Duke Ellington: Jazz
When most people think of swing, they think of Glenn Miller’s In the Mood or Benny Goodman’s Sing, Sing, Sing: fun, catchy dance music and nothing more. Jazz as a whole suffers...
Editorial Desk
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Informal opinion writing
The Cost of a Cleaner Light
With lines from “Indigenous People Report New Suspicions of River Contamination by Mining Company in Amazonas” by Isabel Harari, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Once, the Alalaú was a dark mirror, A...
Ice Cream!
Valleys of chocolate syrup, And caramel hills North of Ice cream land, full of jolly people Licks of flavor, Licks of joy. And hot fudge pouring out lava cakes. Alps formed of...
Jeff Buckley: A Legacy
You’ve likely heard the work of Jeff Buckley. All across social media the past year his song “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” has garnered massive attention, frequently accompanying depressing videos that utilize...
Zara Larsson’s Revival
If you’ve been on social media for the past year or two, you pehaps are familiar with a certain rainbow dolphin meme that went viral on social media two years ago in...
The Year for Concerts
Think about your favorite artist. Who are they? What kind of music do they write? Everyone has an artist that they love, and once they announce a tour, everyone wants tickets, crashing...
Thelonious Monk: Jazzy Genius
Imagine you’re sitting in a dimly lit jazz club in New York City; the room smells like cigarette smoke and old wood and the clink of glasses can be heard around the...
Fall Recipe: Apple Cider Donuts
As we approach the November holiday season, here is a fitting seasonal recipe that you should try at...
Freedom
What is it about fall that softens the air,like a knitted embrace you almost wear,or a cooling wind that brushes your nose?How the palette of colors makes time slow. What is it...
Two Different Worlds
A dull palette of bleached chromeseeps through my peripheral vision,a gray version of once-thriving reefs. Dying coral floats up to the sunshine shores.I see no life around these watery depths.Only Death surrounds...