Cynthia Erivo’s powerful performance as the heroic Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery to become a freedom fighter for the Underground Railroad, is the highlight of the first biopic about the American abolitionist. Writer-director Kasi Lemmons takes on the enormous task of telling this legendary story in just over two hours. The result is a thorough and inspiring…
Category: Arts & Entertainment
The UWG Music Program Makes A Big Debut
Students in the music program at UWG gave a truly impressive performance during their Opera Workshop at the Kathy Cashen Recital Hall on Oct. 24. This collaboration of musicians was only possible through the help of several student directors, Director Dawn Neely, Graduate Assistant Demi Harling, Music Director John Elson Williams and Pianist Bernie Wong….
Disney+ is Set To Change The World
For a company known for making magical fantasies come to life, reality is soon to set in for Walt Disney. With the Disney+ streaming service set to premiere on Nov. 12, 2019, the world is clamoring to see what all this new service has to offer. With the release of over 300 items, via a thread on…
Ballers’ Final Season
The HBO series, Ballers, premiered in June of 2015, and was instantly successful. The comedy-drama gives viewers “unfiltered” insight into the world of professional athletes both in their careers and in their personal life. The show is centered around a former NFL star turned financial advisor and his day to day life dealing with high…
The Wonderful World of Anastasia
Anastasia Beverly Hills is a makeup brand founded by Anastasia Soare that was established in 1997. It is best known for brow shaping products that changed the way people perceive makeup application. The first ABH brow collection launched in 2000 at Nordstorm across America and in recent years the brand has divulged into a variety of products including eyeshadow palettes…
The UWG Theatre Program’s First Big Show Of The Fall
The Gospel at Colonus as Oedipus is a theatre performance that will be opening on Oct. 8th at the Townsend Center for the Performing ArtsMainstage (TCPA) and runs through Oct 13th. This theatre performance is all about transformation and will include laughs, claps and dance that will make the audience want to jump out of their seats. Saani Parham is a marketing assistant for the theatre department who is also…
Why You Should Visit Music Midtown This Year
Music Midtown is an annual music festival that takes place in Piedmont Park in Atlanta. This year the festival celebrates its 25th anniversary after going on a hiatus from 2006-2011. Since 2011 the jam-packed lineup and schedule have been the main attraction. In recent years, the festival has brought some of the biggest acts in music…
IT Chapter Two: Scary Fun, But Too Long
IT Chapter Two was released on Sept. 6, 2019. Being the sequel to the revitalized franchise in 2017 which was critically acclaimed, this film had big expectations by fans and critics alike. The movie has a total runtime of two hours and fifty minutes which by typical movies in this day and age is quite the stretch. With…
Preview of the Lip ’n’ Sip at the BCM
UWG is home to the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. The Minister of the BCM is Bill Grissett and the President of the student-led ministry is Nicholas Dedman. This ministry has been on campus since the 1960s and was established by the Georgia Baptist Mission Board. Their mission is to make disciples and to be a student-led ministry. That is…
Sailing the World One Mile at a Time
Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu are an Australian couple who are the captain and first mate of a 40-foot catamaran boat known as Sailing La Vagabonde. They have been sailing together since 2014 cleaning up the oceans, documenting their progress and allowing those who are not able to travel to see the world through their computer. Despite having no sailing experience…