The latest Gorillaz album came out on February 24th after months of high anticipation from fans. Cracker Island is their eighth studio album, its production began in 2021 after the Gorillaz Netflix movie was scrapped. They collaborated with an impressive list of artists for this album including Stevie Nicks, Bad Bunny, Tame Impala, and more. 

Niel LaBute’s psychologically brutal plays shocked audiences in the 1990’s. I wondered how a modern college would handle his work. On Friday night, the UAF cast and crew of “The Shape of Things” gripped the audience like a vice for two stunning hours. LaBute would love it.

After the unprecedented success of 2018’s Black Panther, any sequel would face an uphill battle in order to match the original film. While not as groundbreaking as the original film, Wakanda Forever is an adequate but bloated sequel that fulfills its many duties as a superhero film.

How does one sit to write a review of poems? Are they not secrets kept by the poet, to be shared only with each reader, the secrets shifting just as the form and the words do, page to page? Hannah Dow’s Rosarium, a spry yet fleeting collection of poetry, seems designed to answer this very question.

On December 16, 2022, after thirteen years of developing the technology needed to film motion-capture underwater, shooting the live-action mo-cap, visual effects breakthroughs, and pandemic delays, Avatar: The Way of Water finally made it to theaters. With Cameron’s fascination and propensity for powerful, water-driven narrative, does The Way of Water live up to expectations?

Owning a two-wheel drive vehicle should not prevent from getting outside this winter. Tanner Purdy takes us through some of her favorite accessible wintertime trails.

Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohen, and Sarah Jarosz join the Fairbanks Concert Association for a performance which honors the memory of legend David Crosby.

On Friday night, those at the Pub were graced with a fortuitous rendition of Medium Build’s music by a talented group of artists on guitar, bass, drums, and accompanying vocals.

Sometimes, a poetry book arrives that defies coherence even for the most ardent fans of experimental literature.

Continuing his review series, Conor watches the 2022 film Nope and decides whether it lives up to writer/director Jordan Peele’s Academy Award winning reputation.

Conor Esslemont comes back to spill all the juicy details of Amazon’s new controversial show The Rings of Power based on Tolkien’s classic series. Will it bring viewers the magic they came for, or will the purists have a point?

In a hesitant prequel, House of the Dragon shares all of the brutal and glorious aspects of Game of Thrones that made it so beloved and controversial, but this time with a lot more dragons. Seventeen dragons, to be exact.

Bullets fly, heads explode, and there’s a poison that makes people bleed from their eyeballs (because, why not?). An honest review of the 2022 action comedy Bullet Train and all it has to offer.

It is the perfect soundtrack for riding the Dalton Highway…the revelatory feeling of the silence that comes after Reset is only made possible by the sonic journey the album provides.

Jam in the Java, hosted at UAF’s Arctic Java, featured three of Alaska’s finest emerging bands gathered to showcase indie music and foster community.

Sikumi (On The Ice) is a story about Inuit hunters. It starts with Inuqiaq hunter Apuna dog sledding and hunting seals on the icy northern tundra. However, instead of finding seals, he witnesses a murder through his binoculars.

Kristopher Voronin is a photographer based out of Fairbanks, Alaska. He’s always looking to capture a good composition on his various packrafting, mountaineering, and backcountry skiing expeditions.