Arts & Events

Spring break has finally arrived! Many of you will be traveling, whether it be back home or to an exotic destination. If you happen to be traveling via airplane, you will have to face the dreaded long wait in the airport. Airports, and I very hesitantly say this, can provide quality food if you are lucky enough to have a layover somewhere with options other than Mickey D’s. It is much more common for the airport to only provide greasy food, and if quality is provided, the food is often...

Craving quality? Want your parents to take you out to breakfast, lunch or dinner when they visit? Take a drive down Union Avenue until you see the water and then turn right onto N. 30th St. Continue down the road parallel to the water, down the treacherous hill until you see The Spar on the north side of the street in Old Town. This lovely saloon offers a wide selection of items that is attractive to a diverse customer base. Pastries, ice cream, burgers, hummus, fish and chips, soups, salads...

Sleigh Bells’ latest record Reign of Terror brings up a tricky question: Is it important to see growth in a sophomore album or should the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality apply to new material? Reign is, without a doubt, a good album. Alexis Krauss’s signature war cry vocals are still intact and guitarist Derek E. Miller sounds just as heavy as ever. The cheerleading chants are still there and quick throwaway lyrics continue to dominate most of the tracks; really the only notable change that the band...

On Friday, Feb. 24, Puget Sound’s run of Metamorphoses debuted in Norton Clapp Theatre. The 90-minute play is based on David R. Slavitt’s translation of Roman poet Ovid’s collection of poems. The play, directed by John Rindo, focuses on Greco-Roman mythology and is split up into about 12 sections, including an introduction and conclusion. First and foremost, the play is a visual spectacle. The superb costumes by Mishka Navarre, thoughtful lighting by Richard Moore and outstanding scenic design by Kurt Walls culminated in a show that was aesthetically beautiful. The...

Tim Schafer needed money to make a game, so he asked the internet to help him out a bit. In eight hours he had reached his goal—$400,000. In 48 hours, he’d made a million dollars. “This is not a cute, quick little game anymore,” his most recent update on Kickstarter reads. “This is the real deal. This is a capital-G Game.“ The “Double Fine Adventure” is a groundbreaking project from Double Fine Productions, home of industry darling Tim Schafer and adventure-game godhead Ron Gilbert, creator of the seminal Monkey Island....

The movie adaptation of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is hard to watch for those who have read the book—and for those who have not. The movie as a whole is thoroughly depressing and consistently uses 9/11 to evoke strong and deeply tragic emotions. The plot of the film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close revolves around the Schell family. The father, Thomas Schell, is killed on 9/11, leaving behind 9-year-old Oskar and his mother. Oskar, in his grief and desire to learn more about his dead father, discovers a key...