Category: Arts & Entertainment

  • Each Wooster a cappella group has unique spirit

    Megan Tuennerman Contributing Writer For young adults of our generation, it may feel like a cappella came into the public eye only seven years ago, with the release of “Pitch Perfect” –– but the long and winding history of a cappella here on Wooster’s campus proves that is not the case. Today, Wooster has six…

  • The Scene: The day the music died — celebrating 60 years of rock and roll

    I had not been born yet on the day the music died. In fact, I doubt I ever would have known of music’s untimely death if I had not been so enamored by singer-songwriter Don McLean’s eight-and-a-half-minute song, “American Pie,” when I was little. Though the lyrics are complex, poetic and anything but straightforward, I…

  • Viktor and Rolf exhibits avant-garde pieces in Spring Fashion Week

    Camryn Rosenstein Contributing Writer If anyone has ever seen “Sex and the City,” then they would know that fashion week truly begins the first week of February. However, what they do not tell you is that there is actually another fashion week right before “fashion month.” This fashion week is Spring Couture Week, which takes…

  • Dungeons and Dragons goes far beyond the high school player

    L.J. Martin Contributing Writer Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a table top role-playing game (TTRPG), meaning that the players assume the identities of characters which they design while responding and building on a story that is told by the game master, or GM. However, the world the players exist in is governed by rules, and…

  • “Crystal” glides into new possibilities for the circus

    Elena Morey A&E Editor Cirque du Soleil has a strong reputation of astonishing audiences all over the world with their seemingly impossible feats of acrobatics, strength, flexibility and courage.  The company started out as a group of humble street performers in Quebec City, Canada in 1980.  The troupe was founded by Gilles Ste-Croix and they…

  • Carolyn Webster’s studio art I.S. tackles controversial issues

    Zeke Martin Contributing Writer In the internet era, when all the bad news in the world is only a few clicks away, even the most diligent activist starts to feel like the world’s troubles are distant figures, a quiet hum in the background of their daily life. Using her thought-provoking independent study,  studio art major…