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Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

A fish market in the Vieux Port of Marseille.

Smelling Marseille, excerpts from a journal

Lydia Derris, Arts & Culture Editor December 12, 2024

Today, I am leaving Marseilles. It was a beautiful city with a foul smell. It was a glinting treasure overcome with rust. The Iles de Frioul were breathtaking and La plage de Saint Estève was a miracle....

From posting singing videos online to landing a deal with XO Records, Chxrry22 is paving the way for Ethiopian women in the music industry. (Courtesy of unpublishedzine)

Artists across the Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora fuse cultural and contemporary Western sounds

Beza Zelalem, Assistant Environment Editor December 5, 2024

Growing up, East African representation in the music industry — specifically Ethiopian and Eritrean artists — was rare. Apart from Abel Tesfaye, widely known as The Weeknd, artists across the Ethiopian-Eritrean...

"Amid all this chaos, we also see how agency can be created by what one chooses to think about and remember."

“Constellations” falls in love for the first time over and over again

Adam Coil, Arts & Culture Editor December 4, 2024

What if you could see all of the different ways your life could turn out, depending on how you act in a given moment? This is the premise of “Constellations,” a play written by Nick Payne and performed...

Kendrick Lamar poses in front of a GNX, the legendary car from which his album gets its title. (Courtesy of Rolling Stone)

‘GNX’ solidifies Kendrick Lamar’s status in the rap game

Ameera Moinuddin, Staff Writer December 4, 2024

Released in 1987 at a low production number, a GNX (Grand National Experimental) is the slightly more evolved cousin of the beloved Buick Grand National. Along with its sleek — but by no means ornate...

Veteran director Ridley Scott is known for his larger-than-life action shots. (Courtesy of IMDb)

Hollywood stars shine in underwhelming sequel

Will Hess, Staff Writer December 4, 2024

“What we do in life echoes in eternity.”  This quote from the film “Gladiator” might be true, but what we do in the year 2000 gets good reviews and makes lots of money. So, like any uncreative...

Senior Vir Gupta poses for a photo in his kurta before a student performance of “Love and Information” on Tedford Stage.

Like going to school on Christmas

Vir Gupta, Contributing Writer December 4, 2024

Can you imagine going to school on Christmas day? Probably not. Well, for the past four years I have had to treat Diwali, a festival that is my biggest holiday of the year, as a regular school day....

Mark Wojchick, the WoBot Creators's table, being overseen by his wife.

Hey, hey Ardmore Artwalk I wrote you a song

Lydia Derris, Arts & Culture Editor November 25, 2024

Perfect fall weather invited crowds to the historic streets of Ardmore, a neighborhood in Winston-Salem known for its artists, for the fourth annual Art Walk on Nov. 9. Artists were spread out on Elizabeth...

Willa Wasserman (left) and Jane Alexander (right) sit down to begin their discussion on Wasserman's work in the Reese Collection.

Reese Collection adds to the conversation on trans art

Adam Coil, Arts & Culture Editor November 24, 2024

Sitting in Hanes Art Gallery is a painting that will be different every time you go see it. The painting by Willa Wasserman, titled “Making the shape of the letter x or 'no' with my body reflected in...

Rooney’s novel explores grief and familial relationships. (Courtesy of Macmillan Publishers)

Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo Dazzles

Sara Harris, Staff Writer November 20, 2024

Sally Rooney has never disappointed in making love seem entirely depressing The young Irish novelist also has yet to disappoint in sparking controversy and discourse among the reading community. Some...

Von Neumann worked closely with J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, in Princeton, N.J. (Courtesy of the Computer History Museum)

“The MANIAC” makes scientific history captivating

Adam Coil, Arts & Culture Editor November 15, 2024

About halfway through reading Benjamín Labatut’s breakout novel, “When We Cease to Understand the World,” I texted a friend of mine, “I feel like I’m reading cocaine.” The 2021 International...

Adrien Brody as visionary architect László Toth in The Brutalist. (Courtesy of IMDb)

A post fall festivals update

Reed Tarleton, Contributing Writer November 15, 2024

The 2025 Oscar race is far more uncertain than in years past, particularly for the coveted best picture award. There isn’t a dazzling and widely admired frontrunner — like 2023’s “Oppenheimer”...

Pugh’s and Garfield’s characters share one of many tender moments in this film on a carousel. (Courtesy of Discussing Film)

We laughed, we cried, “We Lived in Time”

Caroline Gottsman November 14, 2024

To appropriately contextualize my reaction to this movie, let me tell you how I came to see this movie in the first place. I am hardly what you would call a seasoned movie critic or a “film bro,” but...

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