Observer Department: Arts and Entertainment

“The Ringer:” Lighthearted fun or deeply problematic?

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If someone told you that there was a comedic movie, about a normal man who lies to compete in The Special Olympics, you would be rightly outraged. This is the basic plot of the movie “The Ringer” but the movie is deeper than that in the way it depicts its…

Books to read this Black History Month

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This Black History Month, reading and exploring the many the works of Black writers and novelists is just one quick way of supporting and celebrating Black history. Each of the novels and collections on this list are a testament to just how inimitable the illustration of the black experience is.…

Music review: ‘Whole Lotta Red,’ whole lotta greateness or a whole lotta hype?

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On December 25th at 12:00 am on Christmas, the Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti dropped his long awaited second studio album “"Whole Lotta Red"”, it received mixed reviews from the fans but to fully understand the album and the strenuous release schedule we must go over the brief history of the…

Super Bowl Sunday 2021

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This past year has been difficult for people everywhere. Every rising  month seems to come with an unexpected curveball. With Super Bowl Sunday being held in February 2021, this was a big surprise for a lot of people. Throughout the year 2020 people were forced to transfer to online work,…

Students connect through art club

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On the cold night of February 10, students turned on their computers and met through the familiar Zoom to have the Art Club meeting. The club is still fairly new, it’s beginning dates back to November of the past fall semester. A portion of the meeting consisted of what one…

Peabody Essex Museum hosts exhibit focused on female designers

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The Peabody Essex Museum, located in Salem, Massachusetts, is currently hosting an exhibit that showcases fashion trends and statements throughout the decades, putting a spotlight on female designers. The exhibit, entitled Made It: The Women who Revolutionized Fashion, is set to be on display through March 14. Upon entering, a…

What is NECC currently watching?

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This pandemic has been different for everyone. Some of us have been more busy than ever, and some of us have more free time than usual. In regards to that, the people of NECC have some TV show recommendations for readers of The Observer! NECC student Ian Shea, who runs…

 Just getting into James Baldwin? Here’s your guide

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I remember exactly where I was when I first discovered who James Baldwin was. It was my sophomore year of high school and I had just begun taking Early College classes at NECC. It was the spring semester, probably sometime in late February or early March of 2020,  right before…

Top Notch Players present Love Letters virtually

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The NECC Top Notch Players and the Liberal Arts Divisiom have refashioned theater as you know it with a virtual fall semester production of Love Letters. Love Letters, a play originally created by playwright A.R. Gurney, is a charming slow-burning love story that allows you to experience the development of…

Hack the planet

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For the longest time in media there has not been a good depiction of hacking. Most of it involved people typing super-fast on a computer while someone looks over their shoulder in awe.  The only recent depiction of hacking in modern media is in the show Mr. Robot. I am not here…