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Local ghost story hits theaters

Megan Behnke, Staff Writer January 31, 2017

Horror movies these days are usually a hit or miss. Scary, not scary. Jump scares, no jump scares. If it’s actually good or not. The new “horror” movie, “The Bye Bye Man,” is based on a somewhat...

Book Review: “All the Bright Places”

Allison Althof, Office Manager January 31, 2017

Suicidal boy meets suicidal girl on the ledge of a bell tower, and neither of them jump. Who saves who is left unclear. That’s the beginning of Theodore Finch and Violet Markey’s story. Fans of authors...

The Burial At Thebes: Retelling of Greek tale was amazing

Josh Zytkiewicz, Broadcast General Manager January 31, 2017

Madison College Performing Arts opened their latest production, “The Burial at Thebes” on Friday, Jan. 27, in the Mitby Theater. The play is a retelling of the ancient Greek story of Antigone rewritten...

African Art on display

African Art on display

Alison Ahlgrim, News Editor January 31, 2017

Strolling through Gallery 211, my eyes take in a wide variety of textures and colors. I marvel at the deep blue of cotton hand-dyed with indigo, the reddish-brown ancient clay, the palm fronds, elaborate...

Madison College Performing Arts presents ‘The Burial  at Thebes’

Madison College Performing Arts presents ‘The Burial at Thebes’

Elliott Puckette, Editor In Chief January 17, 2017

Madison College Performing Arts will be presenting “The Burial at Thebes: An Adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone” in the Mitby Theater starting Jan. 27. The cast of 13 actors have been working over...

The Moth is about connecting via stories

The Moth is about connecting via stories

Lucy Smith, Staff Writer January 17, 2017

Storytelling spans across space and time. Stories have the ability to transport us from Victorian England to the Civil Rights Movement to outer space, and anywhere the storyteller chooses. Through stories...

Books to put on your reading list for 2017

Carrie Puckette, Copy Editor January 17, 2017

To anyone who loves a good book, there can never be enough. While it’s impossible to list every book that’s coming out in the New Year, I was able to find 11 books that everyone can look forward to....

Poet Matt Hart reads a selection from one of his books during a visit to Madison College on Nov. 17. He was the guest of creative writing instructor Matt Guenette.

Poetry that radiates passion

Megan Behnke, Staff Writer December 8, 2016

On Nov. 17, poet Matt Hart paid a visit to Madison College to read some poetry and answer questions during a creative writing class at the Truax campus. Hart is originally from Evansville, Indiana, and...

Yolen’s ‘Briar Rose’ offers a hopeful ending

Carrie J. Puckette, Copy Editor December 8, 2016

In Jane Yolen’s retelling of the classic fairytale “Briar Rose,” we are not brought to a medieval castle surrounded by enchanted briars. Instead, we are brought to the brutal reality of the Holocaust. The...

‘The Good Place’ is good for a laugh on Thursdays

Brighid Monahan, Arts and Culture Editor December 8, 2016

“The Good Place” combines humor and fantasy to create a world where everything is perfect for everyone. The character Michael (Ted Danson) runs the Good Place. It is a very different role for Danson,...

Jeff Rosenstock performs at the Sett on Nov. 9.

Concert raises money for Planned Parenthood

Paul Little, Staff Writer December 8, 2016

On Nov. 9, Jeff Rosenstock performed at a free event at the Sett, the venue located inside Union South. Also performing were the San Jose pop-punk duo Hard Girls, and Katie Ellen, a low-fi band fronted...

Former student organizes Madison’s Black Business Expo (Interview)

Sedgwick Smith Jr., Staff Writer December 8, 2016

Madison College employee Sabrina Madison has been organizing local Black Business Expos. Here’s the story from Madison on the ones that have taken place this year and the ones to come. Q: Who is Sabrina...

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