The Wandering StoryVerse

Amber Cove, a major cruise hub on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, draws thousands of visitors each year with its waterfront shops, beaches, and both adult and family-friendly attractions, while also highlighting the region’s famed history of rare amber mining and its connection to the filming of the 1993 movie Jurassic Park. Since opening in 2015, the port has become a staple stop for Caribbean cruise itineraries, offering travelers both recreational activities and cultural insight. The name “Amber Cove” reflects the area’s reputation for producing some of the world’s rarest amber, which has long been mined in the surrounding mountains. A photo of the mountains in the Dominican Republic on January 9, 2025. (AP Photo by Allie Munro).                Located northwest of Puerto Plata, the port was developed by Carnival Corporation and designed to give guests the freedom to explore landscaped areas and the tropical plants of the luscio...

On Saturday, January 31, 2026, three Regent students gathered to watch “Shadowlands,” a film about C.S. Lewis’s life and his wife, Joy Davidman, for a class assignment. The movie highlights Lewis’s journey from academic detachment to discovering a deeper human connection and love. The screening event took place from 3:30 to 7:00 in a dorm room in Foundation Hall at Regent University. Both Allie Munro and Darija Villwock are enrolled in Film 110: Visual Storytelling and were required to analyze “Shadowlands” for its use of implicit narrative techniques as part of a discussion post. Sophie Webster, however, chose to join simply for fun and the community experience. Before the movie began, they shared their expectations for the movie to have a depressing tone, with Webster saying, “I’m pretty sure someone is going to die, so I think it’s going to be a sad movie,” while Villwock added, “I expect that I will probably cry at the end of this movie, but it will be good.” The group settled in ...