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By Calliope Izquierdo + 6 others for Trinitonian - 4 min read
The Mountain Goats romp through San Antonio
Indie-rock band The Mountain Goats — headed by John Darnielle — performed at Paper Tiger to an enthusiastic crowd last Friday. The band played a variety of songs, shifting from widely familiar to more obscure before ending with their hits in response to an encore chant. The Mountain Goats' fans are generally the kind of people who are willing to...
By Calliope Izquierdo + 6 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
Thinking about the impacts of horror movies
We're in the midst of Halloween season: autumn tones adorn shop windows, inflatable skeletons guard cobwebbed houses, and our collective fears of the political climate may be displaced into fictional representations of sinister iconography. Horror movie season is the best time to honor the instinct to displace real fear. This is, however, also a time to be mindful of the...
From the first moment the audience enters the theatre, “Small Mouth Sounds,” written by Bess Wohl and directed by Kyle Gillette, presents them with a bearded man wearing an old-timey plaid shirt and sitting in silence. Before the play even begins, it challenges the audience’s perception of how a play should operate and continues to do so throughout its course....
Trinity Art Department and Blue Star Contemporary opened an exhibition of new works by Dallas artist Sara Cardona titled “This Is Only a Test.” In this exhibit, Cardona explores her Mexican heritage through paper collage. The most striking aspect of this exhibit is the prevalence of traditional Mexican textile patterns, from multicolor rows of woven cloth to tangled blankets and...
The Theatre department’s first Mainstage production of the year, “Small Mouth Sounds” by Bess Wohl, is simply beyond words — literally. The mostly silent play, directed by Kyle Gillette — assistant professor of Human Communication and Theatre — is making its debut on Friday. The plot centers around six distinctive characters, including a middle-aged lesbian couple, a Finnish immigrant and...
Demitasse’s new album “Powercouple,” coming out next Friday, Sept. 28, presents a wide range of soft acoustic rock that settles into a place of comfort and cheerfulness, despite the issues that one faces. Demitasse is composed of Erik Sanden, Trinity University alum, and Joe Reyes, UTSA alum. Considered as a side project, the band began in 2009 when the drummer...
By Calliope Izquierdo + 7 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
A look into graphic narrative courses at Trinity
A lot goes into the study of literature and of communication, and both involve studying how different media change and evolve over time, especially as expression moves beyond the written text. That’s why Trinity offers classes such as the Jewish graphic novel and the Marvel transmedia universe. Victoria Aarons, professor of English, teaches a class on the Jewish graphic novel...
By Calliope Izquierdo + 7 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
Catching up with the Trinity Review
The Trinity Review — Trinity’s student-run literary journal — prepares for a lively semester of cultivating students’ creativity through a number of means, whether by encouraging student participation in readings and events or by submission of their work for publication. While the Review is currently in the earlier stages of setting things up for the year, the staff — consisting...
By Calliope Izquierdo + 6 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
Experiencing Dario Robleto's "Ancient Beacons Long for Notice"
The McNay Art Museum presented an exhibition by Houston-based artist Dario Robleto titled “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice,” which will run until Oct. 7. As the title suggests, the exhibit addresses a number of heady subjects, particularly regarding humanity’s smallness in the face of an infinite universe. Rather than framing this theme as a bleak reminder of our insignificance, Robleto’s...
By Calliope Izquierdo + 5 others for Trinitonian - 4 min read
A review of Mitski's "Be the Cowboy"
Photo credit: Julia Poage
In the two weeks since it was released, Mitski’s fifth album “Be the Cowboy” has received enormous acclaim from fans and critics alike. Its serious approach to confronting personal and intimate issues cements it as a momentous album. The album opens with the song “Geyser,” a title that both describes its sound — a thumping that erupts from tense, bubbling...
