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Mike Donovan | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
In 1997, the illustrious German game designer Uwe Rosenberg introduced Bohnanza to the world — a card game that invites its players to build a microcosmic socio-economy at the hands of a particular, scarce resource, the bean (side note: bohne is the German word for bean, thus making Bohnanza read more→
Danny Liggio | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Patrick Star once uttered what has since become law: “When in doubt, pinky out.” And on the cover art of J. Cole’s newly released album, “KOD,” he, in agreeance with Patrick Star, stands a king with pinky finger extended. His pinky is meant to alleviate doubt, make you believe read more→
Catherine Barra | Tuesday, April 24, 2018
The Patricia George Decio Theatre is dark. The stage is set with a step-down extension. There are books, lamps, chairs and tables haphazardly yet carefully placed around the perimeter of the stage forming a carefully-created mess of school and household items. A looming scaffold adorns the back of the read more→
Nora McGreevy and Adrianna Fazio | Monday, April 23, 2018
Scene sat down in the WVFI offices to interview Briana Connor, a Notre Dame sophomore living in Lewis Hall — a.k.a. rapper Ladibree, or just “Bree” — about her career as a rapper, her influences, her outlook on life and more. “I’m a nerdy kid that happens to have read more→
Owen Lane | Monday, April 23, 2018
Wes Anderson’s films are unmistakable. If you see a movie with highly symmetrical framing, bright primary color schemes and Bill Murray, your natural assumption would either be that you are watching a Wes Anderson movie or some sort of blatant Anderson knock-off. His films are easy to appreciate, but read more→
Sara Schlecht | Monday, April 23, 2018
After several years of playing most of their sets in close proximity to the campus of Appalachian State University in North Carolina — where they recorded their first two albums — Rainbow Kitten Surprise (RKS) has gained enough acclaim that their current United States tour boasts more sold-out shows read more→
Thomas Murphy | Friday, April 20, 2018
Saturday morning, thousands of audiophiles will line up in front of record stores worldwide in preparation for Record Store Day, an annual holiday celebrating independent record stores and the lost art of vinyl. Founded in 2007, what began as an attempt to generate interest in record stores, which were read more→
Hanna Kennedy | Friday, April 20, 2018
“O, wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there here! / How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, / That has such people in’t.” This “brave new world” comes to life in the Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company’s spring production, “The Tempest.” Filled with magic, sea storms and spectacle, “The read more→
Nicholas Ottone | Thursday, April 19, 2018
Madness. “Legion,” now airing its second season on FX, is obsessed with the concept of madness. It seeps into the visual aesthetic, structure and sound. “Legion” poses a universe slightly skewed from our own to examine the delicate and easily upset balance between order and chaos. Yet, its most read more→
Brian Raab | Thursday, April 19, 2018
As someone who has watched Cardi B’s music grow since her first mixtape, I can finally say, well done. Cardi’s first two mixtapes were unpredictable and unpolished — the production, flows and rhymes were rudimentary at best and cringeworthy at worst. Cardi’s gift for crafting unforgettable quotables on reality read more→