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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 […]
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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 […]
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Dr. Ellis-Williams captures the audience with her presentation. By Sade Cox In honor of March’s Women’s History Month, Dr. Antoinette Ellis-Williams analyzes the impact of cultural misuse on the racial identity of Black young women through popular culture. Ellis-Williams, a women and gender studies professor at New Jersey City University, delivered a presentation entitled “When the Booty is White: Race, Identify, Appropriation & the Lingering Sarah Baartman Effect on Young Black Women.” […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Final lineup of models at the end of ‘Yeezy Season 1’ show By Yayona Bangura Alexander Wang, Rihanna, P. Diddy, Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Anna Wintour; the most talked about front-row guests in all of this Spring’s New York fashion week, attended Kanye West’s and Adidas Originals collaboration show, Yeezy Season 1. On Feb. 12, along with the release of his […]
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Fifty Shades of Grey Film Poster By Anthony N. Muccigrossi “Fifty Shades of Grey” played on the big screen the week of Valentine’s Day, and probably led to many interesting (and in some cases, likely awkward) dinner conversations. The novel, which was composed of adult-related content, adapted to the screen as a more visual method to experience the true essence […]
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Cover of “I love You, Honeybear.” By Adilene Rodriguez Few artists are able to transition from genre to genre organically and still make their music sound good; it takes a talented artist to make that shift. It takes an even more talented artist to do that in a single album. Josh Tillman, ex-drummer of the folk band Fleet Foxes, released […]
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Peter Pan (left) and Captain Hook (right) standoff in a battle to save Wendy (middle). By Bhriana Smith Our palms were aching from the velocity in which we clapped them together as the red curtains closed. The cast and crew of Kean Stage delivered a spectacular, Broadway-worthy production of Sir J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, taking the audience on a journey […]
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Mark Zebro plays Captain Hook in Kean Stage’s Peter Pan. By Bhriana Smith The dynamic of villainy in fictional narratives is fascinating. Villains are becoming popular in their own right, especially the villain in Kean Stage’s Peter Pan production, Captain Hook. Even if you’re not a fan of Peter Pan, you can’t help but be amazed by Mark Zebro Jr.’s […]
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