Wouldn’t it be nice if upon your birth you were welcomed with thunderous applause? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you received adulation, adoration and $1,000 per month just for being alive? Last Sunday, this is exactly what happened; for while most students were relaxing and reveling in the melting snow, a few students engaged in…
Voice department gives recital
On the evening of Friday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m., Harper Hall was host to a semi-annual Area Recital by Lawrence’s own vocal performance majors. The recital gave many in the voice department the opportunity to showcase years of work. The recital began with “Lonely House” from the opera “Street Scenes” performed by junior Jack…
Professors of piano give duo recital
At all hours of the night, far past the limits of the Conservatory life, the sounds of hard work rustled, the turning of sheet music echoing through the halls. On Sunday, Jan. 26, all the hard work came to fruition, as Associate Professors of Music Michael Mizrahi and Anthony Padilla gave a recital with senior…
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” and the importance of world-building
Winter Term. The doldrums of every Lawrentian’s life. Having gone through three Winter Terms successfully, I thought myself well-equipped to navigate the brutal malaise of classes conducted in only six hours of daylight, the siren call of blowing off work, the naps lying in wait. And then suddenly, like a single drop of antimatter dropped…
Big Momma’s House: Volume VII
There is a tendency among Lawrentians to assume that the city of Appleton is an uninteresting place, leading many to rarely leave campus. This column seeks to profile spots in the city to burst your Lawrence bubble, while I use my experience as a townie to give them a side by side comparison with my…
A Pair of Nifties: Romantic tension
“Anyone can do anything once” is both the motto of straight-but-experimental college kids and the darkly-muttered refrain of those who have ever written a newspaper column. When you pitch your first column, I think there is a tendency to believe you can write about your topic indefinitely, no matter what. But being able to write…
In praise of fugue writing
My Father was a man who had many regrets about his college career. But one thing he never regretted was majoring in the Great Books program. I think of this program as akin to four years of Freshman Studies, and even my dad loves to talk about how useless the classes have been in real…
Big Momma’s House: Volume VI
There is a tendency among Lawrentians to assume that the city of Appleton is an uninteresting place, leading many to rarely leave campus. This column seeks to profile spots in the city to burst your Lawrence bubble, while I use my experience as a townie to give them a side by side comparison with my…
A Pair of Nifties: The Hollywood to Broadway Pipeline
If you chant “Bloody Mary” three times, you can summon Bloody Mary. And if you say Swiper the Fox’s name three times, he is banished. So what happens if you and a friend chant “Swiper, no swiping” and “Bloody Mary” at the same time? Would both be summoned? Banished? Would you summon a different entity…
A Pair of Nifties: Adapting IP
The immortal Frank Rich, King of Broadway, once ruled the white way with an iron pen. His reviews could topple comedies, decimate dramas or mark even the lowliest moose murder-esque play a world-beater. Until one day came along his only weakness: a French nerd with a furry fetish. The Broadway musical version of “Beauty and…
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