Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week Radar’s “Lit” pick is “The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories” by Saki and illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Ghoulish 19th century literature inevitably evokes the eerie literary experiments of writers such as H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen...
The past two years, UC Riverside’s HEAT music festival has been riddled with problems — namely, cancellations due to poor weather — and questions looming around whether the beloved concert would be discontinued by the HUB Board. This year, when ASUCR announced that HEAT would be back on, many were curious as to how it would play out, especially...
Calling “Logan” a superhero film betrays its most human elements. The title alone distinguishes itself as a more grounded, matured tale of a man with a looming past seeking to catch up to him. A withered Hugh Jackman reprises his supposed final role as the titular character, the former X-Man commonly known as Wolverine, on a road trip from...
Asian Pacific Student Programs (APSP) welcomed Charlyne Yi, the multi-talented artist of films “Paper Heart” and “Knocked Up” as well as television show “Steven Universe” fame, to UC Riverside this past Tuesday, Feb. 28. Her arrival was greeted by generous applause from fans of her large body of work before she forewarned the crowd, “I ate cold pizza just...
He actually does no such thing. But, he did drop two albums within two weeks and that’s pretty crazy. There is something to be said about the rate at which trap artists push out music: Native Atlanta artist and trap music architect, Future released two full-length LPs within a week of each other. These two projects, respectively titled “FUTURE”...
After much rumor and speculation, Nintendo’s seventh major home console has finally arrived in the form of the Nintendo Switch. The aptly named tablet-based console lets users seamlessly “switch” from playing on the TV to playing on the go wherever and whenever they want. So if you’ve already got your hands on Nintendo’s latest gaming machine but are unsure...
Marie de Brugerolle is an art curator and professor at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France. In the past, she has curated retrospectives on Allen Ruppersberg, Larry Bell, prolific conceptual artist John Baldessari, as well as host the first global exhibition on Guy de Cointet.
If you’re like me and not accustomed to the world of fine...
At 28 years old, Detroit rapper Big Sean has certainly come a long way from humble beginnings. With poppy, lyrically shallow singles like “Dance A$$” the public reception of projects such as “Finally Famous” Vol. 1 and 2, it was impossible for listeners to foresee the leaps and bounds that Sean would make in his flow and musicianship leading...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week Radar’s “Lit” pick is “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster
In 1960, architect Norton Juster received a grant to write a children’s book based on cities and buildings, but instead wrote something entirely different...
“The Chief” is the debut studio album by Jidenna, the Nigerian-American hip-hop and R&B artist previously best known for his Grammy-nominated single, “Classic Man.”
The album starts strong with “A Bull’s Tale,” a song about Jidenna’s childhood in Nigeria. The track begins with narration from Uncle Palmwine, a fictional character based on the advice Jidenna received from various family members,...