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Lampo Leong speaks about his artwork to attendees

Trinity community gathers for artist Lampo Leong

Leong discusses his artistic process and his personal art inspirations in a lecture
Lottie Correia, Arts Reporter February 8, 2024

On Monday, Chinese-American artist Lampo Leong lectured at Trinity in the Chapman Auditorium about his decades-long creative career. He showed a visual history of his work and discussed in detail the process...

Social media knows more than you think

Social media knows more than you think

Do we realize how much algorithms dictate our online experience?
Aubrey Jackson, Arts & Entertainment Reporter February 8, 2024

So you want to have a conversation about social media in 2024 — I do too, but it’s hard to know where to start when we see everything moving at a speed so fast it feels like if we say anything about...

Norma E. Cantú introduces authors Irene Lara Silva and Octavio Quintanilla

Poet laureates of Texas join community at Trinity

ire’ne lara silva and Octavio Quintanilla discuss writing about loss and identity
Lara Lashus, Arts & Entertainment Columnist February 8, 2024

Poet laureates of Texas join community at Trinity ire’ne lara silva and Octavio Quintanilla discuss writing about loss and identity ire’ne lara silva, 2023 Texas state poet laureate, and Octavio...

My Coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival

My Coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival

I watched four Sundance films this year, and here are my thoughts
Om Dighe, Arts & Entertainment Columnist February 8, 2024

Sundance Film Festival is one of the most influential film festivals today. Since its inception in 1978, its focus on promoting independent films has launched the careers of numerous high-profile directors,...

Haynes v Fualaau: The Controversy of “May December”

Haynes v Fualaau: The Controversy of “May December”

The film “May December” has received acclaim for its portrayal of grooming, but its “subject” says otherwise.
Om Dighe, Arts & Entertainment Columnist February 1, 2024

Trigger Warning: Discussion of grooming and statutory rape “May December” is the latest film from acclaimed filmmaker Todd Haynes (“Far from Heaven,” “Carol”), and follows an actress who...

This year’s 2024 winter layering fashion guide

All you need to know on staying warm and stylish by your favorite New Englander
Eve Slemp, Arts & Entertainment Editor February 1, 2024

Amid all the blizzards, plummeting temperatures and extreme cases of cold fronts…oh wait … it’s 70 degrees out … regardless, I am here to present: your 2024 Winter Fashion Guide (from your favorite...

It’s called “Barbie,” not “Ken”

It’s called “Barbie,” not “Ken”

Ashwini Vivek, Opinion Columnist February 1, 2024

You cannot picture the summer of 2023 without thinking of “Barbie” and the stir it caused among moviegoers everywhere. Directed by Greta Gerwig, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and marketed...

Media attempts to transition toward body acceptance

Media attempts to transition toward body acceptance

New films spread positive body messages, changing ideas of the ‘perfect body’
Eve Slemp, Arts & Entertainment Editor January 25, 2024

Every day after school once the digital clock on my stovetop struck 3 p.m., I’d rush to my living room, curl up on my cozy couch and eagerly wait to hear, “I know / You see / Somehow, the world will...

Dylan Lee poses in her photo shoot promoting the release of her debut EP Bittersweet

Singer-songwriter with southern spunk

Dylan Lee on her debut EP “Bittersweet”
Aubrey Jackson, Arts & Entertainment Reporter January 25, 2024

When Dylan Lee entered a songwriting competition in August of 2023, she had no idea she would release “Bittersweet,” her debut extended play (EP), in November of that same year. Megan Stauffer, who...

The Death of the DC Extended Universe

The Death of the DC Extended Universe

With the release of “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” it’s finally time to mourn the DC Extended Universe
Om Dighe, Arts & Entertainment Columnist January 25, 2024

James Wan’s “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” is the 15th and final installment of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), and it’s safe to say that the franchise has ended in the same way that it started...

Students observe Eleanor Perriers artwork at the MINI art exhibition.

Student artists make their mark in this year’s MINI

Exhibit allows student artists to display art to public and connect with local artists
Lottie Correia, Arts Reporter January 25, 2024

Last week, Trinity’s department of art held its annual MINI, an exhibition of artwork created by Trinity students in the Jim and Janet Dicke Art Building. The gallery allowed the students to display...

Sophomore Olive Irons sets up anime paintings for TU Arts Festival

The Fall Art Market is bigger and better than ever

The first Autumn Festival of the Arts has made the annual Fall Art Market one of its biggest events
Lottie Correia, Arts Reporter November 9, 2023

Last Friday, the Trinity Art Collective (TAC) put on a Fall Art Market where student artists sold their wares to students, faculty and staff. This semester’s Fall Art Market was the biggest one yet,...

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