Category: Lifestyle

The Pretty Reckless create album full of life and rebirth, “Death By Rock and Roll”

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Andrea Hammack Trojan Living Editor After the loss of idols and friends such as Chris Cornell in 2017 and longtime producer Kato Khandwala in 2018, it took a while for Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless (TPR) to find herself again.  But after three years since their previous album, “Who You Selling For,” the band is finally back with a new album, “Death by Rock and Roll.” The title-track “Death by Rock and Roll” opens the album with the sound of the footsteps of Khandwala walking down the hallway of…

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New tile mural in the works for International Art Center – and you can be involved!

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( Graphic / troymuralproject.org ) Sarah Mountain Chief Photographer Troy University’s Department of Art and Design is creating a second mural to join the back of the International Arts Center (IAC).  The mural, to be made up of two to three thousand individual porcelain tiles, will complement the current painting of the terracotta warriors on the back of the building facing the Cultural Arts Park. This will be the second phase of the Troy Mural Project. Larry Percy, a professor in the college of art and design and the Troy…

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Troy celebrates SHORT’s first birthday

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( Photo / Contributed ) Monica Young (left) and Dr. Dee Dupree Bennet (right) with TRoy and SHORT at SHORT’s birthday celebration. Rory Johnson Staff Writer Troy University is helping celebrate SHORT the Squirrel’s first birthday party this Feb. 22. SHORT is a children’s graphic book series aimed to help students in environments where children are not usually entertained, such as a courtroom or doctor’s office. SHORT was created by professors and Troy alumnae Monica Young and Dee Dupree Bennet whose goals were to entertain children in unlikely places. SHORT’s…

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Trojan Pride looking for ‘helping hands’

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  Codi Clemmons Staff Writer Troy’s second Trojan Pride is scheduled for spring semester after the event wasn’t held last year due to COVID concerns. Trojan Pride celebrates the LGBTQ+ community and its allies in Troy and though it is on Troy’s campus, the event is for the whole community. “We are so excited to plan and put on this event,” said vice president of Trojan Pride, Savannah Sapp, a junior political science major from Dothan, Alabama. “This is really showing the world that Troy is growing to be more…

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Johnson Center for the Arts offers new exhibits, rental spaces

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( Photo / Sarah Mountain ) The Gibson Gallery is open to the public and available for rentals. PJ Heath Staff Writer The Johnson Center for the Arts has multiple offerings and events coming up this spring. Starting Feb.24, the center will be displaying the African American inspired artwork of Troy Fest 2019 winner, Avont Anderson, and the captivating metal sculptures of Vincent Buwalda. Both exhibits will be on display from through April 10. Next up will be Trish Land’s watercolor impressionism with a beginning exhibition date of April 23.…

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