Arts & Culture

Pregnant Lady Antebellum delights Freedom Hill crowd of 10,000

by Chris Kudialis

For lesser country music followers like myself, it was a surprise Thursday night when one of Lady Antebellum’s trio of singers walked onto the Freedom Hill Amphitheater stage eight months pregnant. Thankfully for the nearly 10,000 fans on hand, Hillary Scott still delivered a top-notch performance, pacing the seven-time Grammy Award-winning band through a two-hour [...]

Sanctus Real brings message of faith to state capital

by Chris Kudialis

Two-time Grammy nominee Sanctus Real performed at Lansing’s Great Lakes Christian College on Saturday, energizing over 1,000 fans with faith-filled music as part of the band’s Run tour, promoting the release of their sixth major album. The Dove award-winning band from Toledo, Ohio came out with a bang, opening with new single “Promises,” followed by [...]

Ann Arbor Eats

by Andrew Kalenkiewicz

Although it may not be a particularly large city, nobody can deny that Arbor exhibits wealth of exceptional restaurants and diners guaranteed to satisfy even the most critical foodie. If you’re new to the area, you’ll certainly want to spend a few Friday or Saturday nights venturing beyond the campus in search of the countless [...]

Not Much of a Game Changer

by Rohan Mehta

Game Change, the HBO movie taking a look at Sarah Palin’s role in the 2008 presidential campaign came out this weekend.

Review of Chiddy Bang’s Breakfast

by Claire Levis

“Chiddy Bang” is a hip-hop duo from the best city on earth, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege and Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin met at Drexel University through a former band member and proceeded to form this musical duo focused on hip hop and alternative fusion. Aside from throwing down solid beats, they’ve also broken world [...]

Blind Pilot Review

by Hannah Weiner

While standing in sub-freezing weather for an hour outside the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, I couldn’t help but pray that Blind Pilot’s performance would be well worth the wait (and the hour drive). When the doors eventually opened, we waited for yet another hour while I awkwardly smiled at my friends, attempting to guarantee them: [...]

Q & A with Israel Nebeker of Blind Pilot

by Hannah Weiner

In a time of synths, autotune, and dubstep, Blind Pilot emerges as genuine, heartfelt music. The indie folk band from Portland released their latest album, We Are the Tide, in mid-2011. It’s rare to listen to an album where I listen to every song all the way through the first time I hear it, let [...]

Film Review: Aftershock

by Chris Kudialis

Aftershock, a Chinese film based on the events of the 1976 earthquake in Tangshan, China that claimed the lives of an estimated 240,000 people, is a touching film based on decision making and the value of human life. Based on the book Aftershock by Ling Zhang, the film illustrates the collapse of a house in [...]

Film Review: Martha Marcy May Marlene

by Stephanie Wang

When I think Olsen, I think Mary Kate and Ashley. I think about childhood and how awesome they were, as detectives, singing musicals, as witnesses in the protection program, and as world travelers. So when my roommate asked if I wanted to see a movie starring their little sister, I didn’t expect anything too dark. [...]

Film Review: The Descendants

by Andrew McClure

Hawaii: The most exhausted and clichéd answer to the unavoidable query by your overzealous, inquisitive uncle: If you could go anywhere, where would you go? The funny thing is that usually the answerer has not a clue about what Hawaii truly entails notwithstanding the idyllic sunsets, Kool Aid-looking waters and pretty females. Highly applauded director [...]

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