"Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirator as Genius," said former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
By 2004, Green Day, what one writer called "the elder statesmen for the punk rock genre" was in such a moment of desperation. True, they had rocked the world with their stellar Kerplunk, Dookie, Nimrod, and Warning albums, but they were running out of steam...
The Jesuit Ursuline Ranger Band (JURB) performed their 2023 halftime show, Music For A Dark Night, at home for the first time last Friday (9/1). The show, inspired by the works of film composer Danny Elfman, contains music from The Dark Knight (1989), Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Tales of the Crypt (TV, 1989), and Spiderman (2002).
After asking some of...
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hursday, May 11, the Jesuit Stage and Film hosted their much-beloved film festival. The festival consists of a combination of films from students from the filmmaking class and external projects from the Jesuit community. The filmmakers pack into the theater at 6 pm, with many of their friends joining them for the screening of their film. Before each film,...
On April 17, 2023, Ursuline Dallas hosted the Jesuit Ursuline Music Recital at their novel Performance Arts building. Filled with various sounds, the one-hour recital included a range of music featuring piano, voice, and more.
Totaling nearly 40 students, participants mainly played music from the 19th century, like Jesuit Senior Theodore Nguyen, who played Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 and Rachmaninoff’s...
INTRO
With stunning cinematography, complex character development, and themes of moral ambiguity, Better Call Saul, the spin-off prequel to the popular TV show Breaking Bad, has been hailed as a masterpiece in its own right.
The show follows Jimmy McGill, masterfully played by Bob Odenkirk, as the show tracks his descent from struggling lawyer to criminal lawyer and con-man Saul Goodman,...
With the introduction of new artistic productions by Arie Van Selm, previously containing four major pieces, the Jesuit Dallas museum has only grown in size. Featuring a new piece, Van Selm displayed a majestic crow. Whilst in Dallas, the bird came to Arie Van Selm during an unusually snowy winter.
“A crow in the snow. I watched her for a...
FDFrom April 20-23, Jesuit Stage & Film performed “Clue” in the Melsheimer Family Theater. "Clue" was the last performance of the 2022-2023 school year.
Based on the popular 1985 film, this whodunnit play follows six men and women exploring Boddy Manor, trying to find out who the killer is. They are guided by the butler, Wadsworth, and encounter multiple...
IN DEPTH SUMMARY
The Super Mario Brothers create their own plumbing company in Queens, New York after quitting their old job. They create a very detailed and light-hearted commercial to boost their call-ins so that they may finally be something bigger than themselves.
Born to an emotional and stern Italian-American family, the Mario bros consistently feel as if they can...
