing along to a musical, but at the Barnstormer’s newest production of Footloose the Musical, you might find it incredibly hard to resist hopping up out of your seat! Be sure to catch Footloose live at the Bloomberg Student Center Theater for its second weekend of productions before you’re only able to read about it.
And lastly, although it didn’t make it to the list, a very honorable mention goes to Record Store Day, coming up this Saturday at The Sound Garden in Baltimore!
If none of these suggestions have piqued your interest, then make sure to check out this extended list of suggestions!
To watch...
- Lee Cronin’s the Mummy, directed by Lee Cronin – April 17
- Normal, directed by Ben Wheatley — April 17
- Lorne, directed by Morgan Neville — April 17
- Mother Mary, directed by David Lowery — April 17
- Busboys, directed by Jonah Feingold — April 17
To read...
- Japanese Gothic, written by Kylie Lee Baker — April 14
- Cherry Baby, written by Rainbow Rowell — April 14
- The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton, written by Jennifer N. Brown — April 14
- The Auction, written by Sadie Kincaid — April 14
- Happy Ending, written by Chloe Liese — April 14
To listen...
- Superbloom, by Jessie Ware — April 17
- Nice Day: A Collection of Singles, by Magdalena Bay — April 17
- Come Closer, by TOMORA — April 17
- Fidelity, by Yaya Bey — April 17
- KONNAKOL, by ZAYN — April 17
Live events...
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Footloose the Musical! — April 17–19, 8 p.m. on April 17–18 and 2 p.m. on April 19 at the Bloomberg Student Center Theater
- This event is $8 for Hopkins affiliates and $13 dollars for the general public.
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre — April 16–19, 8 p.m. on April 16–18 and 2 p.m. on April 18–19 at Merrick Barn
- This event is $5 for Hopkins affiliates and seniors and $10 dollars for the general public.
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Homewood to Hollywood: A Conversation with Filmmakers — April 16, 7 p.m. at SNF Parkway Theatre 1
- This event is free.
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Hopkins Symphony Orchestra: American Portraits — April 18, 7:30–9 p.m. at Shriver Hall Auditorium
- This event is free for students and $16 per ticket for members of the general public.
