Mar 7, 2019
Susan Orlean Finds Herself in the Library
By Stephen Wilson When Los Angeles Public Library caught fire in 1986, the blaze burned for seven and a half hours, reaching temperatures of 2,500 degrees…
The Arts
Dec 27, 2018
The Class: “The Year 1971-72 in Music, Art, and Literature”
By Bill Landauer Take us there: The war in Vietnam is hurtling toward its ambiguous end. The nation is still bruised from the Kent State massacre the year…
Dec 14, 2018
Learning for Laughs
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson The planets plan a surprise birthday for the sun. The night is going perfectly until Pluto walks in. The planets feel…
Dec 7, 2018
Becoming a Poet
By Kathleen Parrish Jovante Anderson ’19 won the Young Writers’ Prize for Poetry at the inaugural celebration of World Poetry Day in Jamaica this year…
Dec 4, 2018
Making Beautiful Music
The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers presented their fall concert Saturday under the direction of Jennifer Kelly, director of choral activities, at the…
Dec 3, 2018
FilmStruck’s Demise Could be Good for Movies
The Washington Post published an opinion piece today by Katherine Groo, assistant professor of film and media studies, titled “FilmStruck’s Demise Could…
Nov 9, 2018
The History and Media Portrayal of Thugs
By Kathleen Parrish In the 1939 movie Gunga Din, the villains were a secret society of turban-wearing assassins. For many western movie-goers, it was the…
Nov 8, 2018
The Taming of the Shrew
College Theater is presenting Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and John Fletcher’s The Tamer Tamed at Weiss Theater in Buck Hall. Directed by Suzanne…
Oct 4, 2018
From Books to Big Screen
By Kathleen Parrish How does a book get made into a movie? It varies depending on the project, but it often requires patience, perseverance, and knowing…
Sep 27, 2018
College Theater to Stage ‘Votes for Women’
By Bill Landauer Alice Paul, famous American activist for women’s rights, once said, “I feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one…