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…
Preview: Best Friends Improv
On Jan. 31, Lawrence University’s own Best Friends Improv Team will host their first performance of 2020 in Harper Hall. The Lawrentian spoke with sophomore team members Emma Bergholz and Kelly Foy to preview the upcoming performance, and to learn more about the team. Foy was very excited for the team to have their Harper…
Campus movie night celebrates MLK day
On Wednesday, Jan. 15, the Center for Community Engagement and Social Change sponsored a showing of HBO’s “King in the Wilderness” in the Warch Campus Center Cinema. Students, staff and community members alike attended the event to kick off a week of service and dedication in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The documentary,…
LU Live showcases variety of talent
In an event organized by WLFM and SOUP, a handful of musicians competed for a paid gig by performing songs for an audience of Lawrentians, who then decided which act to award the opportunity of a performance with a monetary stipend. All of the performers were excellent, but only one act was able to land…
Contact improv group performs
On the evening of Friday, Jan. 17, the contact improvisation group Set Go came to campus as the second installment in the 2019-2020 Dance Series put on by the university. Set Go is a research and performance ensemble founded in 2016 including five members with over 60 years of contact improv experience combined among all…
Where is Greta Gerwig, you cowards??
“Congratulations to those men,” said actress and writer Issa Rae after announcing the Best Director Oscar nominees on the morning of Monday, Jan. 13. Her words, though said in passing, dripped with the disaffected contempt of a woman scorned. There are a lot of trends in the past week’s Oscars nominations that I do not…
Movie Review: Bombshell bombs
I was so geeked to see “Bombshell.” The trailer, showing Charlize Theron looking exactly like Meygn Kelly while Billie Eillish’s “bad guy” throbbed in the background, was absolutely gripping. Unlike recent movies that have recounted political and historical events like “Vice,” “The Post,” and “The Big Short,” the sexual harassment allegations and subsequent firing of…
Cello guest recital and master class
On Monday, Jan. 13, acclaimed guest cellist Matthew Zalkind brought three works first collected in his debut solo recording to Lawrence University’s Harper Hall, including pieces from composers Bach, Michael Brown and Zoltán Kodály. He explained that he feels that these works have a strong sense of “kinship,” which allows him to fully explore the…
Movie Review: “Uncut Gems”
Adam Sandler did not get an Oscar nomination, but that does not mean he did not deserve one for the entertaining and fascinating picture “Uncut Gems.” Sandler plays Howard, a dealer in New York City’s diamond district. He runs a small shop and sells jewelry to people like NBA player Kevin Garnett and anyone else…
Upcoming: Student climate art show
What began as just a vague idea by seniors Amos Egleston and Christina Sedall to unite Lawrentians is now a student-run art show series called Uncovered that accepts submissions of art in any medium. In the winter of 2019, the two friends expressed to each other their concern that art is not always an accessible…