Sarah Herndon and Samuel Stebbins

Introduction Music journalism found significance in the 1960s, following the Beatles’ mainstream success. One of the first popular music magazines was Melody Maker, a British magazine that began being published in 1926 and ran until 2000, finding success when it started focusing on Rock music in the 1960s. With the emergence of publications like New Musical Express (NME) and Rolling Stone, Pop music and cultural criticism became a serious pursuit of many journalists, helping to legitimize...

Lauren Bondor, Victoria Bridges, Eliana Collantes, Jewell Pfister, Kali Schwartz, Taofeeqat Soluoku, and Kaitlyn Wolfmeyer

Between the 1980s and 2000s, countless magazines were published to help home cooks, ranging from novices to experienced cooks. These could be picked up at any grocery store checkout lane. While most of the magazines in this exhibit focus on health, especially calorie counting, a few serve gourmet cooks. These publications offer us much more than just recipes. They serve as asnapshot of American domestic life and cultural values during a transformative period in food history....

Hannah Brown, Macy Love, Gracie Doolin, Linsey Prahl, Maggie Zdrowdowski, and Francesca Griffero

The Music Magazines presented in this exhibit highlight the influence these magazines had on establishing the social and cultural identities of today. In the late 20th century music magazines began to see a transformation from simply reporting on musical events to influencing the music industry as a whole. These magazines began interviewing artists, reviewing music, ranking artists, making social and political critiques, as well as determining what unique look fit within each genre. We begin to...