Sunday, November 22 2015 was the selected night of the infamous American Music Awards, better known as the AMAs. Aside from the show, a very anticipated aspect of the night is the red carpet dress reveal. The AMAs attracts a wide variety of celebrities who come in displays of the most recent and elaborate fashion. Several…
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Fall Play Guest Reviews: Carrie Haney, Abigail Busse, Riley Galvis Praise Performances from The Crucible
Carrie Haney’s Guest Review: Last Friday, I viewed Avonworth’s fall production of The Crucible. This play was written by playwright Arthur Miller and is about the infamous Salem witch trials during the late 1600s. A cohort of girls led by Abigail Williams (played by senior Angelica Tozzi) are accused of witchcraft after her cousin, Betty…
AP Tour Review Continued
Want more of the review Zac McDowell wrote about the AP Tour? On October 24th, 2015, 4 bands traveled to Stage AE in downtown Pittsburgh on the AP Tour, presented by Alternative Press magazine and Hot Topic. This show featured the pop punk groups As It Is, This Wild Life, Real Friends, and the famous…
“Flawlessly Showing Emotion”: Fall Play Review of The Crucible
Written by Arthur Miller in 1953, The Crucible is a tale of persecution in the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1692. Rumors of witchcraft fill Salem when a young girl falls in a coma-like state. With no explanation from the doctor and the knowledge that some young girls had been seen dancing…
Ray Goren Quick Review: Surprising for his age but just not engaging enough
The Journalism 1 class had a first listen to Ray Goren’s EP Songs For You: Here are their quick reaction to the first track, Those Days. Michela: Sounds like it would be in a commercial for swiffer. Really common – didn’t do anything for me. Reminded me of the feel and music from the cartoon…
Mac Miller Concert Review: Decently Good, But Far Too Sticky and Smoky
Walking through the Stage AE gates, Lauren and I prepared ourselves for the connotative stigma attached to Mac Miller that we would experience in the next couple of hours. Rap concerts, in general, have a stereotype of being rowdy, unkept concerts, filled to the brim with screaming fans… and this stereotype held up at Mac….
Alessia Cara – From One Teenage Girl to Another, Definitely Worth A Listen
Alessia Cara released her debut EP on August 28, 2015. Cara narrates five different scenarios of teenaged life in her EP, Four Pink Walls. Each track is entirely unique and is an accurate portrayal of the life of an average teenage girl. The title track “Four Pink Walls” is one of two tracks that reflects…
Maddie and Tae – Ironically cliche country
Maddie and Tae are two young country music singers whose goals were to revolutionize the face of country music as most kids know it today with their new single “Girl in a Country Song”. It reached number one as a hit single off their first album “Start Here”and the country duo succeeded in making their…
Foo Fighters Concert Review – “Good, Old Fashioned Loud Rock N Roll Show” by Guest Writer Zac McDowell
Dave Grohl, the old powerhouse drummer for Nirvana, and now the frontman the alt rock band Foo Fighters, visited Pittsburgh on the night of Tuesday, August 25th. Bringing in a crowd of more than 17,000, the audience waited anxiously for the curtain to drop and reveal the band. As the pavilion went dark and the…
“Unfriended”: A new style of movie
The movie “Unfriended” has been talked about since the beginning of 2015. But, was it worth all the hype? “Unfriended” came out on April 18 2015, no longer keeping the hype. The plot was decent, bringing a new style to movies that highlights the dangers of bullying (warning, spoilers ahead). The movie takes place entirely from…