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What is on the walls says a lot about a place. Traditionally, blue walls indicate a boy sleeps and plays there, while pink walls indicate a girl. A wall covered in posters could signify the resident is a college student or a bachelor. Knickknacks and sunflowers might reveal a tender and attentive housewife, while the
It is a rare occasion when an artist throws paint abstractly at a canvas to the beat of a live drum solo. Rarer still is when the artist tears up her painting when it is finished. The real beauty was not the final product, but the collaboration. Local visual artist Laura Spencer and drummer Chris
A phone call to Frank Biafora, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, highlighted a problem for USF St. Petersburg eight years in the making. The parent of an incoming student was on the line, wondering how to get her new student signed up for a meal plan. At the time, USFSP did not
A violent buzzing pulled me away from some drowsy studying at my desk at 1:40 a.m. I glanced down at my phone to see who was calling and saw my mother’s face. No call from a mom at that time in the morning is going to be good news. A million images shot through my
Who is Lana Del Rey? It’s a question I found myself asking in a media law class last week after my professor oh-so coolly dropped her name. Remembering an essay in Esquire magazine comparing her to Florence Welch, I figured it was time to investigate. I guess I do get paid to know this stuff.
Good stories are universal. I wrote this column while paused halfway through the season two premiere of “Downton Abbey,” a BBC drama to which I should have no legitimate connection. The series explores the extravagant aristocratic lives of the Earl of Grantham, his American socialite wife and their three daughters. Their titular home holds more
It was like any other art exhibition—except the drawings were created underwater and guests were served chocolate milk. But friends would say that’s just Hunter. Almost everybody has heard of local artist Hunter Payne by now. If they haven’t taken a ride on one of the swings he put up around the area as part
As three stage lights shone against the crown of his head where he stood on a carpeted riser, Tom Hallock looked out into the crowd from behind his grey half-rimmed glasses and saw the faces of his family staring back at him. His 10-year-old son lay sprawled out on a Mexican blanket in front of
Last year was an explosive one for entertainment. Behemoths like “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and Justin Bieber’s “My Life 2.0” were propped up by more worthy productions, like Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” and Adele’s “21”. In 2011, eight of the top 10 highest grossing films were sequels, and 2012 will likely continue that
Over 800 films, 100,000 albums and hundreds of television shows were released in 2011. Most people caught the flicks and ditties that hoarded all the hype—like Kanye West and Jay-Z’s “Watch the Throne” and Harry Potter’s last act on the silver screen. But a few worthy movies, albums and television programs fell through the sifter
