Arts & Entertainment

“Life” Contributes Terrifying New Alien to Sci-fi Genre

Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia “Life” uses some of the tropes and plot devices seen throughout the sci-fi/horror genre and breathes new life with an extremely terrifying, uncontainable alien and a setting that feels haunting. The film follows a group of astronauts (Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds) […]

Disney Plans to Remake Classics After Recent Success

Image courtesy of John Tenniel, Wikipedia Today’s film industry is absolutely obsessed with reboots and long-awaited sequels to classic films and stories. Big name movie franchises like “Star Trek,” “Jurassic Park,” “Star Wars” and many others have seen reboots, reimagined stories or sequels that have brought millions into movie theaters. Lately, […]

Art Exhibition “Manga and War” Comes to Ramapo

An international art exhibition came to Ramapo on Wednesday night as the Berrie Center held an opening reception featuring a discussion with the scholar behind the exhibit, Midori Yoshimoto, the gallery director at New Jersey City University. Titled “Manga and War,” the exhibition in the Pascal Gallery is a scaled-down […]

Transgender Comedian Jeffrey Jay Entertains at TNL

Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Jay Comedy Comic Jeffrey Jay delivered an intimate rendition of his stand-up comedy routine at the College Programming Board’s most recent installment of Tuesday Night Live.   “I’ve done shows where it’s for one person, a hundred people or two thousand people,” Jay explained.   Standing […]

Dumbledore’s Army Hosts Nerdy Trivia for Geek Week

Photo by Erica Meline As co-hosts of Ramapo College’s Geek Week – a seven-day-long series of “nerdy” events held by several on-campus clubs – the school’s Harry Potter club, Dumbledore’s Army, hosted Ultimate Nerdy Trivia last Tuesday night. The game’s format resembled that of popular television quiz show Jeopardy!, as […]

A Fresh New Look at a Tale as Old as Time

Photo courtesy of Georges Biard, Wikipedia More than 25 years after Disney graced audiences with one of its most popular animated movies of all time, the studio has brought “Beauty and the Beast” back to the big screen with a live-action remake filled with a fantastic cast, amazing visuals and […]

Rock and Pop-Punk Bands Play at Tuesday Night Live

Photo by Daniel McElrone Rock bands Teenage Halloween and Hold On, Caufield opened for pop-punk group Slaughter Beach, Dog last Tuesday night, in the latest installment of the College Programming Board’s biweekly Tuesday Night Live series. The two-and-a-half-hour concert took place in Friends Hall, beginning at 9 p.m. as a […]

Emmy-Winning Folk Band Performs at the Berrie Center

Photo courtesy of Marek Hajdasz The Grammy-nominated, Emmy-winning ensemble Cherish the Ladies delivered its third annual performance at the Berrie Center last weekend, playing two shows on Sunday in the Sharp Theater. The Irish-American folk band formed in 1985 under the leadership of Joanie Madden, a multi-instrumentalist born in the […]