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Science Saturdays at Lyman Allyn

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The art studio on the second floor of the Lyman Allyn is airy and open, with light streaming in from countless windows. It’s quiet now, but on weekends it’s packed and bustling with the noise of children.

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Dance Department Dazzles with “Degrees of Disarray”

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The Connecticut College Department of Dance recently presented “Degrees of Disarray,” a series of senior capstone performances. T...

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A Dangerous Game: Sushi in the Dining Halls Wows Some, Disappoints Others

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When I opened my phone and saw the multi-colored, overly-excited email from my SGA dorm representative saying that Harris dining hall would...

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Second Annual Pride Rally Lip Sync Battle Took Observers to Another World

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Loud music. Bright lights. Emphatic cheering. I might as well follow these descriptions with an astute exclamation of “Oh my!” To my reticent self, these things are just as intimidating as lions, tigers, and bears.

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The Things We Cling to: A Prose Poem

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Blankets, stuffed animals, washcloths, dolls, pillows… Anything that is soft enough to hold all of our young strife and all of our young...

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Kacey Musgraves Points to Where Country Music Ought to Go

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At the home studio of Sheryl Crow, Kacey Musgraves recorded the new sound of country music. In her latest album Golden Hour—the...

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With “Like Thunder,” WE Wows Once Again

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and appropriately, Conn students performed the annual Women’s Empowerment Initiative show on April 7. T

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Call Me by Your Name Relaxes Viewers with Aesthetics, Seizes with Emotional Intensity

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A stylistic and subtle two-hour-plus journey, director Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name is a beautiful film that wrestles...

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Forgive or Forsake: When an Artist Messes Up

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I read a fantasy book once that absolutely blew my mind. It was The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, and it changed how I perceived every...

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A Look Back at the 2018 Oscars

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Everybody knew that the Oscars were not going to be purely about film, and to nobody’s surprise, they were not.

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Sophomore Playwright Snubs the Canon with Secret Macbeth

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“No it works, trust me!” were the words of Aidan Gorrell ’18 to his mother when he explained to her over the phone how Wig and...

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Torrey Pines Combines Queer Identity and Punk Spirit with Childlike Wonder

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It began—like almost all films—with a clean, black slate. No color, except for that conjured up in audience members’ minds from the...

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