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Let’s play! Trinity University games online

Let’s play! Trinity University games online

Grab your controller and take a break with student gamers
Al Stubblefield, Arts Reporter October 24, 2024

Interested in competing against universities across the state or just hanging out and sharing games with friends? Trinity University Gaming (TU Gaming) provides opportunities for both with their esports...

Professor Grengs poses in the costume studio.

San Antonio theater scene recognizes Trinity

Trinity Theatre Program wins four Alamo Theatre Arts Council nominations
Evelyn Ragsdale, Arts Reporter October 24, 2024

The Alamo Theatre Arts Council (ATAC) award nominations are in, and Trinity University’s Theatre Program earned four. This year’s Trinity nominees include student actors Elliot Schein and Lily Calvert*,...

Christmas came early this year with ‘Terrifier 3’

Christmas came early this year with ‘Terrifier 3’

Art the Clown slaughters his way through this holiday season
Om Dighe, Arts & Entertainment Columnist October 24, 2024

“Terrifier 3” is the latest low-budget slasher from director Damien Leone. Five years after the events of the second film, Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) has come back to life with his victim-turned-accomplice...

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ is an ambitious mess

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ is an ambitious mess

Do you hear the Joker sing?
Om Dighe, Arts and Entertainment Reporter October 17, 2024

Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux” is a jukebox musical, psychological-thriller and sequel to the Oscar-winning 2019 film “Joker.” The story follows Arthur Fleck (with Joaquin Phoenix returning...

Chappell Roan performs at ACL.

From lecture halls to Austin City Limits

Trinity students share their experiences and tips for attending the iconic festival
Evelyn Ragsdale, Arts and Entertainment Reporter October 17, 2024

Every year, Austin, TX welcomes thousands of people to their annual Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival. The festival presents hundreds of artists — big and small — over three days of almost non-stop...

‘Bug’ coming soon to the Attic Theater

‘Bug’ coming soon to the Attic Theater

Trinity students prepares to brings their interpretation of Tracy Letts’ play to the stage
Al Stubblefield, Arts Reporter October 17, 2024

"Bug," written by American playwright Tracy Letts and directed by senior communication major Om*, will be performed at the Attic Theater. The play is part of the Student Lab Series, performances completely...

Francis Ford Coppola returns with his epic ‘Megalopolis’

Francis Ford Coppola returns with his epic ‘Megalopolis’

This self-financed and controversial return of the legendary director is a strange film
Om Dighe, Arts & Entertainment Columnist October 10, 2024

“Megalopolis” is an epic science fiction drama from Francis Ford Coppola, the man behind classics like “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now.” The film follows architect Cesar Catalina as he...

Portrait of Emmanual OSei-Kuffour.

Spooky season brings horror director to campus

Director of Blumhouse’s ‘Black Box’ visits Trinity film study students
Al Stubblefield, Arts and Entertainment Reporter October 10, 2024

Writer and director Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour visited Trinity University last week at the invitation of Patrick Keating, communication professor, to speak on his experience with the film industry. Osei-Kuffour...

Stable Hall on a sunny afternoon.

Stable Hall offers forum for San Antonio entertainment

Newly renovated performance venue elevates concert-going experience
Evelyn Ragsdale, Arts Reporter October 10, 2024

Stable Hall is a historic concert venue located in the Pearl. Built in 1894, the venue originally functioned as a stable that housed the draft horses who delivered beer for Pearl Brewery in the early 1900s....

‘The Thanksgiving Play:’ Upcoming production forces audiences to think

‘The Thanksgiving Play:’ Upcoming production forces audiences to think

The play tackles white wokeism and American mythmaking
Evelyn Ragsdale, Arts and Entertainment Reporter October 3, 2024

“The Thanksgiving Play” debuts today, Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. in the Ruth Taylor Fine Arts Center Attic Theater. The play is free, about 75 minutes long, requires no tickets and is available to anyone in...

Music Festival encapsulates community and Americana spirit

Music Festival encapsulates community and Americana spirit

Celebrating emerging artists and unity at this year’s New Braunfels festival
Eve Slemp, Arts & Entertainment Editor October 3, 2024

Launched in 2020 by songwriter Dustin Brown, the “In A Jam Down By The River” music festival celebrates songwriters, nature and community. It continues to run each year, with Brown hoping to promote...

‘The Substance’ is a fantastically tasteless film

‘The Substance’ is a fantastically tasteless film

Coralie Fargeat’s latest film mixes body horror with feminism and camp
Om Dighe, Arts & Entertainment Columnist October 3, 2024

“The Substance” is a satirical body horror film from Coralie Fargeat (2017’s “Revenge”), and it follows a middle-aged celebrity who, after being fired on her 50th birthday, takes a black market...