Seniors Katherine (Katie) Mueller and Cynfor Lu organized and hosted a poetry slam this past week in Mead Witter. The event followed familiar beats of Lu and Mueller reading a lot of their own poetry and then opening up the stage for anyone to come up and read their own poetry. Mueller and Lu shared…
Review: Netflix’s Zumbo’s Just Desserts
As the end of the term approaches and the Lawrence Busy starts to set in at a breakneck speed, it can be nice to find time to consume media that you do not really have to think very hard about. Netflix Original baking competition show “Zumbo’s Just Desserts” is here to fill that spot. The…
“The Two Popes:” check the facts
One afternoon over Christmas break, my sister Lillian sat down in the living room and watched “The Two Popes” on her phone’s Netflix app. I was sitting near her for the greater part of her watch and distinctly remember that she had a bit of a bone to pick with the movie upon finishing it.…
Milwaukee filmmaker ponders location
Milwaukee-based artist Maeve Jackson shared with the Lawrence community several of her short films as well as her personal experiences behind them on Monday, Feb. 17. Her talk centered on her life and artistic process through several guiding questions, while most importantly asking the audience to interrogate what spaces can be used to make art…
Preview: House show at WLFM
Brought to us by the Band Booking Committee (BBC), rapper CJ Run and emo/rock band Cardboard Highway are set to make their first appearance at Lawrence University on Friday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m. in WLFM House. CJ Run is based in Chicago but hails from England. Well, they hail from a lot of places:…
Preview: “Richard III”
Every other year, Lawrence’s theatre department produces a play by William Shakespeare. This year, the department is working on “Richard III.” Professor of Theatre Arts and the J. Thomas and Julie Esch Hurvis Professor of Theatre and Drama Timothy X. Troy is directing. During the process of deciding this season’s shows last year, Troy was…
Photo Feature: Junior Trombone recital
Junior Allie Goldman gave her junior recital this past weekend in Harper Hall. Photos by Sebastian Evans.
Historian and curator gives talk
Artist, art historian and curator Stephen Perkins visited the Lawrence campus on Tuesday, Feb. 11, to talk about his career throughout the years and give a glimpse of his current art practice in Madison, Wisconsin. Perkins has lived in many places doing many different things. Friend and Associate Professor of Art at Lawrence, John Shimon,…
I told you not to see “Bombshell,” but see “Game Change”
My inaugural article for The Lawrentian was essentially 700 words about how I thought the movie “Bombshell” tried to say something but ended up saying nothing. Women standing up to Roger Ailes and eventually getting him fired from his position as the head of Fox News Corporation is a big deal, but the lack of…
Photo Feature: Open Music and Movement Jam
The monthly Open Movement and Music Jam invites the Lawrence community to try their hand at contact improvisation techniques as well as contribute their musical talents. Facilitated by Instructor of Dance Margaret Paek. Photos by Georgia Greenberg.