Category: Arts & Entertainment

Zeke Martin Contributing Writer   Content warning: Sexual violence Last Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which manages the Academy Awards, also referred to as the Oscars, announced several new standards for representation and inclusion that will be required for eligibility in the Best Picture category starting in 2025. These…

Kidi Tafesse Arts & Entertainment Editor   This year has been filled with unexpected challenges and even more  unexpected losses. One of those losses was actor Chadwick  Boseman at the young age of 43 on Aug 28, 2020. A four-year battle with colon cancer is no easy feat, but playing moving, meaningful roles the way Boseman did is something…

Holly Engel Arts & Entertainment Editor   Some non-chilling tales from the “King of Horror” Many people looking for a good scare in the safety of their own home, like me, will leave the lights on and curl up with a thrillingly  spooky book by Stephen King. King may be best known for The Shining,…

Kamal Morgan Senior A&E Writer  A journey of reconciling with love and doubt blends with a blast from the past with ’80s beats. The future blending together is a new sound for Abel, aka The Weeknd’s newest album “After Hours.” His silky voice over the ’80s synth beats provides a pop style of upbeat sounds…

Megan Tuennerman A&E Editor This weekend, the theatre and dance department is sharing the story of Henrietta Leavitt through a production of “Silent Sky,” directed by professor Jimmy A. Noriega. Leavitt, who is being played by Annie Sheneman ’22, was a female astronomer who worked at the Harvard Observatory in the 1900s as a “computer”…

Elena Morey Washington D.C.’s Synetic Theatre is no usual performing arts company. In Synetic’s own words, their name comes from “synthesis: the coming together of distinct elements to form a whole, kinetic: pertaining to or imparting motion, active, dynamic” which equals “Synetic Theatre: a dynamic synthesis of the arts.” It was founded in 2001 by…