Arts

A Writer’s Chat: Authors Antony John and Blanche Boyd discuss young adult fiction, writing methods

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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...

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Connecticut College, 1940-1950

Editorials, Multimedia

The 1940s was an unsettling decade for the College and the world.  In 1941, the Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor and...

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Young Dancers Hold Their Own

Arts, Reviews

Myers Dance Studio echoed with stifled coughs. The faces of my peers were menacing, each smile concealing colonies of scheming pathogens,...

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Playing Her Swan Song

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“Energetic,” “exotic” and “eccentric” are all terms one could use to describe the stereotypical art teacher.  But when you...

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The King of Limbs

Arts, Reviews

After The King of Limbs was announced a week before its release, I was certain there would be some ridiculous purchasing/marketing gimmick...

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Upset With Grammy Upsets

Arts

On February 13, Bieber nation exploded. The cause? Justin Bieber’s loss of the Best New Artist Grammy to little-known jazz musician...

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The Oscars, Cont. Conc.

Arts

Way to go, Jerell. It’s Oscar season, and you couldn’t even get through all the Best Picture nominees. It’s not your fault – the...

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Bright Eyes Getting Brighter

Arts, Reviews

Conor Oberst – better known as his musical personae Bright Eyes – has never seemed like an overly pious man. The material on this new...

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