Christmas movies create the perfect opportunity for families, adults and children alike, to gather beside their fireplace, sip hot chocolate and bundle beneath warm blankets. No matter where – a getaway to your relatives house, a vacation or Christmas at your own house – the holiday season is always known for bringing family together.  Most classic Christmas movies are recognized for their comedic aspect, but … Continue reading REVIEW: Violent Night, Gory Night: a Twisted Christmas Story

Christmas music is one the biggest parts of the holiday season and it’s festivities. Here are some modern Christmas albums that have done a great job at keeping the Christmas spirit alive. Merry Christmas– Mariah Carey Mariah Carey’s 1994 Merry Christmas is a timeless piece of art that set the standard for modern Christmas albums. A mixture of great production, Christmas stories and lyricism are … Continue reading Gather around the fire with these 5 classic Christmas albums

Between bouncing from party to party, picking perfect presents, and trimming the tree, the holidays can be overwhelming and difficult to soak in. But if you’re lucky, perhaps you will turn on your TV and find that a familiar holiday classic is on. Nothing ignites Christmas spirit quite like sitting down to enjoy a Christmas movie. Of all the movies that come with the season, … Continue reading The best 5 animated Christmas classics to watch this holiday season

As the temperatures fall and the lights get hung, there are few things that people anticipate more than the warm, soft baked goods of the holiday season. As everyone knows, this can be one of the most overwhelming times of the year. Between last minute shopping and decorating the Christmas tree, the holiday festivities consume our everyday.  Everybody knows, there is no Christmas without cookies; … Continue reading Three holiday dessert recipes perfect to leave out for Santa

Since the 1950s, visiting a pumpkin patch and finding the perfect gourd to carve has been a staple in fall family traditions. Generations of families have owned and operated pumpkin patches throughout the country, cultivating a sense of humility and wholesomeness in the activities people of all ages can engage in. For me, a visit to the pumpkin patch has rung in the fall season … Continue reading Three must-visit Illinois pumpkin patches for classic fall fun

Halloween is just around the corner, and as the leaves change, the air cools, and that brisk fall breeze picks up, alarming all of the quickly approaching winter. For now, however, there is something special about savoring this season, sipping on a PSL, carving pumpkins, wandering around corn mazes, and most notably, watching movies. We like movies too, so some of our editors have put … Continue reading Five must-watch films for the Halloween season

East’s Fine Arts Department is in its final days of preparation for its upcoming performance of The Twelve Huntsmen. Shows will be starting October 20th and will run through the 22nd at 7 p.m in the Performing Arts Center. Drawing inspiration from The Brothers Grimm and their stories,  The Twelve Huntsmen follows the brothers while they make their way through the forest, and stumble into … Continue reading East Theater Set to Perform “The Twelve Huntsmen”

As temperatures drop and the wind chills your skin, there are few things better at warming you up than comfort food. Fats and carbs mix together with the wonderful familiarity that comes with favorite foods to heat the body and soul. I asked one of East’s culinary teachers, Ms. Scharbert for an autumnal suggestion and she recommended Smoked Gouda and Pumpkin Mac and Cheese. A … Continue reading A warm fall recipe: Smoked Gouda and Pumpkin Mac and Cheese

It’s official, Tyler Childers is taking us to church.  Childers is a country, folk, and bluegrass artist from Lawrence County, Kentucky. He has been releasing music since he was 19, with his first commercial release being Bottles and Bibles back in 2011. He then released Purgatory in 2017, Country Squire in 2019, and most recently, Long Violent History in 2020. In recent years, Childers has … Continue reading ‘Purgatory’ serves as a perfect building block to Tyler Childers’ career