The Wheaton College Dance Company dazzled audiences with its annual performance, titled “Dimensions,” which ran from Thursday, April 18 to Saturday, April 20. Directed by Cheryl Mrozowski and artistically directed by Andrea Taylor-Blenis, this year’s spring show presented an array of captivating performances. As a prominent dance group within the Wheaton community, the Dance Company […]
How about Wheaton Woodstock, huh? Wasn’t that just a flurry of good vibes and excitement? If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Wow! Those music people are just the coolest! I wonder what they’re like off the stage?” Then look no further. I had the lovely opportunity of getting to know four of the wicked bands […]
My creative process is in fact, messy. My photography professor has described my work as “organized chaos.” I make photographic work, I make short films, and recently have involved myself in the process of producing and creating music. For the purposes of this article, I would like to explain my creative process through the retelling […]
On a humid and gray day in late April, one of the sections of Jessie Knowlton’s ornithology class stands crowded around the edge of a pond in Caratunk Wildlife Refuge in Seekonk, MA. Most people’s binoculars are pointed towards a tree in the distance, some murmuring excitedly, others standing silently in concentration, almost everyone holding […]
I saw Alex Garland’s Civil War with my friends because the movie seemed like an entertaining, if self-serious warning about how America could descend into a civil war. The trailer featured cool shots of the White House getting blown up, and as Vulture film critic Bilge Ebiri said in his review “Americans sure do love […]
Last month, I ventured to my favorite restaurant in the greater Norton area for a little St. Patrick’s Day brunch. I’m going to withhold from mentioning their name for two reasons: One, it’s hard enough to get a table at 10:30 on a Sunday without the sweaty, hungry hordes of Wheaton College students swarming the […]
Crosswords are one of the purest forms of a puzzle, one of the originals. Dating back to Arthur Wynne in 1913, crosswords were first born in diamond shape. Now, they look all sorts of funky. In a way, crossword puzzles are like people: they can come in every shape and any size, and while most […]
It may seem ridiculous now, but before our digital age of streaming and the internet, media used to exist in a physical format. Sure, you remember your parent’s CD collection, or an old VHS player with their clunky tapes. And for those audiophiles out there, you may even have a vintage vinyl collection that you […]
When was the last time you watched a movie and said “Oh god, this guy again? Is there anything he isn’t in?” It feels like that happens to me more and more these days. I am constantly thinking about why certain actors are reused again and again and some are fantastic in one film and […]
1. Microcosmic God, Theodore Sturgeon Sturgen’s Microcosmic God is a short story that follows a scientist named Kidder, and the microscopic beings he has created called the Neoterics. Kidder’s island, on which he lives by himself, is inhabited by a higher authority, Conant, as he builds a large power source. Although Kidder is a genius, […]