Daft Punk. Lorde. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Imagine Dragons. What do these artists have in common? They all won at least one Grammy last Sunday, January 26. The televised award show, complete with performances by favorites Beyonce, Katy Perry, Kendrick Lamar, and more, aired on CBS to millions of excited viewers. Wheaton students scrambled to […]
Category: Arts and Culture
Thirteen nervous and excited performers filled the Lyon’s Den with energy on Saturday, November 2, at 7:00 p.m. at the Wheaton College Poetry Slam, hosted by iSpeak. Five winners earned a spot on the Wheaton College 2014 slam team that will compete at Colleges and Universities Poetry Slam Invitational, CUPSI, March 12 thru March 15, […]
Ask any woman you know if she’s experienced street harassment and unfortunately, chances are she will say yes. Street harassment is a pervasive problem that underscores the idea that men own and dominate public spaces, and women’s bodies are there for their enjoyment and entertainment. While street harassment can be incredibly frustrating and disheartening, women […]
They’re back! “The Vagina Monologues” and “Wheaton Words,” formerly known as “Wheaton Monologues,” will be making appearances at Wheaton once again in the upcoming spring semester. Emily Bergmann ’16 and Kate Gannon ’16 are the producers of “The Vagina Monologues,” with Gannon as the director, and Blair Davis ’14, Emily Stoddard ’14 and Sophie Howard […]
The Loft was packed the night of Oct. 10. Perhaps it was the draw of free pizza that brought in the crowd, but as likely as that possibility may be, it may have also been that night’s performer: one Wilson Sadowski. Name ring a bell? That might be because he just so happens to be […]
Come one come all to Wheaton College’s MakerSpace, the WHALE Lab, located in the Science Center room 1340! Wheaton’s MakerSpace is full of equipment for projects and prototyping, from designing intelligent robots, to making chainmaille, and building the next Facebook! The WHALE Lab, which is an acryonym for Wheaton Autonomous Learning Lab, is full of […]
This year, Wheaton faculty and students welcome Kelly Goff and Patrick Johnson to the college community. Professor Johnson is the instructor for both the film production and screenwriting classes, previously taught by Jake Mahaffy. Johnson hails from New Hampshire and graduated from Vassar College with a degree in film. He attended Boston University for his […]
On Friday Sept. 20, I found myself far more satisfied to find out that Mike’s Bakery is a band here at Wheaton, rather than an actual bakery. Upon walking into the Den, I stumbled into a line of students hoping the $100 open tab would cover their food and drinks. The place quickly filled up […]
This past week, the Beard and Weil Galleries, located in Watson, have been open to the Wheaton public for an exhibition dedicated to examining the clash between nature and culture. Five artists were featured in the exhibition: Elizabeth Keithline, Rob MacInnis, Sally Moore, Sandra Stark, and Alison Williams. Williams gave a talk on September 19, […]
ARTHive, the student organization with a passion for all things related to art and art history, has been bringing students with a love for the arts together for years. “My favorite aspect of ARTHive is that it’s a really close-knit group of students who try to take their interests in the arts to an entirely […]