A Tree Falls
By Kaia Ryden on March 21st, 2025 Recently, independent musician David W. Jacobsen reached out to me about his newly released album, A Tree Falls. Jacobsen, a singer-songwriter, has been…
St. Paul Musician Returns With Third Studio Album
By James Heider March 20th, 2025 St. Paul native and SoundCloud trailblazer Corbin makes a stunning return with his first singles in three years, “Carbon Monoxide” and “Come Down.” Formerly…
What is ‘The Great American Game’? Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Reveals the Answer
By Singyi Lo March 2025 On Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar performed at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lamar’s performance will be remembered for years…
“Invisible Fences” and On Stage
By Kaia Ryden on March 2025 Last week, Lucas Erickson, the visionary behind On Stage: Creating a Community Dialogue Around Theater, reached out to share details about an upcoming play…
“A Different Man” is a different kind of movie
By Max Rekela Jasper February 2025 Aaron Schimberg's drama/thriller A Different Man is a tough and frustrating film to stomach, because, as a viewer, you start the film feeling bad…
The Life of Frederick Douglass
by Kaia Ryden on June 27, 2024 If you want to improve yourself, look at your past mistakes. Looking at the world today, we can find many things that we…
Why is everyone talking about A Court of Thorns and Roses?
By Leah Moe, Multimedia Editor | The Metro Scoop Published on 9/6/2023 A Court of Thorns of Roses Cover— Source: sarahjmaas.com A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J.…
TMNT Mutant Mayhem – Movie Review
by Pierre Young, Editor-in-Chief of The Metro Scoop Student Newspaper Published on 9/6/2023 Cowabunga! The turtles are back in an inspired 'Into the Spider-Verse' animation, two years in the making.…
Minnesota Rokkr Home Series
by Pierre Young, Editor-in-Chief of the Metropolitan Student Newsletter, published 7/5/2023 Courtesy of Version 1 Call of Duty E-Sports is back! The Major V series kicks off in person in…
HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’: First Impressions
by Pierre Young, Editor-in-Chief of The Metropolitan Student Newspaper HBO has brought hope to video game adaptations. "The Last of Us," based on the video game series, has turned into…