Supernatural class investigates the paranormal in Palmer
On Friday, April 8, a group of students from Professor TJ Wellman’s class “Vampires, Miracles, Ghosts and God(s): The Supernatural in American Popular Culture,” gathered in Palmer Auditorium to try their luck at…
Harvey Hits Main Stage
Harvey, a play written in 1944 by Mary Chase and directed this May by Kristin Kerr ’11, is sure to bring audience members back to their childhoods of imagination and invisible friends….
Floralia Lineup Announced
Ah, Floralia. That solo cup sea of debauchery, henna tattoos and mosh pits. For many Conn students, this end-of-the-year event is something to anticipate, especially when it comes to which big band…
Self-made filmmaker Casey Neistat goes from Internet shorts to HBO
When entering Olin 014 to see Casey Neistat, a filmmaker who was visiting as part of C@T’s New Media Colloquia Series, those in the audience noticed something different about him. Instead of sitting…
Shake the Founder’s Day
It was like they never left. Andrew Oedel ’10, Matthew Addison ’10, Max Currier ’10, and Jon Markson ’12 set up on stage just as they had dozens of times last year, with…
Thing Called Talent: Ark Music Factory tells tweens what it takes to be famous
With the recent explosion of Rebecca Black’s single “Friday” (it’s nearly impossible not to hear at least one reference a day), a can of worms was opened up on YouTube, a can whose…
Must She Get Down On Friday?
We do not live in an age with a shortage of bad songs. But are most of those bad songs pop songs? Short answer, yes. I often forget that the only real barrier…
Different Angles
The Strokes sound different. Remove Julian Casablancas’s vocals from their new album, Angles, and I would be surprised to hear anyone guess they were hearing the same band responsible for 2001’s Is This It. It’s…
This Is Radio Macbeth
It is impossible to say that the SITI company’s recent production of Radio Macbeth was purely a joy to watch, but it was certainly an engaging production that kept the audience talking long after…
Wait Wait… Who is That?
It’s always jarring to see the true faces of radio personalities. My carefully crafted mental image of NPR broadcasters and podcast hosts (based solely on their voices) is always shattered once I…
MOBROC: A Night To…
After Griffen Alexander finished his set about the constriction of major labels and Facebook and heart break and romance and every other theme spun by Jason Mraz and the Abercrombie model looking, acoustic…
The Threepenny Opera
I decided to go in cold. I went to the preview show of The Threepenny Opera, presented by the Connecticut College Theatre Department, last Wednesday night knowing nothing but the title, and what…
The Low Anthem’s Smart Flesh
The first page of the liner notes for The Low Anthem’s Smart Flesh reads thus: “The Low Anthem’s Smart Flesh is a credible, edible* collection of 11 songs. Softer than your velvet Elvis…
Who I Am, Sometimes: Reflexion Review
Saturday night in the 1941 Room, Connecticut College’s spoken word performance group, Reflexion, held their second show of the semester. The first was on Valentine’s Day, and, appropriately, focused on relationships, both past…
A Writer’s Chat: Authors Antony John and Blanche Boyd discuss young adult fiction, writing methods
How does a stay-at-home St. Louis dad raised in England write a prize-winning young adult novel about a deaf teenage girl in the Seattle suburbs? That’s exactly what Professors Simon Hay and Blanche…
