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Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara have been working to craft the soft alternative soundtrack to every girl’s teenage drama and subsequent nostalgia since the performers were fifteen years old. But from the moment the identical twins picked up a guitar and started a band without a drummer or bass player, their music carried
Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Thursday, February 4, 2016
From movies to TV shows to Netflix original series, Marvel is killing the game by creating a gigantic cinematic universe the likes of which we’ve only ever seen in comic books. Out of this universe, one of Marvel’s most important contributions to modern entertainment just got renewed for a second season — that’s right, Jessica
Dakota Connell-Ledwon and Nick Laureano | Thursday, January 28, 2016
The 27th Annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival is coming to the Debartolo Performing Arts Center starting Friday, and with it the promise of laughs, smiles and tears. According to Ted Mandell, the Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) professor in charge of the event, the festival can act as a launching point for students’ careers
Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Thursday, January 21, 2016
Panic! At The Disco’s fifth studio album, “Death of a Bachelor,” dropped Jan. 15, and it packs a punch — an inconsistent punch, but a punch nonetheless. In an interview with Alt 98.7, vocalist Brendon Urie told the station that the new album would be “this mix between Sinatra and Queen, if that makes any
Miko Malabute, Kelly McGarry, Dakota Connell-Ledwon, Nick Laureano and Adam Ramos | Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Over the weekend, your very own Scene editor took a little road trip. As with all good road trips, the selection of fast food and restaurants along the way was delightful and pleasing to the soul, leaving customers begging for more. Thus sparks the question: If you could change the selections available, which restaurants and
Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Monday, November 9, 2015
If you don’t live under a rock or in a deep, dark hole, you’ve heard that Zayn Malik has left One Direction. You may also have heard that Louis Tomlinson is having a baby. Or the big news that the band is going on hiatus starting in 2016 in order to pursue solo projects. How
Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Thursday, October 8, 2015
At my first big concert, Panic! At The Disco lead singer Brendon Urie broke his ankle running to the back of the audience to play for the people who could barely see the stage. Despite the pain, he limped back to the front, asked for a chair and finished the show. This is just one example
Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Thursday, October 1, 2015
“A summer wind spreads the seeds of curiosity and fans the dangerous flame of desire,” reads the event description for “Wildflower,” a play by Lila Rose Kaplan. Presented by the department of film, television and theatre, the play premieres Thursday night in the Philbin Studio Theatre at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (DPAC). The play is sponsored by
Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Sunday, September 20, 2015
Visiting artist Ramahan Faulk impressed and enlightened an audience during a talk facilitated by the department of film, television and theatre Thursday evening. Faulk is a character modeling supervisor at the animation studio Blur. In the past, he’s done character modeling and rigging for video games and high-profile movies like “Avatar,” “Maleficent,” “The Adventures of Tintin,”
Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Thursday, September 10, 2015
Say hello to the perfect concert to help you say goodbye to summer. The Summer Set is coming to Legends of Notre Dame and promises to bring to mind heartbreaks and house parties galore. The group’s music ranges from carefree to surprisingly tongue-in-cheek — but all consistently energetic; check out some of their less-appropriate songs