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Sokolow smiling on the carpet.

World cinema professor announces season 4 of National Geographic series ‘Genius’

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor October 26, 2023

The fourth season of the National Geographic/Disney+ scripted bio-series “Genius” is set to release Feb. 1 on Nat Geo and tells the combined stories of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Sam Sokolow,...

The Cooper Library Makerspace includes the Adobe Studio, with interns specializing in Adobe applications.

Where creativity and the cutting-edge collaborate: Clemson University Makerspace

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor September 21, 2023

The Clemson University Makerspace has seen some new improvements this semester. Makerspace recently finished its expansion into an additional room in the Watt Family Innovation Center, allowing for...

Letter from your TimeOut Editor

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor July 6, 2023

Welcome home, Tigers! I can still feel the butterflies in my stomach from my first time stepping on campus just two years ago, and I could not be more excited for you as you start your Clemson journey! However...

No Place to Play: A Clemson Creative Inquiry

No Place to Play: A Clemson Creative Inquiry

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor April 6, 2023

A Clemson Creative Inquiry led by assistant professor Lyndsey Deaton set out to answer the question of how children of displaced families are able to socialize when they lose their place to play. Their...

Carol Blockasaurus strutting around campus in her spring fit.

Tigs on trend: Spring fits and flops

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor March 30, 2023

Carol Blockasaurus, a freshman AP style major, stuns in this blue ensemble. Dressed for the weather, Blockasaurus clearly feels as good as she looks. Blockasaurus made the daring choice of leggings and...

Blake Wright (left), a Clemson Film Club alumni and the host of the award ceremony, poses with Matthew McCurdy (right), a senior graphic communications major, who took home Best Actor in a Comedy and Best Directing for his short film "Into the Wild."

Clemson Film Club puts on second annual Student Film Festival

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor March 15, 2023

Clemson Film Club's second annual Student Film Festival expanded on its first festival in every possible way, with panels, screenings and red carpets that made for an all-day celebration of student work...

Members of Film Club pose on the red carpet at the 2022 festival.

For Film!: Clemson Film Club to host second annual Student Film Festival

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor March 9, 2023

Clemson Film Club expanded the scope of its second annual Student Film Festival to an all-day event intended to celebrate student work and provide networking opportunities to participants and attendees. Beginning...

Conner Sweeny performs in a livestream for the 2020 Tigerama.

Best Local Musician: Conner Sweeny

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor February 23, 2023

If you ever find yourself at a restaurant in downtown Clemson or a tailgate on game day nodding along to the live performers playing the perfect background music for your good time, it could be any number...

Michelle Yeoh earns her first ever Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in "Everything Everywhere All At Once."

Dubs and snubs: 2023 Academy Award nominations

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor February 9, 2023

The 2023 Academy Award nominations were revealed Tuesday, Jan. 24. With these nominations came great reason for celebration, but not without its fair share of bitter disappointments. With 2022 earning...

Lviv performs their show “Harry Potter in the Hague.”

Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine comes to Clemson

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor January 26, 2023

Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine performed at Clemson's Brooks Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m., followed by a reception in the Watt Family Innovation Center...

The House of Wolves is Patterson and Lupica's most recent collaboration, which Thursday's book talk centered around.

Champions of collaboration: House of Wolves authors partner for second novel

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor January 16, 2023

Bestselling authors Mike Lupica and James Patterson held a book talk to promote their newest novel, "The House of Wolves," at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts last Thursday. Given the distinctly...

Calva and Robbie's romance adds a toxic dynamic to the classic trope of star-crossed crossed lovers.

Film of the Year: ‘Babylon’ review

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor January 11, 2023

"What a disgrace to Gene Kelly! And how dare they use a clip from 'The Wizard of Oz?'" exclaimed the leader of a retirement home field trip as he exited the theater where we had just viewed Damien Chazelle's...

Clemson Choirs 'Sounds of the Season'

Clemson Choirs present ‘Sounds of the Season’

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor December 1, 2022

On Sunday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m., the six ensembles which comprise Clemson Choirs are putting on their fourth annual "Sounds of the Season" holiday concert, a wintery delight to the campus and surrounding...

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Review

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Review

Sydney Olsen, TimeOut Editor November 17, 2022

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" premiered Friday, Nov. 11 with a massive opening that marks Marvel Studios' second-largest premiere of the year. The epic second installment of the Black Panther series...

A Review: Clemson Players’ “The Moors”

Sydney Olsen, Asst. TimeOut Editor October 13, 2022

On Sunday, Oct. 9, The Clemson Players closed their run of Jen Silverman's dark comedy "The Moors" at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. With the blackbox lights going down on the Branwell...

Beginning with a moving introduction, the first piece, “Dumfolk20,” included the styles of body percussion used by Africans when their drums were stolen from them. The company showcased this story of resilience through ring shout, tap, hambone, and stepping, all of which were developed to be used in place of the drum.

Step Afrika! performs in Brooks Center

Sydney Olsen, Asst. TimeOut Editor September 29, 2022

On Thursday, Sept. 22, the professional step dance company Step Afrika! moved the audience with their show “Drumfolk” in the Bellamy Theater at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts on...

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