The United States House of Representatives bickers at each other across the Congressional floor; Democrats and Republicans are at each other’s proverbial throats over the next bill. This scene, commonplace in American politics today, serves as the backdrop for the long-awaited Stephen Spielberg biopic, Lincoln. This film—starring one of Hollywood’s finest actors, Daniel Day-Lewis, fresh off of his record third Best Actor Oscar—taps into the … Continue reading Lincoln gets high marks with broad audience

Local Natives returns with a new release Hummingbird—the followup to their much-acclaimed debut Gorilla Manor. Local Natives builds off the success of their debut by sticking closely to the same formulaic sound of emphatic keys and guitars filled with soulful harmonies, but also showing the maturity and growth of an established band on their second release. While other emerging indie-artists have a growing tendency to … Continue reading Tune in for Local Natives newest release: Hummingbird

Gustavus Adolphus College will be welcoming poets Patricia Kirkpatrick and Tim Nolan on Thursday, March 21 to read their work in the Melva Lind Interpretive Center beginning at 7 p.m. Kirkpatrick’s writing credits include Century’s Road published by Holy Cow! Press in 2004 and Odessa in 2012. She has also taught graduate and undergraduate writing and children’s literature at Hamline University (1988-2012), Macalester College, and … Continue reading A night of poetry with Nolan and Kirkpatrick

…The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey I know what you’re thinking. Spreading one little old novel (one that was meant as a children’s book, too) into three, feature length films seems a bit much. But with acclaimed director of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson, on board, he just may pull it off. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first installment of Jackson’s … Continue reading Peter Jackson begins his next three-film franchise with…

If it’s a tragic tale of woe and want, complete with melodic choruses and despair that you desire, then it’s off to Wallenberg Auditorium this weekend. I implore any and all to see the wonderful, Oscar nominated film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables. Having neither read the novel nor watched the opras, I viewed the film with no attachments to characters or certain performances … Continue reading Les Misérables takes home multiple Oscars—and for good reason