“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…
Student Group Spotlight: SOL Studios
Sophomore Yanni Yang and seniors Nathan Glazer and Daniel Green practice in the recording space at SOL Studios. Photo by Sebastian Evans Tucked away in the basement of the Music-Drama Center, in the corner of WLFM studios, is Students of Lawrence Studios (SOL). SOL has been an organization on campus for many years now, bringing…
German Black arts and activism film screening
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…