Two 2020 Lawrence graduates, Tanner MacArthur and Callie Kiesow, visited with Lawrence community members via Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 25 to discuss their joint show “dissolve/resolve,” which is on show now at the Wriston Art Galleries. The two were scheduled to show their senior exhibitions in the spring of 2020, but after Lawrence went online…
Art director Debrah Brehmer discusses Portrait Society Gallery
On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Debra Brehmer joined Lawrence community members over Zoom to discuss her career in the art gallery and the world of art at large. Currently, Brehmer holds the director position at the Portrait Society Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Milwaukee, which prides itself on representing both academic and self-taught artists regionally…
Student Spotlight: Matthew DeChant
Pictured: sophomore Matthew DeChant Photo by Sebastian Evans Sophomore Matthew DeChant released his debut folk album, “Out the Hollow Tree” on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Of it, he says, “When you live in a suburb, it can be easy to think that there’s nothing mythical, nothing folkloric about where you are — that it’s all…
Friday Fiber Arts Chat
Every Friday evening, a group of textile lovers and yarn enthusiasts gather to celebrate or commiserate over their latest projects. Fiber Arts and Chat is hosted by the Seeley G. Mudd Library staff members, who have held the event on and off for years, depending on the amount of student interest at the time. In…
Review: “Lovecraft Country”
The purpose of a pilot episode is to intrigue the viewer enough to make them watch more of the show. Unsurprisingly, due to the team that put it together, “Lovecraft Country” does this successfully. Directed by Cheryl Dunye and Yann Demange, both prominent Black directors known most notably for “The Watermelon Woman” (1996) and “’71”…
MLK Music for All Concert
In an effort to get more voices involved in the planning of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Lawrence, many of the events were proposed and executed by students here on campus. Throughout the day, students and community members were encouraged to register for events on disability policy and advocacy, abolition…
Review: Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit”
“The Queen’s Gambit,” written and directed by Scott Frank, became Netflix’s most watched scripted miniseries in just four weeks following its release onto the streaming platform on Oct. 24, 2020. The script was created based off the 1983 book of the same name by Walter Trevis. On a surface level, the show’s premise is a…
Black and Brown empowerment event
Juniors Earl Simons and Sarah Navy duet together in front of Warch Campus Center. Photo by Zhixuan Lyu The balminess of the afternoon on Saturday, Nov. 7 made for the perfect environment to host an outdoor event. The Committee on Diversity Affairs (CODA)’s event organizers, senior Adona Lauriano and freshmen Allison Wunderlin and Avery…
Dance meditation for Black liberation
The Lawrence Dance Series was back again over Zoom on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. to host a conversation with members from Street Dance Activism’s Global Dance Meditation for Black Liberation, which is a global collective based around bringing liberation for Black people. The idea of street dance activism is that street dance can…
Radio drama theatre series
Students preforming, “Rocket from Manhattan” Photo by Oscar Brautigam The fall show for the Lawrence University Department of Theatre Arts was supposed to be a musical — a big production with lots going on, including lots of actors and lots of close contact. What it ended up being was much more quaint. The production was…