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Cody Earl was one of many customers at the annual Ink Shop print sale looking to purchase some of the pieces submitted by local artists.

Ithaca print shop holds sale to showcase local printmakers

By Olivia Riggio, Staff Writer September 7, 2016
Until Sept. 30, the Ink Shop is holding its annual print sale to raise money for the shop and participating printmakers as well as to provide unique art to the Finger Lakes area. The sale is one of many events the Ink Shop holds throughout the year. Sept. 2 was its opening night.
Drew Schweppe ’12, above, worked with Mark Radice, professor in the Department of Music Theory, History and Composition, to create Informusic, an app that combines music and world history.

Student from IC creates music-history mobile app Informusic

By Kalia Kornegay, Staff Writer September 6, 2016
Informusic, a mobile app created by Schweppe and his team, launched in April 2016 on the Apple App Store, marketed as “the all-in-one music history resource” for devices. The app offers a timeline of 19th century Western classical music, music scores with audio files attached and biographies on all featured musicians.
Review: Bayside makes waves with seventh studio album Vacancy

Review: Bayside makes waves with seventh studio album ‘Vacancy’

By Stephanie Miller, Contributing Writer September 6, 2016
“Vacancy” provides a sense of Bayside’s old sound, which fans can get behind, while still introducing a unique, complicated change to its music.
In “The Little Prince”, the Aviator (Jeff Bridges) tells the classic tale of the Prince to the Little Girl (Mackenzie Foy) in the stop-motion film remake of the classic childhood novel of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Review: ‘Little Prince’ transports viewers back to childhood

By Jake Leary, Contributing Writer September 4, 2016
Netflix’s “The Little Prince,” based on the classic work of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, delivers such a rich range of emotion, moral and visual complexity. This complexity is evident in “Prince” — each chapter of the Prince’s quest, from his home on the minuscule Asteroid B-612 to the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert, is rendered in stop-motion.
Sophomore Anna Gardner, one of the student collaborators for the project “Official Unofficial Voting Station: Voting for all who legally can’t” took her ballot to the polls Aug. 31 when the piece opened. The station will be up until Nov. 8.

IC Handwerker Gallery opened its Unofficial Voting station

By Taylor Zambrano, Life & Culture Editor August 31, 2016
On Aug. 31, the Handwerker Gallery debuted Sifuentes’ most recent project “Official Unofficial Voting Stations: Voting for all who legally can’t” which was inspired by her inability to vote due to her citizenship status.
Review: Glass Animals alt-indie album shatters expectations

Review: Glass Animals’ alt-indie album shatters expectations

By Kate Nalepinski, Assistant Life and Culture Editor August 30, 2016
Somehow, Glass Animals created a sound so intricate that regardless of the listener’s environment, the album feels full and complete. This album is ideal for loud parties on Friday nights, but it also includes tunes that can create a calmer atmosphere more appropriate for a rainy evening.
Moonlight stars IC sophomore Jharrel Jerome as Kevin, a character who helps Chiron (pictured) resolve issues with his identity. The film also stars Janelle Monaé, Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris and André Holland.

IC student Jharrel Jerome stars in upcoming drama movie

By Silas White, Staff Writer August 30, 2016
Jerome is featured in the upcoming movie “Moonlight,” a drama that follows an African-American man named Chiron as he passes through three important phases of his life, comes of age and discovers his sexuality. Jerome plays Kevin, a friend of Chiron, as a teenager.
Ithaca College students practice outside of the audition room in the James J. Whalen Center for Music while they wait for their numbers to be called.

Setting the Stage: Ithaca students prepare for auditions

By Mary Ford, Life & Culture Editor August 24, 2016
Ithaca College is slowly grinding into gear. But instead of taking time to unpack and unwind, music and theater students practice and prepare for the auditions that could chart the course of their college careers.
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) is a psychotic clown with a terrifying backstory in the movie adaptation of Suicide Squad.

Review: ‘Squad’ adaptation refuses to stay true to comics

By Kate Nalepinski, Assistant Life and Culture Editor August 22, 2016
The concept of the Suicide Squad — a group of supervillains who are signed up to do the government’s dirty work — is strong. But when a director subtracts the action, emotion and comedic relief, and replaces it with backstories and unaddressed abusive relationships, it fails.
Review: AJJs altered sound disappoints listeners

Review: AJJ’s altered sound disappoints listeners

By Mary Ford, Life and Culture Editor August 21, 2016
In “The Bible 2,” harmonized vocals, heavy guitars and percussion give the music a disappointingly generic energy.
Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig), Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones), Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon) and Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) unite, complete with uniforms, to fight off Manhattans ghosts in this satirical remake of the 1986 original Ghostbusters.

Review: Satirical remake of ‘Ghostbusters’ fails to please

By Mary Ford, Staff Writer August 7, 2016
It’s obvious the “Ghostbusters” team put a great deal of thought into how best to bridge the gap between old and new. In the end, however, the original wins out.
Hank (Ed O’Neill) gives suggestions to Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) on how the duo can escape from the Australian aquarium where they were spontaneously placed.

Review: “Finding Dory” eagerly addresses mental disabilities

By Jacqueline Borwick, Staff Writer August 4, 2016
As audience members follow Dory on her journey to reunite with her family in the wide expanse of the ocean, they are overcome with emotions of sadness, hopefulness, and contentment as Dory is aided by other sea creatures along with Marlin and Nemo.
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