On January 28th, The indie band Pinegrove released their sixth album “11:11.” It consists of 11 tracks that give off a vibe similar to a lot of other indie artists, such as Cavetown or Rex Orange County. The group has a total of about seven hundred thousand monthly listeners and seems to have a growing…
Sean Baker’s newest work on a manipulative, self-centered egomaniac is done so well that the audience is won over within the first thirty minutes. “Red Rocket” follows the return of Mikey Saber—played by Simon Rex—to his hometown of Texas City after his stint in the adult film industry comes to a close. As Mikey returns, it…
According to Box Office Mojo, Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed over one billion dollars worldwide and 700 million dollars domestically, making it the 4th highest grossing movie of all time behind “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “Avatar.” But what made this movie do such a killer job? Stick around if you want…
To conclude the Arts Faculty Spotlights of the semester, visiting professor of dance Sharon Wong spoke to The Anchor. She teaches jazz and modern dance in the fall and choreographs for Hope College’s pre-professional dance companies H2 and Strike Time. She shared many of her professional experiences with being a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher,…
OPUS, the literary magazine that has been at Hope College for decades, is coming out with its newest edition this coming Thursday, December 9. What can we expect to see from this year’s edition? What will OPUS Soup look like? And how on earth do they choose which pieces will be featured? We interviewed Co-Editor,…
Dune The star-studded film is an adaptation of a novel by Frank Herbert, thought of as the patriarch of science fiction. The film is a box office knockout, and many theatergoers are raving about its visual experience. NPR says, “The world of Frank Herbert’s novel feels big and immersive here in a way it never…
Following the theme of last week’s faculty spotlight, The Anchor had the privilege of talking with Stephen Krebs, the Technical Director for the Theatre Department. He is in charge of building sets, taking designs and making them a reality. He also teaches the skills he has acquired to students in a class called Scenic Design. …
For the rest of the semester, The Anchor will be interviewing different professors from the arts departments on campus, highlighting the unique and impactful faculty we are privileged to learn from. Greg Lookerse is an Assistant Professor of Art, and he teaches Design and upper-level studio classes, as well as Time Based Art and 3D…
This last Friday, November 12, the first-ever Disney+ Day was celebrated. On this day, the glorious amounts of content that are available to stream on the service were acknowledged, and some new shows and movies such as “Jungle Cruise” and “Shang-Chi” were released. Not only did they celebrate this, but they also announced an abundance…
“This is what it is to love an artist: The moon is always rising above your house. The houses of your neighbors look dull and lacking in moonlight. But he is always going away from you. Inside his head there is always something more beautiful.”- Sarah Ruhl, “Eurydice” The Hope College Theatre Department’s second production…