I love tarot cards and doing readings, so for this issue, I want to give each sign a reading! Don’t @ me, this is for fun…. Scorpio | Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 Tarot Card: The Lovers Interpretation: Love is in the air! Embrace your relationships, whether that be romantic, platonic, or something in between! […]
Category: Arts and Culture
Senior Theater Ensemble
“There’s something called the sad clown paradox in the stand-up comedy world, which means that those who make a living making people laugh often struggle with depression and other mental health challenges that are anything but funny… It can be perhaps be theorized that humor provides the comedian with a feeling of control over a […]
Shazam Movie Review
“Shazam” is the first DC movie in a long time that is pure and simple fun. After an onslaught of dark, brooding and completely misguided failures, DC has finally scaled it back and made just a light-hearted, entertaining superhero romp. The story follows Billy Batson, a young orphaned boy who gains superhuman abilities when he […]
This past weekend, students at Wheaton College put on an exciting and creative Ten-Minute Play Festival. Each play was a concise and original production, written, directed, and performed by students. The plays were written carefully and with a clear purpose, and the students only had one hour to direct and rehearsal before the big reveal. […]
Their voices echoed through the silent chapel, bounced off the walls, and left the audience stunned with the immense power and meaning of the stories. This past week, Wheaton students took part in the Wheaton Words event and recited various monologues to students, faculty, and local community members. The monologues were performed on three different […]
Prof. Case Brings Poetry to Life
The concert began with a composition written by John Harbison. The text was selected from 1 Samuel 3:3-21 of the King James Version of the Bible. “Harbison’s setting of the piece is ultimately an exploration of how we react to the mysterious call of the Divine, which may call to us at times and places […]
Once on This Island, directed by associate professor of theater design Clinton O’Dell, opens at Weber Theater on Thursday, April 4 and continues to run Thursdays through Saturdays until April 13. The musical features a cast of fifteen Wheaton students as well as Alivia Cross ‘19 as stage manager and Ian Hamilton ‘21 as assistant […]
Skylark and Wheaton Performance
On Saturday, April 6, Wheaton’s chorale group put on a concert with Skylark, a Grammy Nominated Voice Ensemble. The spring weather complimented the beautiful voices that rang out in Cole Memorial Chapel on Wheaton’s campus. The Wheaton College Chorale and Chamber Singers began Saturday afternoon’s concert with their own performance of eight songs with pieces […]
Just Star Stuff (Issue 11)
Hello fellow students! The weather is getting warmer and I have a question for y’all: are you ready for BUGS?! Scorpio | Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 Stranger Things! Season 3! Let’s get hyped, my fellow creepy ghoul busters! If you’ve never seen it, the universe demands that you do. Now, please, do yourself this […]
A Review of US by Jordan Peele
The time has come once again where Jordan Peele astonishes the world with his great capacity for creating beautiful horror and horrific beauty. “US” premiered March 22 in the states as Peele’s second horror film and has in a short time already received numerous praise, millions of dollars, and infinite questions. For my own review, […]