While patrolling through Apple Music’s new music listings, I’m always delighted to find indie rock bands scattered about the list. This week I found a London-based group called The Vaccines. They’re a small group that echo The Beatles and The Beach Boys in their own, shouty, indie rock way. The […]
Arts & Entertainment
A New Local Art Collective: The People’s Poetry NH
A wonderful part of the Plymouth area, especially for artists, is how tight-knit the community is. Regardless of the medium, those who create and/or love art can easily get to know each other, share news about local or favorite artists and even be inspired by each other. And, of course, […]
A Beast of a Game: “Monster Hunter World”
The name of the game speaks for itself; “Monster Hunter World” is a huge game with a variety of wildlife and areas to explore. You are a part of a special hunting squad, sent in from the old world to the new. In the beginning, you create a character and […]
“A Quiet Place” Traps Audience in Peril
I couldn’t even take a drink. I am being completely serious. During one of the tensest scenes in the very first moments of John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place,” I attempted to carefully grab my drink out of the cup holder. It felt as if I was trying to disable an […]
Artist Kirsten Reynolds to Speak at D&M
On Monday, April 16, acclaimed artist Kirsten Reynolds will be speaking in D&M 314 as part of the PSU art department’s visiting artist program. Reynolds is known for her installation art, sculptures and prints. Since 2004, she has been doing solo exhibitions in galleries and museums from Maine to Texas […]
#Throwback to 10 Years Ago This Week in A&E – March 25, 2018
Music: During the week of March 25, 2008, “Good Time” by Alan Jackson was #1 on the Billboard 200, and “Trilla” by Rick Ross would seize the spot on March 29. Movies: This week ten years ago, comedy “Drillbit Taylor” (starring Owen Wilson) and crime drama “21” (starring Jim […]
“Tomb Raider” Delivers Where Most Video Game Adaptations Fail
Lara Croft is one of the original female superheroes of gaming to explode into the mainstream. Since 1996, the English treasure hunter has been climbing through virtual caverns and lost temples armed with only her twin pistols and wits, cementing her place in gaming history. Successfully bringing an over two-decade-old […]
“Superhot”: A Fiery First-Person Shooter
Superhot is a first-person shooter (FPS) where time moves only when you move. There is no health bar and you will die in one shot. You are against all odds fighting red figures wielding guns and melee weapons. Using strategic maneuvers to slice, punch, shoot and throw objects into enemies, […]
“The Shape of Water”: Connection Transcending Species and Silence
Director Guillermo del Toro has quite the impressive track record as a director, screenwriter and producer. With renowned films like “Pan’s Labyrinth,” the “Hellboy” series and “Pacific Rim,” del Toro already seems to have proven not only cinematic capability, but prowess. While seamlessly shifting between the genres of science fiction, […]
“Eye of the Panther”: Pemi the Panther’s Autobiographical Magnum Opus
Everyone at Plymouth State is familiar with the public figure known as Pemi the Panther, but does anybody really know Pemi? Fortunately for the rest of us, Pemi’s self-penned screenplay will have its first showing in the Silver Center this month, providing insight to aspects of Pemi’s life that have […]