Category: Arts & Entertainment

May’s artwork, “Core to Core”, 2010 charcoal on paper, 75×38” By Vera Boateng “The Hawser Series” by Huguette Despault May, in the Karl and Helen Burger Gallery in CAS, illustrates May’s personal memory of Massachusetts, the talisman she received from New Bedford rope maker John E. Ruggles, and Massachusetts’ state history. Ruggles, gave May a start on her four-year project, […]

Drake’s new album By Vera Boateng On Jan. 13, the platinum selling hip-hop record artist and Grammy-Award winner Aubrey Drake Graham, known simply as Drake, released a mix tape album. The last album the artist came out with was called, “Nothing Was The Same” in September 2013. Some featured hits on the album include song titles such as “Started From […]

Members of Kean Gladiators await the start of ABC Network’s Scandal in Sozio Hall Community Center. By Bhriana Smith Shonda Rhimes’s hit drama series “Scandal” is one of television’s biggest sensations. Fans all over the world have coined themselves as “gladiators,” a member of Olivia Pope’s team. It is no surprise that Kean University has a couple of Gladiators of its […]

Pretty Little Liars main characters By Daris Mendez For five seasons, the teen drama “Pretty Little Liars” has brought secrets and has intrigued faithful viewers. The anonymous and almost omnipotent stalker has been terrorizing Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale), Hanna Marin (Ashley Benson), Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell), and Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario) ever since the mysterious text was first received at […]

Premiere Stages’ 2014 Summer Intern Company By Adilene Rodriguez In such competitive fields like theater, finding a bounty of career-starting opportunities could be difficult in this day and age, but Premiere Stages tries to make it easier for theater students. Premiere Stages, a professional Equity Theatre company in residence at Kean, works with the Theater Department to give theater majors […]

Cinderella as seen in the ballet performed at Wilkins Theater on March 14th By Gabrielle Gale Prendatt-Carter The Russian National Ballet’s performed Cinderella at Wilkins Theatre on, March 14. There were two acts of ballet, choreographed by Rostislav Zakharov, with no dialogue, sixteen characters, and pre-recorded music by Sergei Prokofiev, playing in the background. The costumes were aesthetically pleasing to the […]

Rapper Common performing at a recent show By Nicole Brown Kean University backtracked on its decision to have hip-hop artist Common deliver this year’s graduation commencement speech after New Jersey state police raised concerns over the artist’s support of convicted cop killer Joanne Chesimard in his song, “A Song for Assata.” The decision surfaced on March 30, but hours later […]