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C’est la Vie…Doja’s overshadowed album rollout

Helen Cai, Contributing Writer • October 10, 2025

A transformative artist who started her career producing songs on Soundcloud, Doja Cat released her new album “Vie” on Sept. 26. While “Amala,” her debut album, hardly moved critics and failed...

Leith Ross’ “I Can See The Future” feels like a familiar stranger

Kiera Ng, Layout Designer • October 3, 2025

“[O]n a bike by yourself, there’s a cool breeze on your face and you’re looking back on your whole life, considering the entire world and everything that everything means,” is the best way to listen...

Ed Sheeran’s “Play”: a perfect combination of old and new

Riya Kulkarni, Copy Editor • October 3, 2025

Ed Sheeran’s eighth studio album, “Play,” released Sept. 12 with singles such as “Sapphire” and “In Other Words,” featuring songs with a variety of sounds. Whether it is the nostalgic sound...

The last notes of a love story: romantic echoes and “The Notebook” (2024)

Mariana Parilli Castillo, Copy Editor • October 3, 2025

“The Notebook,” the 2024 musical of the same name as Nicholas Sparks’s 1996 novel and its 2004 film adaptation starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, has humongous cultural shoes to fill in the...

Play in a Day continues to slay

Penelope Cloonan, Life Editor • September 26, 2025

The time is 8 p.m., Friday night. Writers are given a prompt: “Master of Deception.” They get their start and it is off to the races. The scripts are finished by that morning, actors and directors...

Cleveland goes to Kurtistown: Kurtis Conner’s Goodfellow Tour stops at Playhouse Square

Penelope Cloonan, Life Editor • September 26, 2025

This past Sunday, popular YouTube Commentator and famed “Mayor of Kurtistown” Kurtis Conner stopped into the Mimi Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square for his “Goodfellow World Tour.” His style of...

“My Life with the Walter Boys” second season, same problems

Esha Bagora, Social Media Editor • September 19, 2025

After an agonizing two-year wait, Netflix’s teen romance series “My Life with the Walter Boys” has finally returned with its highly anticipated second season. Based on Ali Novak’s popular Wattpad...

“Silksong:” the most anticipated indie game ever, lives up to the hype

Milo Vetter, Staff Writer • September 19, 2025

Being able to write about “Hollow Knight: Silksong” as a finished product is a surreal experience. The development took place over six long years of near-total silence from the developers—six years...

Opening night at the Cleveland Orchestra: tales of life, love and loss

Anlin Wei, Contributing Writer • September 19, 2025

The Cleveland Orchestra’s opening weekend approaches. The 2025-26 season at Severance Hall kicks off with a three-day run: Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 28 at 3:00 p.m. The run...

Don’t sleep on “The Wishbone Pajama Show”

Penelope Cloonan, Life Editor • September 19, 2025

This past week, I took contributing writer Anlin Wei’s advice and went to see Conan Gray live in Cuyahoga Falls’ Blossom Music Center for “The Wishbone Pajama Show.” I have been a Conan Gray fan...

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