Category: Miscellaneous
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Biweekly Book Playlist: Cults, World Religions, and the Occult
Taking a massive detour from the previous book playlist, this week’s read is the complete opposite of fantasy–and is just as dark. While I took a miniature palette cleanser between these two weeks with a lighthearted romance, I decided to take on something dark in nature for Week 6. Entitled “Cults, World Religions, and the…
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Biweekly Book Playlist: Caraval
This week’s book of choice was the first in a trilogy of fantasy novels, “Caraval” written by Stephanie Garber. The plot follows a young girl, Scarlette, and her sister, Donatella, as they attend the infamous, interactive magic show of a lifetime: Caraval. The event takes place over five days, in that time Scarlette must find…
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Exploration and Heart In SCAD GradLab’s “The Tempest”
“Let Your Indulgence Set Me Free,” Prospero cries. A call for help, a call of emotion, a call heard many thousand times over several hundred years, capping off each and every performance of The Tempest. A call you too can hear when the SCAD GradLab brings Shakespeare’s classic to SCAD Beach this weekend. In its…
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Concert Anxiety: A Retrospective
Like several people, living in a post-Covid world has left behind a unique worry to the generations who now have first-hand experience with the pandemic. Quarantine, while over, lingers in the minds of those who have concerns about public spaces. The world has reopened its doors, yet worries remain in some people while others walked…
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Van Halen: An Unforgettable Debut
Written by Emma Kennedy The late 70s was an era of rock classics. Rush bid a Farewell to Kings with a prog rock staple. ELO released a hit-heavy album that was particularly Out of the Blue. Fleetwood Mac was busy spreading Rumors. In a decade of power chords and 2 minute punk tunes, something new…