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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Will Wood’s “Suburbia Overture” scrutinizes ideas of normalcy and conformity

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Will Wood’s “Suburbia Overture” scrutinizes ideas of normalcy and conformity

Aug 26, 2025 | Global, Music, Words | 0 comments

By Eros Preston For as long as any society has existed, there have been expectations for its members to fit themselves into the larger group. In The Normal Album, Will Wood examines these expectations as they exist in America and explores how one may go against (or...
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** America, Thankk You for the Mental Health Crises, but I Need You to Stop

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** America, Thankk You for the Mental Health Crises, but I Need You to Stop

Aug 26, 2025 | Events, Global, Music, Words | 0 comments

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...
The arrival of Mike Culver:  Indy-based musician meeting the current political moment head-on

The arrival of Mike Culver: Indy-based musician meeting the current political moment head-on

Aug 21, 2025 | Community, Events, Global, Music, Words | 0 comments

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...
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Queer Spaces of Music: The history of Ballroom culture, and the impact of Carl Bean’s “Born This Way”  

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Queer Spaces of Music: The history of Ballroom culture, and the impact of Carl Bean’s “Born This Way”  

Aug 21, 2025 | Global, Music, Words | 0 comments

By Sky Hawkins.  Historically, queer people have grown with a lack of space — a notion of “behind closed doors,” or even a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. These were highly influenced by the treatment of homosexual and transgendered individuals....
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** South Korea’s Taemin crafts space for revelation through dance, choreography

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** South Korea’s Taemin crafts space for revelation through dance, choreography

Aug 21, 2025 | Global, Music, Words | 0 comments

By Beah Corrales The goal of this essay is to to highlight the song Guilty by Korean artist Taemin and its impact. Lee Taemin, 31, is a dancer, singer, and k-pop idol who is also a part of the popular k-pop group Shinee. Taemin has been prominent in the industry since...
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Bella Ciao’s Transforming Voice for Freedom

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT ** Bella Ciao’s Transforming Voice for Freedom

Aug 21, 2025 | Events, Global, Music, Words | 0 comments

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...
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