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FIDLAR by FIDLAR

Jason Walsh, Music Critic January 18, 2013

Label: Mom + Pop Release Date: January 22 Rating: 4 / 5   FIDLAR is a band. They're from Los Angeles. Their name stands for F--- It Dog, Life's A Risk (the new YOLO, you read it here first). Their...

“Les Miserables:” worth a second watch

Elaina Lin, Theatre and Dance Reporter January 18, 2013

With a story so touching and that has elicited tears from so many individuals, Les Miserable has been adapted from the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo to not only a musical on Broadway, but a recent film...

A Carol for Cleveland at Cleveland Play House

A Carol for Cleveland at Cleveland Play House

Joseph Verbovszky, Theatre and Dance Reporter December 15, 2012

Things certainly have changed since Dickens’ time. The miserly scrooge-like main character is now poor and has a family but still cannot feel the Christmas spirit. It’s almost like a peak into the...

Nick Pilla Presents: The CWRU Album

Nick Pilla Presents: The CWRU Album

Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter December 15, 2012

A new artist has become an overnight student sensation at Case Western Reserve University. Nick Pilla, a third year student, recently released what he calls "a CWRU-based comedy/ somewhat legitimate...

The Observer Rates the Best Television of 2012

The Observer Rates the Best Television of 2012

Drew Scheeler, Film and Television Reporter December 15, 2012

With 2012 coming to a close your favorite series are taking a break for the holiday season. So, let’s take this opportunity to toast some of the best shows of 2012 in no particular order: The Legend...

The Walking Dead: Award-winning and Gut-wrenching

The Walking Dead: Award-winning and Gut-wrenching

Owen Bell, Games and Tech Reporter December 15, 2012

I'll say right now that The Walking Dead is not a game for everyone. Based on the comic books of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Telltale Studio's The Walking Dead is one of the most striking video games...

A MaDaCol Dancer’s Experience

Elaina Lin, Theatre and Dance Reporter December 15, 2012

Editors Note: In addition to her duties with The Observer, Elaina dances in the Mather Dance Collective. She wrote this article to chronicle her experience with the group’s current production.   It...

Duality by Captain Murphy

Duality by Captain Murphy

Jason Walsh, Music Reporter December 15, 2012

  Album: Duality Artist: Captain Murphy Rating: 4 / 5 by Jason Walsh   In a lot of ways, Captain Murphy’s debut mixtape, Duality, is your typical rap mixtape. It was uploaded...

PTG Presents Chaika, an adaption of Chekhovs Seagull

PTG Presents “Chaika,” an adaption of Chekhov’s “Seagull”

Joseph Verbovszky, Theatre and Dance Reporter December 1, 2012

 “Sometimes people choose what’s bad for them;” says director Kelly McCready about the characters in Chekhov’s famous play. This seems to be their tragedy. Konstantin loves Nina and hopes to impress...

The Nutcracker at Playhouse Theater, A Holiday Necessity

The Nutcracker at Playhouse Theater, A Holiday Necessity

Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter December 1, 2012

This weekend, the Cleveland Orchestra accompanies the Joffrey Ballet in a magical performance of Tchaikovsky's “The Nutcracker.” This year's show has been performed only once so far, yesterday,...

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