You may already have "lo-fi chill hip-hop beats for studying" queue'd up on your computer while studying for finals this Dead Week, but Limelight has you covered with our picks for the best albums of 2019.

While Finals Week is upon us, there have been plenty of great films this year to catch up on and get distracted with. Here's Limelights picks for the best films of 2019. 

Finals Week is a stressful time for everyone. There’s no better way to relax than binging a new Netflix show in between exams. Here are the best comedy, romance, horror and guilty-pleasure shows to watch during this Finals Week.

Despite art being embedded in the foundation of the way the world is experienced, it can be easily lost in the big picture. Art is a necessity, and the cost of being immersed in the arts all the time is it can be easily forgotten how art affects daily life. The Octagon Center for the Arts is serving the community of Ames by making art matter. 

Comedian, actor and impressionist Jay Pharaoh brought a night full of non-stop laughs to the Memorial Union’s Great Hall as a part of Iowa State University’s WinterFest celebration Friday night.

Rapper and singer Juice WRLD, born Jarad Anthony Higgins, died at the age of 21 Sunday morning.

In “Glitterbug,” The Wombats paint a bleak look into relationships in the modern technological age with grace, grit and a sparkle of synth.

Manga author Koyoharu Gotouge’s “Kimetsu no Yaiba," also known as “Demon Slayer," recently out-sold Eiichiro Oda’s long-time best seller “One Piece.”

Learn from history or be doomed to repeat it. The Voidz’s sophomore album, “Virtue,” looks to the past, present and future — lyrically and musically — a product of the tumultuous past decade.

The Ames Community Theater (ACTORS) has a long-standing tradition of providing high quality theatrical performances. This nonprofit has produced plays, musicals and other performances for anyone in the Ames community wanting to laugh, cry or be entertained. ACTORS seats 136 audience members with a full house. This theater is currently on its 64th season, and prides itself on being the third oldest theater in Iowa. But behind all of this success is a long line of volunteers filling roles …

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and Ames is in for a jumping pre-holiday treat. The Big Bad Voodoo Daddy “Wild and Swingin’ Holiday Party" train is swinging by Stephens Auditorium at 7 p.m. Thursday. 

Performing since childhood, Iowa State student EllieMae Millenkamp, senior in agricultural business, had never been so nervous when she took the stage of NBC’s singing competition show “The Voice.”  

Standing at 6 feet, 1 inch tall and topped with a head of bright blond hair and dirty sneakers to match, Keegan Konsor has a style that is all his own — and not just in clothing.

Harley Quinn made her debut as the leading lady in a new animated series on the DC Universe streaming service.

This review contains minor spoilers for “Frozen 2”.

While many say Taylor Swift is simply a mainstream serial dater, it is hard to deny that her third album, “Speak Now,” is anything less than a defining album of the new decade.

“Ford v Ferrari” is big-budget movie-making at its best. 

“It's been a while,” said The Envy Corps frontman Luke Pettipoole as he absorbed the Maintenance Shop audience Friday night. 

The Ames Community Theater (ACTORS) wrapped up its first week of performances for the hit musical “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” Despite football games and cold weather that could have served as factors for decreased attendance, the small playhouse filled seats and pleased theater-goers with laughter, tears and more laughter. 

In 2012, the lead singer of the popular anarcho-punk band Against Me! publicly came out as a transgender woman. Loyal fans were negatively taken aback by the news and the band’s reputation began to greatly suffer. 

Disney+, a new streaming service housing Disney-owned properties, debuted last Tuesday, gaining over 10 million subscribers in 24 hours.

The indie-pop, alternative rock duo The Score performed at the Maintenance Shop as part of their Run Like a Rebel Tour Wednesday.

The Iowa State Band Extravaganza is coming to Stephens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Returning to the Maintenance Shop for a much-awaited comeback, alternative rock band The Envy Corps will be taking the stage 7 p.m Friday for their sold-out show.

The Score, an indie-pop alternative rock duo known for their hits “Unstoppable,” “Legend” and “Born For This,” are set to take the Maintenance Shop stage for their Run Like a Rebel Tour at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Theatre enthusiasts are in for real treat in from Ames Community Theater (ACTORS). The second longest running off-Broadway musical, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” will be showcased in Ames this November. 

Popular American folk-rock outfit, The Avett Brothers, will be making their Ames debut at Stephens Auditorium on Thursday. Making for a warm welcome, the show is sold out.

Actor Tony Revolori is coming to this month’s ISU AfterDark as the headliner. His opening act is mentalist duo The Evasons. 

For those who haven’t heard (or haven't opened Twitter since last week), My Chemical Romance are officially back together after a six-year hiatus — and emos everywhere are rejoicing. 

Whether or not one appreciates or considers Robert Eggers’ “The Lighthouse” to be a “good movie,” it’s not a movie viewers can easily forget. 

Clowns, zombies, witches and various cinematic characters can be seen roaming around the streets on Oct. 31. Halloween has been celebrated throughout history in a variety of different ways with a variety of different myths and legends. 

The “Connections and Intersections – People, Place and Time” ReACT Exhibition opened this Monday inside the Christian Petersen Museum in Morrill Hall and received a thoughtful and welcome audience Tuesday evening for the exhibit’s opening reception.

An award-winning musical is coming to Stephens Auditorium to share a story of rags to riches with the Ames community on Sunday.

If there are any fans of Halloween movies who don’t like scares and are looking for something to watch, then Henry Selick’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is the perfect family-friendly movie to fulfill that Halloween spirit.

On Sunday, faculty, students and alumni came together to celebrate during the “Bells of Iowa State” Gala Anniversary Concert. This event celebrated a wide variety of musical performances while recognizing important anniversaries in history. 

The Ames Haunted Forest has been instilling fear into those who visit for the past two decades as the forest enters its 21st season, and is continually revered as one of the spookiest Halloween attractions on an annual basis.

This review contains spoilers for previous seasons of “BoJack Horseman” as well as for the current season.

Four bands came to perform with their own unique attitude and style for an attentive and enthusiastic crowd at KURE Fest 2019 on Friday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. 

“Connections and Intersections — People, Place and Time,” the second ReACT exhibition of the fall 2019 semester, aims to provide a conversational spark that will illuminate the topics of intergenerational relationships, family, aging and lifespan through a thoughtfully curated collection of visual art.

Bob Dylan had Stephens Auditorium filled to the brim for his Wednesday night show. 

"My Hero Academia" came storming back into the lives of anime fans on October 12, after a grueling 378 days since the season three finale. Seasons one through three proved to fans in the United States that the popular Japanese anime was even better than the pages of the comic. With vibrant colors, breathtaking fight scenes and complex yet devastating backstories, the anime adaption of "My Hero Academia" has claimed the hearts of manga and comic book lovers around the world.

Christopher Edwin Breaux, otherwise known as Frank Ocean, is arguably one of the most influential artists of this decade.

While festival season may have technically ended two months ago, concert-loving Iowa State students and Ames residents can look forward to the ninth annual KURE Fest on Friday.