Nutley High School offers many extracurriculars and academic achievements for the students that attend. One that many people may not know about is the International Thespian Honor Society, which is an honor society for high school and middle school theatre students. The society came to be at Nutley High School in the spring of 2018 where the first group of students were inducted. Among those was Julia Resnick, the current president of the Honor Society. The honor society’s advisor is Mr. Michael Gurrieri, an English/theatre/public speaking teacher at Nutley High School.

NHS senior and AP art student, Anais St Amant Senior AP art student recently received her acceptance letter into the Scholarship Class for Talented High School Students at The Art Students League of New York.

Anais is the lead Set Club painter and National Art Honor Society Finance secretary. According to her art teacher of four years, Mrs. Theresa Lappostato, Anais is, “a pretty amazing and humble student.”

More than 50 years ago, the Nutley Raider Marching Band was formed, with its only purpose being to support the Raider Football Team at their games. Today, the NHS Marching Band still sticks to its roots, by going to every varsity game and playing various “stand tunes” in the bleachers, such as Seven Nation Army or Timber. However, the band’s main focus has shifted to something else: competition.

The majority of classic animated films were created in the 1900s.  Starting with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which was first released in 1937, to Pinocchio (1940), Cinderella (1950), Peter Pan (1953), 101 Dalmatians (1961), and The Jungle Book (1967), animated films became largely popular throughout the 20th and 21st century.  The movies Beauty and the Beast, Dumbo, Peter Pan, The Incredibles, The Lion King, and Aladdin have been remade in the past decade or are in the process of being recreated.

June is pride month and members of the LGBT community are gathering in masses to demonstrate for equality and rights for everyone to love and identify however they please. Industries all across America are joining the celebration by selling rainbow-colored merchandise to represent the gay pride flag. Pictures featuring people at pride festivities have been trending on social media, including Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Facebook. 

On October 4, 1990, Beverly Hills 90210 premiered on FOX. Twenty years later, the show is coming back to television as a reboot with much of the original cast  returning. The cast includes: Shannen Doherty as Brenda Walsh, Tori Spelling as Donna Martin, Jennie Garth as Kelly Taylor, Jason Priestley as Brandon Walsh, Ian Ziering as Steve Sanders, Brian-Austin Green as David Silver and Gabrielle Carter as Andrea Zuckerman.  Luke Perry, who played Dylan McKay, will not be returning as he passed away from a severe stroke this year.

Riverdale is a mystery/teen drama television show based on the Archie comics. The show’s new episodes air on the CW and the full seasons are available on Netflix.

Writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, of Riverdale fame, has a new spin off called Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and it is inspired by the show that aired in the fall of 1996 called Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The series stars Kiernan Shipka of Mad Men as Sabrina. Sabrina is a young woman that is struggling to choose between becoming a witch like her family or remaining mortal/human. This is a hard decision for her as forces of evil conspire against her.

Netflix recently produced and released the new short series called When They See Us about the 1989 Central Park jogger case in which four African American boys and one Hispanic boy were charged with the rape and attempted murder of a woman, who was jogging in Central Park.

Teens from all around love to watch Netflix, finding new and interesting shows. From day-to-night people binge watch any show they can find. Netflix has now released new films and Netflix originals. Here is the list of the 2019 Netflix original series, and films.

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The Blackcoat’s Daughter: During the dead of winter, a young women embarks on a mysterious journey to an isolated prep school where two students face a sinister threat from an unseen evil force.

Social media has become an important aspect in the lives of many people in society. The popularity and significance of social media has gradually increased over the years and continues to do so. Today, people all around the world have built a reliance on social media that is taking over their life. According to statista.com, 79% of the U.S. population has a social media profile. Social media is regularly used and can negatively and positively affect the way society acts, thinks, and feels.

In 1984, Alex Trebek started his well-known career and was hired as the host of the trivia show Jeopardy!  Thirty-five years later, during 2019, Trebek has become more well known across different platforms because of his struggles.  On March 6, 2019, an official video of Alex Trebek was posted where he stated that he was battle stage four pancreatic cancer.

The Met Gala, which is formally known as the Costume Institute Gala, is a annual fundraiser that benefits for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. It was founded in 1948 by Eleanor Lambert an American publicist. Each year, it is held on the first Monday of May, which marks the opening of the annual fashion exhibit.

Welcome Baby Sussex to the world. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle welcomed their little bundle of joy on May 6, 2019. They appeared with their baby for the first time at  St. George’s Hall in Windsor Castle two days after he was born. After appearing outside, they announced his name on Instagram; Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

In the previous issue, the Maroon and Gray previewed some of the new movies from both Marvel and DC Comics.  Now, the Maroon and Gray will provide a brief overview focusing on the few unreleased movies from DC Comics.  These movies are set to be released in 2019 and 2020.

Every year thousands of people look forward to the two weekends in April that mark the most popular music and arts festival in the country, Coachella. The festival was founded in 1999 by Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen.

Former MLB star, Alex Rodriguez recently proposed to his fiancee, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez. The couple took a get-away to the Bahamas with their children on March 9. During this trip, Rodriguez, widely known as A-Rod, popped the question. Lopez, commonly known as JLo, said yes.

Spring is here and the warm weather means outdoor parties, barbecues, long walks in the park and a good playlist to listen to with all the hits so far from 2019.  New music from Lil Nas X, Ariana Grande, Jonas Brothers and more are topping the charts. A variety of new songs debuted in Pop, Rap and Country and Billboard Charts released the current hits of each genre so far in 2019.

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There were many great performances at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, held on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles. Shawn Mendes, Post Malone, Alicia Keys, and many others performed. Replacing James Corden, the 2017 and 2018 host, this year’s show was hosted by Alicia Keys.

Thanks to the musical legend and genius, Freddie Mercury, the music industry will never be the same. He had a gift to offer the world.