Carla Simón’s movie “Estiu 1993” follows the story of a young child named Frida who has recently lost her parents to AIDS and is taken in by the family of her uncle. It is a minimalist drama of a childhood that includes loss, change, and happiness. The majority of the movie contains beautiful shots which…
UPCOMING EVENT: Latin American and Spanish Film Festival
This week, from Wednesday, April 25 to Saturday, April 28, is Lawrence University’s seventh annual Latin American and Spanish Film Festival (LULASFF). Between Wednesday and Saturday, film screenings will be shown in Warch Cinema at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. each day. In anticipation of this exciting event, The Lawrentian has interviewed two of the…
Film Review “Finding Vivian Maier”
“Finding Vivian Maier” is a documentary film made in 2013 that traces the story of a previously unknown photographer and nanny by the name of Vivian Maier. This documentary is alluring for many reasons – where other documentaries can lack excitement while droning about the background of a person, Vivian’s history is both mysterious and…
Artist Spotlight: Emma Jensen
Photo by Bridget Bartal Though performance is only one aspect of music study at Lawrence’s Conservatory of Music, performing music has been part of senior and Horn Performance major Emma Jensen’s life for longer than she can remember. She started playing horn in elementary school and has known since age 12 that she wants…
Chapel Welcomes Percussionist Colin Currie
Currie pictured on stage. Picture by Taylor Blackson. On Friday, March 30, Lawrence Memorial Chapel welcomed famed percussionist Colin Currie as part of Lawrence’s Artist Series. Before the performance began, Currie stated that the recital’s goal was to showcase modern percussion masterpieces by both popular and lesser-known artists. His program notes stated, “This allows an…
Book Review “Gerald’s Game”
CW: sexual abuse Stephen King has seen his fair share of success with his most popular horror novels, including “‘Salem’s Lot,” “It,” “Carrie” and “The Shining,” to name a few. These and many others have been adapted into films and TV shows throughout the years. I’ve read roughly 30 out of his 54 published…
Twitter-famous comedian visits Lawrence
Comedian Brandon Wardell performs to a large crowd at the cinema. Photo by Nidi Garcia On Friday, Jan. 5, Lawrence University’s Warch Campus Center cinema experienced a stand-up comedy set by Brandon Wardell. Wardell is a 25-year-old comedian with over 500,000 Twitter followers who has experienced great success in the comedy world since his work…
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra performs “The Planets”
Assistant Professor of Music Mark Dupere conducts LSO as they perform Holst’s “The Planets.” Photo by Nidi Garcia On Sunday, Nov. 5, Lawrence Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and Cantala performed “The Planets: Suite for Large Orchestra, op. 32” by Gustav Holst in Lawrence Memorial Chapel. This widely-popular suite was a delight to attend, and it was…
Informative oboe recital held in Harper Hall
Guest artist and lecturer Abby Yeakle Held performs in Harper Hall. Photo by Taylor Blackson On Sunday, Oct. 29, a guest lecture-recital was held in Harper Hall by Abby Yeakle Held, D.M.A., entitled “The Viennese Oboe and its Classical and Romantic Repertoire.” Yeakle Held performed a song on the Viennese oboe and a song on…
Film Review “The shining”
In 1977, Stephen King wrote his third novel, “The Shining.” In 1980, Stanley Kubrick created a film based on this novel. As a precursor, I will happily acknowledge my bias in writing this review; King and Kubrick are respectively two of my favorite creators of all time. Though I have read upwards of thirty Stephen…