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…
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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…
Rome-Based Cake Jam Set For Rooftop Performance on the Square
Local indie band Cake Jam will be making their debut in Carrollton on Sep. 27 with a free concert on Nama Asian Fusion’s rooftop venue on Adamson Square. The concert will begin at 10:30 p.m .and last until 1:00 a.m. Cake Jam is a band based in Rome, GA who mostly plays in the Rome and Atlanta area. The band consists of lead…
Student entrepreneur Introduces new t-shirt brand at UWG
Victor President, UWG student and former victim of heart disease, has channeled his past agony into entrepreneurship. President advertises his Money Lovers shirts as a way to promote the idea of a dreamers mindset, and how substantial that is to starting a business. President has always had a vision of striating his own brand from the times of being a…
Alumni Artists Return to UWG
UWG is currently hosting the Sixth Biennial Alumni Art Exhibition, which showcases the talents of former student artists and will be open to the public until Sept. 26. The university has four galleries on campus administered by the Department of Art, all located in the Bobick Gallery in the university’s Humanities building. Stephanie Smith, the art gallery…