Album Review: ‘Empire’
Christian rapper Derek Minor released his album “Empire” Jan. 27, and it’s the first album he’s released since taking over his own recording company last year.
Minor signed with Lecrae’s record label, Reach Records, in 2011, but left the label in 2014 to begin his own recording company, Reflection Music Group (RMG).
In his newest album, Minor raps over top-notch production lyrics about setting up a heavenly kingdom on earth.
The album’s first track “Intro” is haunting ...
Review: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Cedarville’s “Fiddler on the Roof” resonated well with the majority of the crowd as opening night ended with a standing ovation.
The show begins outside of Tevye’s home in Anatevka, and the audience is introduced to the fiddler on the roof. Tevye sets up the play with this metaphor: “But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck.”
The citizens of ...
Preview: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Cedarville’s theatre department brings to life the story of a poor milkman, Tevye, and his family, as told in the classic play “Fiddler on the Roof.” The musical, set in the Russian-Jewish community of Anatevka, visits the Cedarville stage Jan. 29–31 and Feb. 6–8.
Junior Robert Rhodes, who plays Tevye, said his character is very set on what is traditional, which becomes a powerful theme throughout the play.
Tevye’s wife, Golde, played by junior Anna Porter, is the matriarch of ...
Movie Review: ‘American Sniper’
A slew of war related movies have hit theaters in the past few months.
October moviegoers were given "Fury," a World War II movie about a tank crew and the grim reality of war. The moving story of a former Olympian-turned-Air Force Pilot and prison camp victim was portrayed in "Unbroken," which was released on Christmas day. And this month, "American Sniper," the highly anticipated movie based on the autobiography of the same title about Chris Kyle, was released.
The intense trailers for ...
‘Harry Potter’ According to Filmgate
Cedarville's student film org, Filmgate, is in the post-production stages of a shot-by-shot remake of one of the beginning scenes of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.”
Filmgate was formed to give film students the opportunity to work in an actual creative setting of the filmmaking process. The organization was supposed to be created long before it was, but did not have the energy or committed members to begin.
“Josh (Sommers) gave it the energy to get it started,” said ...
A look back at the Golden Globe Awards
The current entertainment awards season officially kicked off last Sunday, Jan. 11, with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) 72nd Golden Globe Awards.
While underappreciated at times as a sort of an awkward younger sibling to the Academy Awards, the event typically honors a wider pool of talent and contributions. Where the Oscars tend to be more conservative and predictable, the Globes oftentimes produce more surprising outcomes.
As the popular saying goes, always be ...
Winter Jam Brings Big-Name Artists to Ohio
This year’s Winter Jam East tour features a lineup of big-name artists such as Skillet, Family Force 5, For King and Country and Francesca Battistelli.
Columbus’ Schottenstein Center will host the event this Saturday, Jan. 17. The tour will return to Ohio Feb. 20 at Cincinnati’s U.S. Bank Arena and Feb. 22 at Cleveland’s Wolstein Center.
Skillet
Skillet is a hard rock band that formed in the 90s and continues to rock out for the Lord to this day. John and Korey Cooper, Jen Ledger ...
Editors’ 2014 Christmas Media Picks
Movie Review:
“The Muppet Christmas Carol”
“The Muppet Christmas Carol” is a delightful adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale in which a greedy old man named Scrooge is visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve. During these visits, Scrooge (spoiler alert – oh wait, the book has been out for over a hundred years!) has a change of heart and learns to embrace the spirit of Christmas.
The movie stays true to the novel on which it’s based, and the cast consists of both humans ...
An Artist from Appalachia
Cooley Turner, a Cedarville custodial services employee for 28 years, is a man of many stories.
He’s climbed from poverty in the hills of Kentucky, spent time in the Peace Corps, earned a plaque on the wall of Cedarville’s Dixon Ministry Center and dabbled in the arts — from pottery to painting to poetry — for most of his life.
And he’s done all that without obtaining a college degree.
According to his daughter, Turner, 68, has used his artistic talents to enrich lives, ...
Student Spotlight – Justin Eisner: Videographer
Justin Eisner, a freshman business management major and digital film minor, wants to start his own film production company.
A few weeks ago, Eisner created a video lookbook, a video showcase of different products offered, for the clothing company Honor Raleigh. He got the job by emailing the company and asking them if they wanted a video made. They had seen his work and welcomed his offer.
“A lot of people who I look up to are always telling me, ‘Don’t wait for luck to come your ...
