Arts and Entertainment
Fact check is the media’s right-hand man for credibility
Sam Norton A&E Editor As journalists, it’s your word against everyone else’s. Your words are used to inform, to educate and to provide insight. And most of the time we forget this, which can undoubtedly lead to miscommunication and misinformation. When news came out of the Boston Marathon bombing, the world desperately searched for [...]
Photos capture the appeal of unfortunate events
Sam Norton A&E Editor They say that pictures are worth 1,000 words, and ever since the camera obscura was invented in 1000 A.D. by Alhazen, this tool has served as a way to document our history and portray what words can’t. Photography is one medium that has become essential to our society; it goes [...]
Choir performs in honor of director’s retirement
Wes Serafine Equinox Staff This past weekend, The Colonial Theatre here in Keene, N.H. played host to a concert by the Greater Keene Pops Choir, in what would be the final show for their conductor of 18 years, Jean Nelson. Nelson became the choir’s conductor in 1995, having served briefly as the first accompanist [...]
Care for some ink?
Tattoos now emerging as a modern art medium Rebecca Farr Equinox Staff Tattooing and body modification datesback to over 5,000 years ago. But what exactly is it that keeps the modern-day tattoo machine buzzing and buzzing? It’s the emerging popularity and approval of this new type of art medium. The acceptance and normality [...]
Sunshine sustains annual festival of music, food and vendors
Sam Norton A&E Editor Since its discovery in 770,000 B.C., when humans in modern day Israel learned how to make fire, energy has become an integral part of our survival. But when scientists discovered in the 1980s that burning fossil fuels is having a catastrophic effect on global climate change, they searched for a [...]
From comics to cartoon shows: Batman depicted in all mediums
Wes Serafine Equinox Staff To close out Two-Face Month, we will not be looking at an individual comic book like usual. Instead we’ll be doing a character study of Two-Face and his depiction within the multiple Emmy award-winning cartoon show, “Batman: The Animated Series.” Created in 1992 by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini. “Batman: The [...]
The reality of a mental disorder is explained through the zine ‘Telegram’
Sonya Cheney Copy Editor “Telegram: A Collection of 27 Issues” is a zine anthology recently released by Canadian zinester Maranda Elizabeth. Throughout the 400-plus-page book, the author bravely and honestly relates their life over the past nine years. Maranda Elizabeth writes with truth, strength and vulnerability about struggling with mental illness–from listing a cocktail of [...]
Spielberg clashes personalities for a short but sweet sitcom hit
Rebecca Farr Equinox Staff The three-season hit “United States of Tara,” rated as a 7.4 on the Internet Movie Database (IMBd), made its way through Showtime from 2009-2011. Executive producer Steven Spielberg plotted Emmy and Golden Globe winner Toni Collette—main character, Tara—as the victim of the mental disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder or better known as [...]
Seniors display culmination of work throughout their college careers
Michelle Berthiaume Sports Editor On an overcast Friday afternoon, in the middle of Keene State College’s Spring Weekend, a group of college seniors eagerly looked toward the start of their bright futures. The Graphic Design Portfolio Review helped these senior graphic design majors showcase their work in a professional environment for the first time. Employers [...]
Unraveling the history of Batman and Two-Face
Wes Serafine Equinox Staff Today we step away from Two-Face’s origins and look into the continued effects of the Two-Face personality on Harvey Dent’s fragile psyche. Believe it or not, Harvey Dent has undergone reconstructive surgery several times in order to rid himself of his horrible scars, further continuing the power struggle within his [...]
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