Tuesday, Sep. 29 was marked by the first event in a series on Black art and activism in Germany. On this Zoom livestream, sponsored by numerous departments on campus and in collaboration with the German department at Davidson College, students were joined by Nigerian-German director, screenwriter and actor Sheri Hagen. Prior to the question and…
IlLUistrator excited for new term
Students may have encountered the little zines called the ilLUstrator that showed up across campus in common spaces and dorm lobbies. Opening them, you will find doodles, photos, collage work and ample drawings of frogs doing various activities. This is the kind of space that has a legacy and continued goal of sharing art that…
Student Spotlight: Moreau Halliburton
Photo By Moreau Halliburton Even through indirect relations to junior Moreau Halliburton, it is easy to tell that her creative practice is grounded in art, activism and identity. Since the abrupt departure from campus in March, Halliburton incorporated these priorities into the projects she worked on. The idea for Homeland Beading came out of Halliburton’s…
Tiny Box Office series returns
As far as watching entertaining performances in itty bitty performance spaces, you can look to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts on YouTube. However, if you are looking for something a little closer to your Lawrence home starring someone you may have seen on campus or heard of before, then the Tiny Box Office concert series is…
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…
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…
Jazz series branches out with Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell, a Grammy-winning guitarist, performed his newest album “Harmony” alongside Petra Haden with vocals, Hank Roberts on cello and vocals and Luke Bergman on baritone guitar and vocals in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel on Friday, Feb. 7. The program asserted that the quartet “annihilates the concept of genre,” and the group delivered. The space…
LSO performs with aplomb
The Lawrence Symphony Orchestra concert on Friday, Jan. 31, started off with a booming phrase. At 8 p.m., the first piece of the evening was Dvořák’s “Slavonic Dance” No. 8, Op. 46. The appeal of this piece was that it was interspersed with layers and layers of texture, from the lighter trickling notes to the…
SOUP gives Broomball tutorial
On Monday, Jan. 27, Student Organized University Programming (SOUP) organized an event to give Lawrence students a chance to familiarize themselves with a long-standing Lawrence tradition. Broomball, a hockey-like sport, has been a wintertime staple sport for Lawrentians for years. The crowd at the event was small, but that meant the stakes were low. Erin…
Wriston opens winter exhibitions
Friday, Jan. 17, marked the opening of the Wriston Art Center Galleries Winter Exhibitions. Starting at 6 p.m., the upper floor of Wriston was bustling with people enjoying refreshments and wandering the gallery to take in the new installations. One of the featured artists, Maeve Jackson, gave a talk to honor the opening. Jackson is…
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