Observer Department: Arts and Entertainment
Dance students light up the stage
The annual NECC Dance Recital took place April 22 and 23 at Lawrence High School. Opening the show were the students in the NECC Dance Club, shaking and grooving to the funky beats of “Feel Good Inc.” by the Gorillaz. The electric feel of the dancers lithely moving across the…
‘Batman v. Superman’ a painful film experience
★ (out of four stars) Remember when superhero movies used to be fun? Wait, wait, wait. Before you make any assumptions, let me be the first to say that I have no problem with DC and Marvel’s characters taking themselves more seriously. I absolutely loved the high-stakes, tense political thriller…
Student aspires to be art therapist
By: Emily Marsden, Correspondent Helen Shiepe, 22, is an art student at NECC aspiring to combine her interests in both the arts and the medical field to become an art therapist. Having a passion for art since her elementary years, Shiepe aims to help both the young and old express themselves…
Movie Review: Deadpool
★★½ (out of four stars) I have to be honest: sometimes being a critic makes me feel like a curmudgeon. Sitting in the movie theater watching “Deadpool,” I must have laughed out loud — hard — more than three dozen times. And yet, trying to analyze my overall feelings with the…
“Edges”
The production of “Edges,” student-directed by Geehae Moon, took the stage from Feb. 19 to 21 in the Hawrylciw Theater. The whimsical play is nonlinear, breaking the traditional archetype of the three-act structure that most productions follow. It also breaks the fourth wall, inviting the audience to be their Facebook…
Movie Review: Zootopia
★★★★ (out of four stars) I can’t remember the last time an animated film made me uncomfortable in the way “Zootopia” did during a handful of scenes. That might be because it’s been a really long time, but honestly, I’m more inclined to believe it’s because no animated film has…
Let Armando Belliard-Harmon entertain you
Armando Belliard-Harmon, 3rd semester theatre major at NECC, got involved with theatre at a very young age, bonding with his grandmother watching golden age movie adaptations of musicals. “Singing in the Rain,” “White Christmas,” and works by Ben Crosby is what sparked the fire for him to become a multi-dimensional…
Dance club is shaking things up
NECC’s dance club is shaking things up during their rehearsal for the spring recital in the Sport and Fitness Center. Every Monday, a handful of students from all different majors and skill levels gather to learn funky new dance moves, or sometimes keep it classical with the integration of classical…
Movie Review: Eddie The Eagle
★★★ (out of four stars) Sports movies are kind of a weird phenomenon, aren’t they? With a few notable exceptions, most of them follow one thoroughly predictable sort of formula or another — in the case of “Eddie the Eagle,” it’s the “misfit underdog is trained by washed-up former star” story.…
Holiday 2015 Movie Reviews: Hunger Games, The Night Before & More
The holiday movie season is here, and that means a flood of great (and not-so-great) film entertainment for your viewing pleasure. I’ve done my best to sort the tripe from the treasure, hand-picking one film each from four different genres — action/adventure, animation, comedy and drama — to check out…
