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April 18, 2024

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Students enjoy evening at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

On Friday night, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) held a special college night event following their regular weekly concert, offering Baltimore students free food, giveaways and the chance to mingle with members of the orchestra.


Suburbicon is a tepid take on a controversial topic

I did it for the fans. In a week when the biggest film being released was Jigsaw (because we need another Saw film) and when the film that I was looking forward to watching got critically panned (Suburbicon), I thought I’d have to watch Geostorm.


A clown rushes oncomers at the Panic Attack haunted attraction in Wilmington, N.C. Oct. 18. Panic Attack is one of the largest haunted houses in North Carolina, and is convienently located in proximity to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River,

Field of Screams lives up to its fearful reputation

As you may know, Field of Screams is an annual haunted house extravaganza located in Lancaster, Pa. It has been rated the “Best Extreme Haunted Attraction” by USA Today, and its website boasts many testimonials that make it perfectly clear that Field of Screams is a terrifying place.






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A rendition of The Color Purple came to The Hippodrome this October.

The Color Purple retains its timelessness in 2017

I have pretty terrible luck. So when I was informed by the Office of Multicultural Affairs that I had won $15 tickets to see The Color Purple at the Hippodrome Theater — with a Q&A session with the cast afterwards — needless to say, I was pretty stoked at my good fortune.



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German artist Karl Lagerfeld is creative director of the fashion house Chanel.

Plastic fashion reflects modern fears

We live in a plastic world. Many of us are surrounded by plastic wherever we go. We wake up and use plastic toothbrushes, buy food in plastic containers and shower with soap contained in plastic bottles.


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Iconic actor Willem Dafoe plays Bobby in Sean Baker’s newest film, The Florida Project.

The Florida Project is Americana at its best

It’s easy to think that there aren’t any films being produced that capture the mundane aspects of everyday American life. However that’s not entirely true; we do get these films, but they are often independent.



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Norwegian DJ Kygo performed at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony.

How I learned to love EDM as a way to escape

People generally have very specific and arbitrary tastes; I am one such person. I think that J. Cole makes simple, boring music, but you can find me on any given day listening to Famous Dex and Lil Xan. I say that I hate melted cheese, yet adore pizza. I enjoy funk and poppy dance music, but don’t give EDM a chance.


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Musician and actor Jack Black starred in the film version of School of Rock.

Film Society stages lively School of Rock reading

School of Rock is not a movie about sitting down. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a comedy about a man who teaches a group of elementary school students how to play rock and roll music while pretending to be their substitute teacher.


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Biddle teaches non-fiction in the Writing Seminars Department.

Professor Wayne Biddle’s pop culture picks

Professor Biddle is a Baltimore native who teaches in the Writing Seminars Department. A former reporter for The New York Times, his speciality is non-fiction writing. He teaches a variety of courses including this fall’s “Non-fiction in the Post-Factual Era.”




Black female poets discuss race and sexuality

Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse hosted a poetry reading by The Black Ladies Brunch Collective for a reading of poems from their book Not Without Our Laughter: Poems of Humor, Joy & Sexuality. This group of black female artists celebrated the importance of art, love and laughter in resisting oppression.



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