Review: An Evening with Nik Walker
June 13, 2017
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
The excited chatter of Hamilton fans could be heard throughout the auditorium. People of all ages, both families and individual students, anxiously waited for the anticipated alumni to speak. The overwhelming response to the event was evident, as the tickets sold within hours and the auditorium consi...
Review: Needs Improvment Show
Vera Targoff, Staff Writer
May 16, 2017
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
The Robert-Dubbs Auditorium speakers played songs by Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Coldplay as students and parents made their way inside, excitedly chattering about the performance to come. The first few rows were filled with students, and parents and family members spread out throughout the auditorium. ...
Review: Music Collective Spring Concert
Sofia Reynoso, Staff Writer
April 25, 2017
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
A night of jazz music commenced when sharply-dressed musicians walked on stage, eagerly awaited by parents and other audience members. With the first note, the audience was already captivated and would be for the next hour and a half. The Music Collective held their spring concerts on April 6 and 7...
Review: Enlightened Princesses
Chloe Barber, Staff Writer
March 21, 2017
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
Grand portraits of three clearly dominant princesses greet the viewers at the entrance of the exhibit with slightly condescending smiles and stone cold gazes, making the observer feel small. Though they do not look alike, all three women are similar in their outfits and atmosphere. They all wear...
Review: The “Every 28 Hours” Plays
Emma Kahn, Staff Writer
March 10, 2017
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“Will this ever stop?” A beat. Then each and every person in the over filled Black Box stood up and gave thunderous applause, all with solemn, intense, emotion filled looks on their faces. The “Every 28 Hours” Plays, directed by drama teacher Summer Williams, are a collection of 43 one minute...
Review: ReVisions 2017
Jackie Perelman, Staff Writer
February 12, 2017
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
Family members and friends sit on plastic chairs or on small foam mats, anxiously waiting to see their loved ones perform. It is a fairly small event; it has not been widely advertised and there are no programs. Yet it is a full house, and the performers are passionate people yearning to share their ...
Review: Grease
Jamie Martinez, Staff Writer
February 2, 2017
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
Go, Greased Lightning! Packed with stunningly choreographed dance numbers, talented singers and captivating showtunes, Grease, the high school’s 2017 musical, was a hit. The musical follows the trials and tribulations of the relationship between Danny Zuko, played by sophomore Diego Echeverria de Cordova, ...
Poetry Out Loud
Sofia Georgaklis and Nick Eddinger
February 2, 2017
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The high school's Poetry Out Loud competition took place on Thursday, Feb. 2 during X-block. A group of 15 students recited poems and were judged by teachers Robert Levine, Christina Shen, Sarah Kornell and Peter Sedlak. Senior Makena Binker-Cosen won first place, and Freshmen Justin Chiu and Sarah ...
Review: Borne into the Clouds
Rachel Vin, Staff Writer
January 26, 2017
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Under the white sheets of a hospital bed, junior Jacob Zachary Flanders is unrecognizable. A taut cap covers his hair, and dark lesions are strewed across his face and neck. His arms tremble at the smallest attempt of movement. Flanders is playing Peter, the protagonist in this year’s Emerson play, Bour...
Review: New Women for a New Age: Japanese Beauties @ MFA
Nick Eddinger, Staff Writer
January 20, 2017
Filed under Arts, Informational, Performance Reviews, Showcase
The late 19th and early 20th centuries were critical in defining Japanese cultural identity. The depiction of women and how they reflected the country’s struggle to preserve their culture while remaining relevant in the modern world is beautifully displayed in the ongoing exhibition of “New Women...
Review: All-Town Chorus Concert
Elene Chamberlin, Staff Writer
January 11, 2017
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
The Roberts-Dubbs Auditorium overflowed with parents excitedly chattering in anticipation of seeing their kids singing on the big stage. An animated energy buzzed in the auditorium as K-12 students darted in and about the crowd dressed in formal attire. Nearly every seat was filled and nearly ever...
Review: Needs Improvment Showcase
Maisie Kramer, Staff Writer
January 7, 2017
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
Enthusiastic theatergoers filed into the Roberts-Dubbs Auditorium before the performance started. Most of the audience members sat in the first 10 rows of the auditorium as soft music played in the background, giving the vibe of a chill, intimate coffeehouse show. The Needs Improvment show on Friday, Jan. 6 ...
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Baking with Susanna: Honey Cake
Susanna Kemp, Co-Editor-in-Chief
It’s a Jewish tradition to dip apples in honey or eat honey cake on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, to represent the beginning of a sweet year. This week is not only the ...
September 18, 2017
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June 13, 2017
Baking with Susanna: trail mix cookies
June 10, 2017
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100 Years of JFK
The Headlines of the Kennedy Years
Leon Yang, Co-Editor-in-Chief
We went to the archives to find headlines from old issues of our newspaper to see what stories were written during John F. Kennedy’s presidency. A few notable st...
June 15, 2017
Remembering Kennedy: Residents’ Stories
June 15, 2017
Kennedy advocated for the appreciation of art
June 14, 2017
JFK Presidential Library preserves legacy
June 14, 2017
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If you could interview one person, dead or alive, who would it be? Seth Rogen ...
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