The Lawrence University Wind Ensemble gave their final concert of the school year on the evening of Saturday, May 24 in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. The concert was titled “A Century of Masterworks,” reflecting that the composition dates of the words span most of the twentieth century. It was an emotional but lively evening of…
“A Night in Madrid” reveals fantastic music, dance and food
The Lawrence Baroque Ensemble put on their annual Evening of Baroque Dance in the Warch Campus Center’s Esch Hurvis room on Saturday, May 17. They chose to continue on in the Mediterranean following last year’s Italy theme. This year they moved west to Spain, with the music, dance and food centered on the theme of…
Best-selling author Christopher Tilghman visits Lawrence
Best-selling and award-winning writer Christopher Tilghman, author of the novels “Mason’s Retreat” and “The Right-Hand Shore” and professor at the University of Virginia creative writing MFA program, visited Lawrence this reading period. On Thursday afternoon, he began his visit with a reading and question-and-answer session in the Pusey room of the Warch Campus Center. Tilghman…
“The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller
I’ve never enjoyed reading myths, perhaps because they’re just that — myth — and meant for people to pass on through oral tradition rather than the written word. The bare-bone prose, often without descriptive detail, character depth, or dialogue, always leaves me somewhat bored and unsatisfied, even as I recognize that these are some of…
Alash ensemble exposes Lawrentians to the ancient Siberian art of throat singing
In the Western world, the Republic of Tuva is often best known (if it’s known at all) as a center for the art of throat singing. Tuva is a small state of the Russian Federation in southern Siberia that’s home to about 300,000 people, among them the members of Alash, a trio of master throat…
Wade Fernandez educates about Native American music
On Friday, Feb. 21, musician Wade Fernandez performed a concert in the Nathan Marsh Pusey Room of the Warch Campus Center. He created a casual, collaborative space while playing a broad range of works. Fernandez is a talented Menominee multi-instrumentalist who plays American Indian instruments as well as Western-style instruments. He plays various flutes with…
“Will Grayson, Will Grayson” explores relationships and emotions in YA lit
There’s even more hype than usual surrounding Young Adult literature author and internet sensation John Green as the June 6, 2014 release date for the movie adaptation of his best-selling novel “The Fault in Our Stars” approaches. Although I loved “The Fault in Our Stars” and consider it one of his best novels, I would…
Comic artist Brosh releases new collection
If you don’t already know about Allie Brosh, you should. Her famous blog and webcomic “Hyperbole and a Half” is one of the funniest and most honest depictions of the vagaries of everyday life to grace the internet. After a long period of silence on her website, last year Brosh published a collection of her…
Sannidhi performance blends art forms
The Ragamala dance ensemble performed Aparna Ramaswamy’s “Sannidhi” on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in Stansbury Theatre as part of the 2013-2014 Dance Series. Ragamala blends dance, poetry, and music that incorporate both Eastern and Western artistic and cultural traditions. Its artistic directors and main dancers, Aparna and Ranee Ramaswarmy, a mother and daughter duo, build upon…
Diana Wynne Jones’s “Charmed Life” pioneers themes of the fantasy genre
“Charmed Life” is the first installment in beloved fantasy writer Diana Wynne Jones’s Chrestomanci series, which marries the British tradition of stories about orphans sent to live at the estates of wealthy relatives with a story of young witches and wizards growing into their magic. “Charmed Life” was first published in 1977, but I only…
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