10 DIFFERENT THINGS
On April 18, 19 and 20, Connecticut College’s senior Dance Department majors showcased their final theses performances in a concert titled 10 Different Things. Featuring eight original performances from seniors Liz Charky, Ayano Elson, Grant Jacoby, Jeramie Orton, Rachel Pritzlaff, Sammi Shay, Chloe Spitalny and Skyler Volpe and two solo pieces choreographed for seniors Amy [...]
“Precious” Screenwriter Screens New Film at Conn
When Geoffrey Fletcher crept quietly into Film 222 to sit in on a class discussion of Precious, I could feel the hairs on everyone’s neck — including mine — rise. The screenwriter of the 2009 film was visiting us, so the ante had definitely been upped. After a minute or so of adjusting to the [...]
“Into the Woods” Soars at Conn College
Many a story begins with the magic words “Once upon a time…” This seemingly mundane phrase finds new life onstage in Into the Woods, which played at Tansill Theatre this past weekend. This now-classic Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine collaboration has seen many productions, both regional and professional, in the last decade, leading to what [...]
Looking Forward to Floralia
Floralia — is it that time of year again already? Many consider it one of the highlights of their year, if they can remember what happened that day. While a significant portion of the campus population spends this time in an altered state of mind, the music remains the original, and arguably the most important, [...]
Evil Dead Remake Delivers Even More Horror and Gore Than Original
You’ve seen it countless times before: a group of naïve twenty-something-year-olds venture off the map for a weekend at the family cabin, bad stuff happens, each friend is left to fend for him-or-herself while mayhem ensues, etc. So what gives Evil Dead the right to carry a tagline as bold as “The Most Terrifying Film [...]
Visiting Artist, Janine Antoni, Discusses Eye Contact, Hair Painting, Chocolate and Lard
Last week, the art department was privileged and pleased to welcome Janine Antoni, one of the world’s most popular and influential contemporary artists. In addition to sharing her time with a dance, art and art history class, she also gave a talk sponsored by the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, the nonprofit group that sponsors the classes [...]
Center for Arts and Technology Symposium Preview
As seniors in the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, the following four students have been working hard on their final projects all year which, as the title implies, deal with the relationship between arts and technology. Their projects focus on different subjects and vary in mediums; projects include mixed media artwork, a musical performance, [...]
What Happens After “Happily Ever After”
Ever wondered what happens after “happily ever after”? Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods has the answers. This month, the Theater Department at Connecticut College will stage an ambitious new production of Into the Woods, under the guidance of guest director Jimmy Maize. Maize has long wanted to direct a Sondheim musical, citing [...]
The Best Places to Get Breakfast in and around New London
Conn students are perhaps most familiar with Hodges Square as a one stop-shop for booze, be it at “Hodges,” or for the younger crowd, “Universal.” (Boy, free Bud Light posters featuring scantily clad cowgirls and the occasional gift of a Four Loko sure do make it worth the trip!) But for the first three years [...]
The Best Way to Spend a Sunday: 2Wives Karaoke Day
New London’s best-kept secret is 2Wives Pizza karaoke afternoon. You read that correctly. Not night, afternoon. From two to six every Sunday afternoon you can enjoy the dulcet tones of New London residents jamming to classics that range from “New York, New York” to the prepubescent rendering of Queen’s “We Will Rock You.” It is [...]
Lee’s Oriental Market offers a wide variety of foods from Asia
Though it’s located just a short walk from Conn’s southern boundary, the exterior view of Lee’s Oriental Market strangely resembles a retail establishment from… oh, about 1953, give or take a few years. The phrase “mom-and-pop store” may come to mind, totally unbidden, at the sight of the clean but weather-beaten pale blue colonial-style house [...]
Please “Cum” Again: The Book-A-Zine is New London’s Old Sex Shop
The Book-A-Zine is a rather inconspicuous store on Bank Street. I would have easily walked right by it without noticing that it is a sex shop. As soon as I walked through the door, the man working there asked me my age, saying, “You look very young.” When I replied that I was eighteen, he [...]
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