Read about recent NCHS art and performances.
Giuliana Savini
Reporter
Located in Waveny Park, The Carriage Barn Arts Center is a a member-supported, non-profit organization that strives to present quality art to the community through a number of annual exhibitions. From March 13 to April 17, a collection of artwork from NCHS students will be displayed in their “Through Our Eyes” showcase. It features all types of media from the students of AP Photography, Advanced Digital Media, Studio Art, Documentary Photography and Photoshop Design.
Charlie Dorf
Arts and Entertainment Editor
I’m a sucker for Westerns. Be it a Sergio Leone spaghetti Western (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) or a Joss Weadon space Western (Serenity), I have probably seen it multiple times. Going in to Rango, I was afraid that the film would turn my beloved genre into a hackneyed kids movie, making a mockery of everything Leone and Eastwood built to make the western what it is today. I was happily proven wrong.
Charlie Dorf & Francesca DeRosa
Arts and Entertainment Editors
The art of painting has been around for thousands of years, and yet debate still rages over what is a truly “classic” piece. Some claim the works of El Greco or Raphael, while others counter with Picasso and Dali. Film, on the other hand, has been around scarcely a century, but debate over what defines a classic movie ranges just as widely as the debate over its artistic ancestors.
Charlie Dorf
Arts and Entertainment Editor
Best Picture/ Original Screenplay/ Best Director/ Best Actor: The King’s Speech
As The King’s Speech won all four of these categories, I figured I might as well roll them all into one. Before I saw this film, I was hoping, somewhat wistfully, that True Grit would sweep these awards, being the Coen brothers fan boy that I am. However, after seeing The King’s Speech, I knew this was not a Coen brothers year.
Steffi Badanes
Reporter
Rapunzel was trapped in a tower and eventually saved by the prince after he climbed to the top by her hair. Cinderella was magically transformed from a servant for her horrid step-family to a princess dancing the night away with her prince at the ball. We all know the classic Disney story of the damsel in distress: after considerable toil, she is rescued by the handsome prince and living happily ever after.
