Category: Arts & Entertainment

  • Traveling show provides alternative entertainment

    Upon first hearing of Bread and Puppet Theater, one might imagine some sort of whole-grain-centric marionette fiasco. But after watching a performance produced by the company, it became apparent that the actors achieved a perfect balance of slap-stick entertainment and political satire.

  • Short plays deliver

    The most recent 10-minute play festival, presented by student theatre group Effie’s Players last Friday and Saturday night, was really something special, and not just as 70 minutes of compelling and hugely entertaining theatre ñ though it was certainly that. It was one of those most delightful showcases for campus talent that boasted the incomparable…

  • New art exhibits intrigue campus

    The College of Wooster Art Museum is currently showcasing two distinct collections.† One, Andy Warhol Photographs, 1975-1986, will be on display for the remainder of the semester.† The David and Karina Rilling Collection of African and Oceanic Art will be featured until April 19.

  • 82nd Annual Academy Awards sees firsts

    The 82nd Annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday, March 7, and was filled with a number of new additions to the usually predictable Oscar repertoire. Among them, in order of most to least understandable were the following: Ten Best Picture Nominees! Two Hosts! Strange Interpretative Dance Interpretations of Film Scores! But while the televised…

  • Wooster Chorus and Band tour east region

    On the college campus, we commonly see singers running off to practice for Wooster Chorus. You might even run into the pipe band members practicing outside or in McGaw depending on the season. Every year during the first week of spring break, members of the Wooster Chorus and Scot Symphonic Band embark on separate domestic…

  • Review ñ Shutter Island

    Martin Scorseseís latest film ìShutter Island” has all the elements of a great psychological thriller, from crazy people, to vivid nightmares, to strange twists and turns, and of course, a creepy child. As soon as the film begins and the camera slowly approaches the docks of Shutter Island, then passes through the main gates, itís…