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Spotify Wrapped: Your best and worst playlist

Spotify Wrapped: Your best and worst playlist

The personal and cultural significance of Spotify’s annual time capsule
Madison Haxton, Arts & Entertainment Reporter November 18, 2022

Spotify Wrapped is just around the corner, which means it’s time to get your listening act together. Or not, since Spotify probably already has your tastes figured out. Wrapped is a curated collection...

“Love, Light, Leslie”: Remembering icon Leslie Jordan 

“Love, Light, Leslie”: Remembering icon Leslie Jordan 

The late icon leaves fans with his legacy of kindness and incredible humor
Abby Power, News Reporter November 10, 2022

“Flawlessly funny,” “one of the greats” and “legend is not a large enough word.” These are some of the words that have been used to describe Leslie Jordan since his untimely death in a car...

Reception after "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" performance.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”

What’s all the buzz about? Trinity Theater’s latest musical-comedy performance
Adison Miser, Arts & Entertainment Reporter November 10, 2022

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” follows six characters competing in a spelling bee where everyone wants to be champion, but only one can win. These six are the spelling participants who...

Taylor Swift, Arctic Monkeys and introspective music

Taylor Swift, Arctic Monkeys and introspective music

A couple of the newly released albums that are resonating with Trinity students
Madison Haxton, Arts and Entertainment Reporter November 10, 2022

Fans of indie and pop music have been given plenty of music to enjoy in the past couple of months with new releases from industry giants like Carly Rae Jepsen, Joji, Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys. Swift’s...

The dragons are back in HBO’S "Game of Thrones" prequel

The dragons are back in HBO’S “Game of Thrones” prequel

How “House of the Dragon” deals with gender and the reputation GOT has left behind
Om Dighe and Gia Campolo, Arts and Entertainment Reporter and Special Sections Editor November 10, 2022

“House of the Dragon” is the new “Game of Thrones” (“GOT”) spinoff/prequel on HBO. It adapts part of George R.R. Martin’s book “Fire & Blood,” which serves as a history of the Targaryen...

“Halloween Ends” … until the next one

“Halloween Ends” … until the next one

This franchise's "finale" proves that originality doesn’t always guarantee quality
Om Dighe, Arts & Entertainment Columnist November 3, 2022

“Halloween Ends” is the latest entry in the iconic “Halloween” franchise, and stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Rohan Campbell, Will Patton, Kyle Richards and James Jude Courtney. The film...

Día de los Hoppers: Getting back to the roots of swing

Día de los Hoppers: Getting back to the roots of swing

The San Antonio Swing Dance Society brings the spirit of dance to campus
Spencer Schyma, Arts and Entertainment Reporter November 3, 2022

The San Antonio Swing Dance Society is putting on a three-day dance workshop festival from Nov. 4-6 to honor the early jazz greats and the dancers that moved to their rhythm. The festival will feature...

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Dr. Camille Reyes, Ed O'Brien, Yvanna Gonzalez, Samuel Damon

Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien visits Trinity

O’Brien speaks about creativity in music event sponsored by Creative Genius FYE
Madison Haxton, Arts and Entertainment Reporter November 3, 2022

As Ed O’Brien climbed the stage at Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, he was met with thunderous applause. O’Brien flew in from London the week before Halloween on behalf of the Creative Genius First-Year Experience...

The "chair dance" of the Trinity University Players (TUPS) production of "Rocky Horror Picture Show"

“Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the place where moaning and elbow sex are permitted

The show allows people to let loose and be themselves while prioritizing health and safety
Adison Miser, Arts and Entertainment Reporter November 3, 2022

“Rocky Horror Picture Show” is known for being sexy, disarming, dangerous and downright dirty. The production is a shadow cast, meaning that while the movie is going on, actors mimic onscreen characters’...

Zombies descend on San Antonio

Zombies descend on San Antonio

For one frightful night, a group of the undead gather in downtown San Antonio to walk from Hemisfair to the Alamo
Adison Miser, Arts & Entertainment Reporter October 27, 2022

Last Saturday in downtown San Antonio, passersby might have thought a zombie apocalypse had taken over the city. This migration was none other than the San Antonio Zombie Walk, an annual event that supports...

Día de Los Muertos — Day of the Dead

Día de Los Muertos — Day of the Dead

The two-day celebration of life and love honoring loved ones who have passed
Spencer Schyma, Arts & Entertainment Reporter October 27, 2022

Every late October, marigolds bloom in vibrant profusion across Mexico. Graveyards are cleaned, food is prepared and altars are built — for many, this is the time when dearly departed loved ones are...

“Hellraiser:” Who are you calling 'Pinhead?'

“Hellraiser:” Who are you calling ‘Pinhead?’

Director David Bruckner's 2022 film sets a new gold standard for horror reboots
Om Dighe, Arts and Entertainment Reporter October 27, 2022

“Hellraiser” is a 2022 reboot of the horror franchise of the same name. This is the third film from director David Bruckner (“The Night House”), and stars Odessa A’zion (“Grand Army”), Jamie...