Do you enjoy designing and critiquing art? Interested in collaborating on projects with peers and faculty members? If so, you should consider joining one of Wheaton’s newest academic clubs, Student Art League. The club is student-run and takes part in a wide variety of activities related to art and design on and off campus. A […]
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The Arts department has once again put together a diverse and exciting calendar of events for the upcoming year. The popular staples of Arts at Wheaton, including the Wheaton College Dance Company, the Ten-Minute Play Festival, and Jazz Band, will continue to be hosted, along with a number of visiting artists and performers. This semester, […]
When I tell my friends that I am going to watch a movie, their expectation is that I am going to take out my laptop, open Netflix, and find a quiet spot where I can watch my movie in solitude. This new standard of personal screening consists of sitting alone and staring at the unremarkable […]
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Wheaton hosts Sister Outsider
Most people don’t want to be an outsider, but for Dominique Christina and Denice Frohman, it seems to have worked out pretty well. The two, who happen to be two of the top three female slam poets in the world, make up Sister Outsider, an unbeatable duo of poets and activists. Wheaton was lucky enough […]
Under the red glow of ambient lights, members of iSpeak and guests Raw Elements gathered in the Kresge Experimental Theatre in Watson Fine Arts on Friday, April 4 to share spoken word and poetry for their spring showcase entitled “I am…” iSpeak is a campus slam poetry group under the direction of Tyrek Greene ’15. […]
Every year, Wheaton’s Colleges Against Cancer club promotes awareness of cancer prevention and raises money for cancer research by hosting a number of events that involve the surrounding community. On April 4, students and local residents gathered in Haas Athletic Center from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. for Relay for Life, a yearly event sponsored […]
She is an artist, a carpenter, an administrator, a writer, and a teacher. Michele L’Heureux does all of these things as the Gallery Director of the Wheaton Beard and Weil Galleries. Her skill set is perfect for a job that she describes as having no typical days. On any given day L’Heureux could be installing […]
10. Eagulls – Eagulls Eagulls fit into the loud-is-more punk tradition of bands like Iceage and Savages, but unlike those groups, their first priority is the hook. On their eponymous debut, the English five-piece uses this strategy to great effect, creating what feels less like a sprawling mess of a record than one may expect given […]
Students packed into Weber Theater to watch TRYBE, Wheaton College’s Multicultural Dance Company and first student-run dance group, present their annual gala. Titled “Versus,” the show ran Thursday, Feb. 20 through Saturday, Feb. 22. TRYBE is made up of Wheaton students who not only respect each other’s cultural knowledge and differences, but also come together […]
One mark of a good play is its ability to touch the audience even when its trimmings – save for chair and a handful of props – are stripped away, leaving only space, people, and words. Students participating in Wheaton’s New Plays Festival on Feb. 22 and 23 did not have the luxury to hide […]