Grand March 2013
photos by Alli Nemecek and Amy Brause
Urinetown: The Musical Preview
Urinetown: The Musical tells the story of a town that suffered drought 20 years strong, forcing the UGC (Urine Good Company) to restrict and regulate all water consumption. People are forced to pay each time they need to go to the bathroom, creating social tensions between the rich and the poor. The songs vary from [...]
The Croods review
The Croods is an animated adventure comedy following a prehistoric family on their quest for survival. Eep, the teenage girl of the family, is tired of living within the confines of a cave with her cowardly family. But when a landfall destroys the cave altogether, the family has no choice but to keep moving. They [...]
Seldom Seen festival
Music, art and literature festival to premiere in rural Iowa, June 28-29 IOWA CITY, Iowa (March 25, 2013) – Seldom Seen, a two-day music, literature and art festival, will take place on a rural farm near Maquoketa, Iowa, on Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29, 2013. The festival will feature more than 30 [...]
Styles by Morgan: Scarves
Even as the winter time wraps up, scarves are still a style necessity for some of the girls, and maybe even boys here at Kennedy High School. I mean, what’s not to love about scarves? There are several different styles to choose from. For example, infinity scarves are circular so you can wrap them around [...]
Review: Perks of Being a Wallflower
Now on DVD, The Perks of Being a Wallflower tells the story of Charlie, an incoming freshman who’s looking to turn things around after some terrible moments in his life. This is not your typical comedic and fantasy high school film, but rather a movie very accurately depicting some intense struggles high schoolers face like [...]
Warm Bodies review
The first comparison so many people make when they see the trailer is “It’s Twilight with zombies.” While this is a fair assumption to make, after seeing Warm Bodies, it couldn’t be more false. Warm Bodies is extremely witty, occasionally poking fun at the zombie stereotypes, along with some clever characters and scenes. Sure, it’s [...]
Oscar predictions 2013
The 2013 Oscars will be held Sunday, February 24 at 6 p.m. Oscar Nominations and Predictions: Best Picture- Amour Lincoln – Win Argo Silver Linings Playbook Beasts of the Southern Wild Zero Dark Thirty Django Unchained Life of Pi Les Miserables This is always a tough category to predict, but it’s fairly simple to [...]
Hobbit review
The first part of this trilogy takes us all back to the incredibly famous setting of Middle Earth as the prequels for the Lord of the Rings begin. It’s nice that fans can see more and experience more of this setting and these characters, but The Hobbit film trilogy is based on a short book, [...]