Top 10: Artists we’re excited to see at Firefly
In no particular order: 1) Chance the Rapper 2) Weezer 3) Sunflower Bean 4) The Shins 5) Wale 6) OK GO 7) Sub-Radio 8) The Strumbellas 9) Crywolf 10) MUNA
Category: entertainment
From group home to front of the camera
A Discussion with Nicole Opper, documentary filmmaker BY BASMA HUMADI, STAFF WRITER On Wednesday, April 19, Mason’s Visiting Filmmaker Series held a screening of the documentary “Visitor’s Day.” A Q&A discussion with Director Nicole Opper followed the screening, facilitated…
Sports broadcast schedule: April 24-30
George Mason University sports broadcast schedule Monday, April 24 — Sunday, April 30 Monday 24 Tuesday 25 Wednesday 26 Thursday 27 Friday 28 Saturday 29 Sunday 30 No Broadcasts No Broadcasts Baseball vs. William and Mary 3 p.m….
COLUMN: Whitewashing in the shell
The Rupert Sanders thriller draws criticisms BY DINANDA PRAMESTI, CULTURE EDITOR With the recent Academy Awards show being much more diverse than the previous few years, Hollywood continues to try to appeal and listen to the public about the…
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
A shot to the chest of heart-thumping garage rock BY JAMES STEMPLE A sizeable crowd gathered at the 9:30 Club March 29 to see King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. It was hard to move an inch at the…
Dinner and a movie
Good food and movie picks for a good night out on the town BY BASMA HUMADI Dinner: HalfSmoke With milkshakes, Monopoly and “Chipotle-style” assembly line sausages, HalfSmoke takes the title for being the coolest place around the block. Though…
Sports Trivia: April 3
Introducing Fourth Estate Sports Trivia! Tweet your answers to @IVEstateSports What school did Mason beat in the Elite 8 to advance to the Final Four in the 2006 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament? University of Florida University of Connecticut Virginia…
Seeking Refuge
Passarlay’s book chronicles his journey as a young refugee BY BASMA HUMADI “At so many times on my journey to freedom I had felt hopeless, despondent and afraid,” Gulwali Passarlay writes in his book “The Lightless Sky.” “Many times…
Movie Review: “Get Out”
BY ALEX SHEDD High-quality horror movies are hard to find in cinemas these days. From the fifteenth spinoff of a sequel of some “Blair Witch Project” ripoff to this month’s gory jump-scare, the horror genre has left something to…
Animal lover Savannah Walck pursues passion
BY KELSEY TETREAULT For many 20-year-olds, having your career figured out seems like a far-off dream. Savannah Walck, however, has known what career she’s wanted for a long time, and she has never stopped working to achieve it. Walck is…