The Department of Visual and Theatre Arts held an open reception Tuesday, March 27 in the Fine Arts Building Gallery, called Collective Ground. This exhibition highlights the work of UTM’s Digital Illustration and Poetry Workshop for the 2018 Spring semester. Students gathered to listen to poems wrote inspired by the graphic design art hung in… Continue reading Students collaborate in Graphic Poetry art exhibit
Category: Arts & Entertainment
Southern Literary Festival comes to UTM
The University of Tennessee at Martin will host the 2018 Southern Literary Festival on the main campus April 4-7. Bobbie Ann Mason, author of “Shiloh and Other Stories,” “The Girl in the Blue Beret” and a collection of additional titles, will serve as keynote speaker at 6:30 p.m., April 5, in the Boling University Center’s Watkins Auditorium.… Continue reading Southern Literary Festival comes to UTM
What music says about individual generations
An individual’s preference in music can give clues on which generation they came from. Every decade seemingly has a style of music that defines it. The 60’s saw the rise of the Beatles, widely regarded as the best rock band to ever exist. The 70’s, the decade associated with the resistance movement of the hippies,… Continue reading What music says about individual generations
Roseanne (and Dan) revived in nine-episode TV reboot
After two decades off, “Rosanne” will return on March 27th for a nine-episode reboot. It is said that the show “starts up where they left off” and this is true for the most part, as long as you keep in mind that 20 years have passed, even in their world. Aside from the obvious age… Continue reading Roseanne (and Dan) revived in nine-episode TV reboot
Stone Temple Pilots (2018) album review
American rock band Stone Temple Pilots released a second self-titled album on March 16, 2018. This is Stone Temple Pilots’ first album without longtime vocalist Scott Weiland, who died of a drug overdose in 2015. After Weiland, who has been with the band ever since its inception in 1989, Stone Temple Pilots teamed up with… Continue reading Stone Temple Pilots (2018) album review
And the award goes to… our favorite shero
Women all throughout entertainment history seem to be overlooked for their accomplishments, especially those that fall into more than one minority group such as women of color, LGBTQ+ or even women in their “Golden Years.” Out of the 76 people who have hosted the Oscars, only 16 of them have been women. To add onto… Continue reading And the award goes to… our favorite shero
Yale Percussion Collective to visit UTM Saturday
On March 17 UTM will be hosting the Yale Percussion Collective directed by Robert Van Sice. Sice will also be giving a free percussion concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Fulton Theatre located in the Fine Arts building as well as a masterclass at 2:30 p.m. featuring Reich Drumming and Cage Story. The group is… Continue reading Yale Percussion Collective to visit UTM Saturday
Preview of the Weakley County Film Fest
Alpha Psi Omega and the UTM Department of Visual and Theatre Arts are hosting the first annual Weakley County Film Fest this spring. The Rho Gamma chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre honors society, is sponsoring the event to promote the arts in Weakley County. Since this is the first ever film fest,… Continue reading Preview of the Weakley County Film Fest
Everyone’s favorite neighbor immortalized with stamp
Celebrating the 50 anniversary of everyone’s favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, who starred in “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” is being immortalized in a forever stamp by the U.S. Postal Service. The stamp, to be unveiled March 23, will feature Rogers wearing one of his famous cardigan sweaters with his puppet, King Friday XIII. The stamp will be unveiled… Continue reading Everyone’s favorite neighbor immortalized with stamp
Black Panther: renaming the game for a stale genre
To the rest of the world, Wakanda is a “third world” farmer country located in Africa. But, to the inhabitants, the country of Wakanda is a hyper-advanced technological monster of a nation rich in Vibranium, and most importantly, the home of the Black Panther. Following his father’s death, prince T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) is thrust into… Continue reading Black Panther: renaming the game for a stale genre