What’s new with Microsoft: October Event Edition
Eli Weitzman, Eastside Webmaster
October 3, 2018
Filed under Culture, Eastside Special, Entertainment, Showcase
This piece is written for the What the Tech?! column, and is the conclusion in a 2-part series of stories covering a Microsoft Event in New York City. To read the preview, click here. On Oct. 2, Microsoft hosted an event which, to say the least, was named with an understatement. The invitation read, “A Mome...
Microsoft October Event Predictions
Eli Weitzman, Eastside Webmaster
September 28, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment, Showcase
This piece is written for the What the Tech?! column, and is the first in a 2-part series of stories covering a Microsoft Event in New York City. Next week, Microsoft will hold an event in New York. I will be there to cover the latest, so let’s quickly look at what they may announce. Most Li...
“BlacKkKlansman” shows racism alive and well in America
Harry Green, Eastside Online Editor
August 31, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment
In BlacKkKlansman, Director Spike Lee follows Ron Stallworth, a young African American living in Colorado Springs. Stallworth, hoping to make a difference in his community, decides to join the police force. At the film’s onset, the Colorado Springs Police Department has never before employed an Af...
Made In America 2018: Artists to look out for
Zoe Culver, Eastside Culture Editor
August 24, 2018
Filed under Community, Culture, Entertainment, Showcase
The Made in America Festival will return again this Labor Day weekend to the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Made in America is a two-day music festival in Philadelphia. Each year, the Made in America lineup is curated by the festival’s founder, Jay-Z. As one of the biggest n...
New Broadway musical Be More Chill delights audiences
Samantha Roehl, Eastside Features Editor
August 18, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment, Showcase
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you a book about a sketchy pill-shaped supercomputer sold by a man in the back of a Payless Shoesource, make a hit musical. Based on the 2004 novel Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini, the musical of the same title has music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a book by Joe Tracz. After premiering in 2015 in New Jersey, it reo...
Culture Shock: Editor discovers regional differences down South
Claire Joanson, Eastside Culture Editor
August 14, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment, Showcase
Last week, I visited Charleston, South Carolina. Located 685 miles from the heart of Cherry Hill - which translates to a 12 hour drive - the city is a prime example of how culture can vary not only from country to country, but even from within one nation. Behavior: Walking down the streets of Charl...
Here we go again: New “Mamma Mia” movie is just your typical sequel
Dakota Rosen, Eastside Business Manager
August 12, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment, Movie Reviews
Exactly 10 years after Mamma Mia! was released, its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again has hit theaters. The story takes it back to 1979, as young Donna (played by Lily James) journeys to Greece, along the way meeting, Harry (Hugh Skinner), Bill (Josh Dylan), and Sam (Jeremy Irvine)--her soon-to-be daugh...
What the Tech?!: Self-driving cars
Eli Weitzman, Eastside Webmaster
July 1, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment, Showcase
The world of technology never sleeps, nor takes a break in the summer. So, I’m back again! Welcome to a very special summer edition of “What the Tech?!.” Just a note to y’all, I am currently living in Redmond, Washington for the summer, working at a Microsoft internship. But enough about that. Let’s ...
Expect to see more CGI Influencers like Lil Miquela on your Instagram feed
Nafessa Jaigirdar, Eastside Editor in Chief
June 30, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment, Showcase
Pictured alongside social media guru Kylie Jenner and internet phenomena Rihanna on TIME Magazine’s highly anticipated list of The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet is 19-year-old Miquela Sousa, better known by her Instagram name, @lilmiquela. With her effortlessly good looks and philosophical se...
J Balvin’s newest album, Vibras, includes more amazing Latin Pop music, with a twist
Defne Alpdogan, Eastside News Editor
June 20, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment
J Cascading on the recent Latin Pop and Latin dance phase, Mi Gente singer, J Balvin released his highly anticipated album, Vibras, on May 25. J Balvin a 33-year-old Colombian singer emerged as a reggaetón singer in 2004. His most notable hit in the United States would be Mi Gente that topped cha...
“Blood Diamond” and it’s cultural impact
Jakob Silvert, Eastside Staff
June 13, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment
“Blood Diamond” by Edward Zick presented a dark side of the African world of which Hollywood had never seen before. Three characters of widely different backgrounds come together in the search for an extremely sought after gem. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the film playing Danny Archer, a nati...
Melody’s Echo Chamber makes a return with ‘Bon Voyage’
Zoe Culver, Eastside Staff
June 13, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment
After a five year hiatus, Melody’s Echo Chamber has made her return to music. Known for her psychedelic rock sound, Melody Prochet, better known as “Melody’s Echo Chamber” has not released music since her last album, Melody’s Echo Chamber, in 2013. Melody recently announced that she will be dropping ...
Panic! At The Disco releases new album “Pray for the Wicked”
Samantha Roehl, Eastside Staff
June 9, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment
One week ago, Panic! at the Disco released the third song from their newest album Pray for the Wicked. The full album, which is going to have eleven tracks, will be fully released on June 22, 2018. The album has so far been steeped in mystery and mystique. People on Panic! at the Disco’s email list ha...
The Party brings classic cinema technique to the modern day
Mandi Karpo, Eastside Staff
June 9, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment
In attempt to bring her closest friends together to celebrate her political ascension as Minister of London, Janet, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, embarks on a series of dramatic events which later shadow the true reason for their gathering. Starting off as a sophisticated soiree, it begins to unravel...
The future for Mars – the company behind M&M’s
Maggie Murphy, Eastside Staff
June 9, 2018
Filed under Culture, Entertainment, Showcase
M&M’s are a very popular candy among Americans, but there are many more flavors then the original milk chocolate. The company who manufactures this product, Mars, has yet to stop coming out with new flavors for the candy-coated chocolates. M&M’s were first introduced to the market on February 28, ...
As a follow-up to the News story printed in the October...
Festival E took place on October 5th this year, after...