The current lockout may have put the NBA on standstill, but hope for basketball this season has not been lost. With college basketball underway, basketball fans everywhere have an alternative. Granted, the talent level of college players lags the talent level of NBA players, but true basketball enthusiasts will find comfort in watching the game. Basketball […]
The “Best of CUFF” is coming to Macaulay in order to generate interest in the March 2012 edition of the City University Film Festival (CUFF). The three year old festival will kick off a new event on Friday, December 2 from 6-8pm; the evening will feature past winners and other notable entries. Among the films […]
Amigo is the seventeenth film by writer/director John Sayles, arguably the king in the world of independent cinema. In the film, head man of his village, Raphael (Joel Torre), has a responsibility to protect his citizens. His brother, Simon (Ronnie Lazaro), is one of the major leaders of a group of guerilla revolutionaries attempting to […]
November is National Novel Writing Month! November 1st is the beginning of National Novel Writing Month, a 30-day challenge for writers. Participants aim to write 50,000 words of a novel in a month; anyone who finishes is declared a winner. The first NaNoWriMo, held in 1999, had only 21 participants, but the event has grown […]
Children growing up with Willy Wonka all have the same eventual anguish by the end of the movie. The world of pure imagination will stay as pure imagination. There are no edible daffodils, no candy gardens, and there is definitely no chocolate river in reality. The Chocolate Room in Willy Wonka’s factory will remain sealed […]
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Black Friday is rearing its rather ugly head into the picture, and with all that Christmas shopping (and maybe even some personal shopping) to be done, why not do it on Black Friday? The crowds, you say? The traffic? The chaos? The madness? Well, no fear, because Danica is […]
Florence + the Machine is a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. Following the release of their 2009 album debut Lungs, their second studio release Ceremonials showcases lead singer Florence Welch’s booming yet powerful voice, backed by a multitude of harps, pianos, and beating drums. The UK indie-alternative band reunited with producer […]
Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and the CUNY Board of Trustees face great opposition against the Pathways Initiative they released in October as CSI faculty and students plan to take action. The CUNY Pathways Initiative is a plan put forward by Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and the CUNY Board of Trustees in order to help students “move more […]
New York Comic Con 2011 was one of the greatest events I’ve ever been to. There, I’ve said it. I really wanted to have something more earth-shattering to say about the experience. I knew, going into Comic Con weekend, that I was going to be writing an article about it for the Messenger, and I […]
Inspiration can be defined as the process that produces an idea that then leads to something tangible. It’s how Lady Gaga comes up with all her eccentric outfits, how Lennon and McCartney wrote their iconic songs, and how every writer since Homer has written a book. Sometimes, inspiration is like a lightning bolt that strikes […]
