On March 30, Wheaton College hosted the Basement Benefit, a concert and fundraiser designed to bring live music to campus while raising money for Relay for Life. The evening featured five Wheaton acts, each contributing greatly to an excellent evening of live music. The set-list: 1. Lose the Labels (Tory Stosse ’15) Lose the Labels, […]
Category: Arts and Culture
Concerts are fun, but paying to see big-name bands and artists can quickly bankrupt you. Fortunately, cities breed great local bands whose shows can be a new, fun concert experience. Supporting a local band is great because many of their shows can reflect the unique character of the areas they come from. They are also […]
In celebration of Women’s History month, various events have been planned to commemorate women’s achievements, as well as to raise awareness of women’s experiences in various fields. On March 7, students and faculty learned firsthand about women’s experiences as playwrights, in a talk titled “Playwrights on the Ground: Women in Action.” Three playwrights joined Charlotte […]
Last week, a new exhibition titled Drawing Out of Bounds opened in the Beard & Weil Galleries within Watson Fine Arts. Organized by Michele L’Heureux, Gallery Director, the exhibition displays work by 54 artists from 19 states, as well as one collaborative duo from France. It is a big number for a Wheaton gallery show, […]
Recently, the hip-hop charts have been dominated by albums like Watch the Throne. They rap about Bentleys and Hublots, ditching poor chicks in mall bathrooms. It’s enough to make you forget where hip-hop came from. Its roots are dirtier, wrapped in a history of drug deals and drive-bys while trying to survive in the ghetto. […]
For the past two weeks, Wheaton has had the privilege of hosting two on-campus dance group performances: The Festival of Dance and the annual Trybe Gala. Featuring the latin dance group Paraiso Latino, tap dance group Tap Out Loud and the multi-faceted dance ensemble Trybe, both events were impressive and memorable. Perhaps the most impressive […]
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 13, the Beard & Weil Galleries were filled with an audience eager to hear visiting artist Irina Muresanu, on the violin, and Professor of Music Ann Sears, on the piano, perform classical pieces for the violin and piano. The evening started with Mozart’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, followed […]
In just a few weeks, the tenth annual New Plays Festival will showcase Wheaton students’ talents in playwriting, directing and acting. The festival will take place over the first weekend in March, and will include nine plays. Professor of Theater David Fox said that the plays are a good way to “showcase the words of […]
Since its foundation in 1834, Wheaton has undergone significant changes, most notably converting from a female seminary to a college when it was granted its charter in 1912. The exhibit “100 Years, 100 Objects” at the Beard and Weil Galleries celebrates this milestone in Wheaton’s history and showcases not only stories of the college’s past, […]
A diverse audience of all ages gathered in Kresge Experimental Theater on Thurs, Feb. 7 to see Stephanie Burlington Daniels perform in the play “Birth Breath Bride Elizabeth.” Although some were prepared for Daniels’ theatrics, many were unsuspecting of the exact format of the ensuing drama as they settled in and looked at the minimal […]