Observer Department: Arts and Entertainment
Students Hold Summer Music Festival
Young musicians show off their new skills The harmonious sounds of the 5th Annual Summer Music Festival, directed by Christina Dietrick, permeated TC103 in the Hartleb Technology Center on August 14. Dulcet melodies drifted into the hallways as parents proudly watched their children demonstrate their musical talents. The festival…
Bentley ArtSpace Gets a New Name
A ceremony was held to dedicate this space Over the summer, the ArtSpace located in a remote corner of the Bentley Library received a new name and some well deserved attention during a dedication ceremony on May 15. So did Linda Hummel-Shea, for whom the space was renamed. Hummel-Shea…
Hottest Movies of the Summer Critiqued
We’ve got time to spare during the summer, and Hollywood knows it. Blockbuster after blockbuster is released during the months of June, July, and August, but chances are you didn’t get to see everything theatres had to offer. 2015 was a particularly excellent year for summer films, so here’s a…
Crimson Peak Review
Viewers who go into Guillermo del Toro’s “Crimson Peak” expecting straightforward horror will be disappointed. This is not a horror movie in today’s sense of the word, filled with cheap jump scares, computer-generated ghouls and dying teenagers. This is a gothic romance in which most of the horrors happen offscreen…
Lack of Film Classes at NECC
By Abraham Anavisca While NECC offers a wide range of studies in the arts, there don’t seem to be many classes offered on the medium of film. Professors Stephen Slaner in the Global Studies Department and Ellen Yarborough in the Department of English are both qualified to teach film. Unfortunately, their…
Parnassus Accepting Submissions
Parnassus is the nationally recognized and award winning literary magazine featuring student artwork, poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, and short stories submitted by students of NECC. It also featured guest authors such as Stephen King, Gregory Maguire and Junot Diaz in years prior. It gets published yearly and comes out in…
HC Media Radio Plays Your Music
Exciting opportunities for unsigned local music artists are at HC Media, also known as Haverhill Community Media. Recently launched is their radio station, which gives opportunities to musicians who want to get their music out into the airwaves for free. Matt Belfiore, Director of Operations at HC Media and adjunct…
‘The Martian’ a Warm, Humorous Tale of Isolation and Survival
People who go into “The Martian,” whether they’ve read Andy Weir’s novel or not, will probably be able to predict how it ends.I don’t dare spoil whether or not the title character ever makes it off Mars after getting marooned there, but you’ve probably got the answer in your head…
Black Mass Review
★★½ Black Mass Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch There is no denying that Johnny Depp’s performance as James “Whitey” Bulger in “Black Mass” is his finest in years, a twisted tour-de-force of subtle, reserved psychopathy. A shame, then, that the movie around him is so uninventive in…
“Haverhill’s Archie” – Fact or Legend?
Local legend holds that artist Bob Montana created the Archie comic strip and based the characters, at least in part, on his Haverhill High School peers. The truth of this claim has always been somewhat of a mystery; it seems to be contradicted in a few places, including by the…
