Senior organ recital communicates beauty, reflects goodness of music department
FELICITY MORAN CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST A senior sacred music major performed his senior organ recital at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on March 1 to a crowd of friends, family, faculty and music lovers. William Spinnenweber performed a selection of pieces from all different eras, exhibiting a wide range of skills and communicating to the audience the beauty of the organ and the excellence of his education in […]
Disney films and the cult of individualism
FELICITY MORAN CRITICS CORNER COLUMNIST Who doesn’t love to relax and have fun with their favorite Disney film from childhood? As a firm lover of “Beauty and the Beast” and “Tangled,” I enjoy the feel-good fuzzies from these classics anytime. Still, I detect a frustrating trend in Disney films, especially modern ones, of celebrating individual identity ad nauseam. Think of […]
‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ and the justice of man
FELICITY MORAN CRITICS CORNER COLUMNIST One hundred and seventeen chapters is a formidable length for a book, so I doubt many people have delved into the literary commitment that is Alexandre Dumas’ “The Count of Monte Cristo.” Even so, perhaps this summer you could take some time for this remarkable study on justice and redemption. I’m sure […]
Critics Corner Column: ‘The Mandalorian’ and the need for fatherly love
FELICITY MORAN CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST As I’m sure many other Disney+ subscribers did this semester, I took time over Christmas break to watch the new Star Wars show, “The Mandalorian.” By the time I got around to watching it, I’d been seeing Baby Yoda memes for weeks, but I have to confess I didn’t think much about what […]