You would likely struggle to find a resounding reaction to this year’s Block Party lineup because, well, there wasn’t one. Sure, the lineup’s release elicited the collective excitement of “oh, hey, another weekend to pretend it’s still summer ttfu,” but there quite clearly existed a dissonance between those enamored by the collection of artists and those perplexed by the...
Fresh off the Los Angeles leg of her tour and with her not due back in the studio until “those eggheads finish writing my newest songs,” Taylor Alison Swift took some time out of her busy schedule to perform a small set at the Highlander office.
“It’s a shame it’s your guys’ spring break, or other people might actually be...
Every winter, interested students and professors unite in the charming, slightly forested Center for Ideas and Society at UCR for the Emory Elliott Book Award. The event was named after former American literature professor at UC Riverside, Emory Elliott, who was also a published author and principal figure within the university’s intellectual community. Georgia Warnke, Director of the Center...
Kaliah Hekima, a fourth-year art major and creative writing minor, sits across from me: She is reserved, but definitely not shy. After conversing for only a few minutes, as each of her words are carefully weighed before they are uttered, I immediately sense a high level of creativity. She is a painter and a poet, an artist working in...
At the Highlander, we consistently review and analyze music by more famous artists. However, there are many musicians who receive less attention so here is the first of our series on artists that are flying a little “under the radar.”
Julien Baker - “Sprained Ankle”
I found Julien Baker while listening to NPR. The first line from her titular “Sprained Ankle”...
Thechrishaverland is a fifth-dimensional being from the mind of H.P. Lovecraft. Thechrishaverland, stylized all in lowercase, tells “violent stories” with his words as his guitar howls with the rumble of a speeding freight train. He doesn’t do bars, avoiding the crowds of cacophonous drunks and seeks out the weird that haunts the underground and has bred the likes of...
Riverside experienced its first-ever color throw on Saturday, March 5 with the Holi Festival of Colors. Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival that has gained popularity with those outside of the Asian community. Taking place at Martha McClean Park, attendees were able to indulge in delicious vegetarian food, stress-relieving yoga, intriguing live music and perhaps most importantly a...
I had never judged a music contest before attending the FUSE DJ Competition. In fact, prior to the event, I had no knowledge of the nuances of DJing. Nevertheless I was thrust into the world of vivacious dance expression by being asked, along with two other judges, to determine which out of nine candidates would take home the title...
Anouar Benmalek is not a very famous name in the United States. For most people on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the name does not really resonate — and yet, Benmalek is known elsewhere as a revolutionary intellectual internationally. A mathematician, philosopher, novelist and poet, Benmalek has often been compared to legendary writer Albert Camus (Benmalek was even...
This year over at RADAR we wanted to shift the focus of the section, and take it into a stronger creative direction — instead of focusing on recaps and reviews, we hoped to make the Arts & Entertainment section more engaging by producing dynamic content which not only informs our fellow Highlanders about Arts & Entertainment available to them,...