Arts & Entertainment

Truman, fraternity host music festival

October 22, 2019

Truman State University’s Department of Music and Sigma Alpha Iota are hosting the annual North Star Music Festival Concert Oct. 25 and 26. The festival will feature student and faculty composers and will premiere a […]

Arts & Entertainment

Becoming Aunt Lydia

October 8, 2019

It was dark and raining and my mind was going one thousand times faster than the car I was driving. I wasn’t in the mood to be in this kind of traffic, caused by late-night […]

Arts & Entertainment

“Midsommar” is beautiful and grotesque

October 4, 2019

TMN movie critic Gordon McPherson gave this film 4.5 out of 5 flower crowns. Director Ari Aster’s “Midsommar” feels cursed in the same vein as Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” and William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist,” and […]

Arts & Entertainment

88.7 KTRM brings emerging artist to campus

October 2, 2019

Truman State University’s 88.7 KTRM is set to introduce emerging pop artist Sir Babygirl alongside Toronto electro-pop artist Nyssa on Oct. 3. Supported solely through station fundraising, the event stands out from appearances coordinated by […]

Community

Community churches host block party

September 29, 2019

Four local churches have come together, shutting down a city street, to host a free block party for all members of the Kirksville and Truman State University communities.  Kirksville City Council unanimously approved the churches’ […]

Arts & Entertainment

“Ad Astra” is a future classic

September 26, 2019

TMN film critic Gordon McPherson gives “Ad Astra” 5 out of 5 stars. Director James Gray’s cerebral, sublime and extraordinarily ambitious “Ad Astra” is the best science-fiction film since “Blade Runner 2049” and a refreshing […]

Entertainment

Betty Twillman’s Plot Twist

September 18, 2019

When I was young, at least one out of every three visits to my grandparents’ house involved me asking to hear their love story. My grandpa would smile softly and lean back in his chair. […]