Aug 27, 2025 | Community, Events, Global, Music, Words
By John M. Yelkich III When considering theatrical works as tools for social change many productions come to mind. Falsettos and Angels in America both illuminate the AIDS epidemic in 1980’s America. Hadestown and Newsies are two highly relevant class commentaries...
Aug 27, 2025 | Events, Global, Music, Words
By Maggie Hoppel “The Dixie Chicks do not advocate premeditated murder, but love getting even.” —The Chicks, on the CD booklet for their 1999 album “Fly” Hello, Earl Written by Dennis Linde and performed by the 90s country band The Chicks, “Goodbye...
Aug 27, 2025 | Editorial, Events, Global, Music, Words
By Lily Jimenez Rhetoric in music has served the world in many ways. However, it has been especially important within the context of protest music. Protest music has been around for over centuries,...
Aug 26, 2025 | Events, Global, Music, Words
By Eros Preston America is in a mental health crisis. Although there is no one thing to point at as the direct cause, there are two polarized viewpoints on mental illness that have exacerbated the issue into the ongoing crisis it is today. On one side of the divide...
Aug 21, 2025 | Community, Events, Global, Music, Words
By Trevor Potts “A poem will not stop a bullet. A novel can’t defuse a bomb,” once wrote author Salman Rushdie. “But we are not helpless. We can sing the truth, and name the liars.” On a recent Thursday night in Broadripple, Indiana, the audience in...
Aug 21, 2025 | Events, Global, Music, Words
By Emily Vincent Introduction Bella Ciao by Manu Pilas. The origins of this song date back to the 19th century as an Italian protest folk song against the harsh working conditions of Mondina workers in Northern Italy. Mondina workers, who were mostly women...
