by Mitch Powers The most important part of comedy is timing. This is the golden rule in the history of trying to make people laugh. For me, this statement holds its own set of problems. I try to be funny all of the time. This isn’t a revelation I came to in some great flash of genius, but rather it was drilled into my skull … Continue reading Humor: This Isn’t Something to be Laughing About

by Bridget Richard Admit it, everyone loves a good painting, seeing the toil and strife of one artist turned into beauty by paint strokes on a canvas. However, that wasn’t necessarily the case for Radu Dogaru, Alexandru Bitu and Eugen Darie, three Romanian men who recently plead guilty in court for stealing seven different paintings from the Kunthsal Museum in the Netherlands last year. What’s most … Continue reading Paint Thieves Plead Guilty

By Abbey Knupp It would seem that being told through novel is not enough for the tall-tale-telling Edward Bloom, whose story has been transposed from book to movie to musical. The musical adaption of Big Fish, written by John August and accompanied by music from Andrew Lippa, hit the broadway stage October 6 and created quite a splash. August, who wrote the screenplay for Tim … Continue reading Broadway Bags a “Big Fish”

By Abbey Knupp After one year of silence, Banksy is back to spraying cities with his voice through the creation of street art. The first piece in his month long project, Better Out Than In, was posted on his website on October 1. The piece depicts one boy helping another reach a spray paint can on a sign that states: “No Grafitti.”  Taking residency on … Continue reading Banksy is Back