I’ll be honest: the last time that I saw a theater production of “Into The Woods,” I fell asleep. That said, I had high hopes for Concordia Theater Department’s take on Stephen Sondheim’s famous musical. To say the least, I was not disappointed in the slightest. Between stellar performances byContinue Reading
The most painful delayed film release of the past few years has finally been cured. At long last, Wes Anderson presents “The French Dispatch,” a wonderful movie that, compared to his other movies, is kind of difficult to explain. “The French Dispatch” brings back the whole Wes Anderson family, includingContinue Reading
For years, the free world has looked at Australia as a Western, first-world developed country despite its geographic location. That, due to the fact that Australia, just like every other country in the Western hemisphere, was built on solely one principle foundation: freedom. Since the pandemic started, Australia shocked theContinue Reading
Pure anticipation and excitement led up to this release. In 2019 I found a simple five-track EP in the CD section of the Chaska Goodwill. At the time I had no idea what pure gold I had picked up. The humble record I saved from the shelves was The Shackletons’Continue Reading
For years, I pushed back against the narrative I heard that the two major American political parties were simply different sides of the same coin. I felt that it was evident enough, especially during the Trump administration, that these two groups were fighting for very different things. And to beContinue Reading
From October 14-17, Concordia’s theater department put on Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.” The show was open from Thursday night until the afternoon of Sunday. The show was sold out every night. From where I sat on that Thursday night, I saw a simple play turn into something I sat onContinue Reading
The NYC post-punk revival, alt-rock group We Are Scientists just released their first album in three years. Hiding with age, this duo supplies a sound that I love and look for in other groups of the same genre. With a light, but grungy sound there’s no wonder their top trackContinue Reading
While it is usually actors that experience multiple works getting attention in a single year, director Ridley Scott is having a big one with two major releases: “House of Gucci” and “The Last Duel.” “The Last Duel,” the first of the two, is a period piece based on real-life fourteenth-centuryContinue Reading
On Sept. 17, 2021, stories of thousands of Haitians on the U.S. border flooded news outlets. With the recent assassination of the Haitian President Jovenal Moise on July 7 by a group of 28 foreign mercenaries, followed by the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that caused at least 2,248 deaths andContinue Reading
Sometime in the past month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills. One of which, the so-called AB 1184, sparked quite some controversy. This bill essentially allows minor patients to keep health insurance information confidential from their parents including “reproductive healthcare and gender-affirming care,” according to Yahoo news. When askedContinue Reading