Review: An Evening with Nik Walker
Sabrina Zhou and Sarah Hughes
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...
Música y Cultura 2017
Jamie Martinez and Sascha Wolf-Sorokin
June 3, 2017
Filed under Arts, Showcase
The auditorium shook with the powerful beating of the drums and strumming of guitars. The strong voices of the combined choruses sang an arrangement of traditional Puerto Rican bombas. This was the beginning of the annual music and dance performances in Música y Cultura. The Música y Cultura assembly, which has be...
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: 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, ...
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: Jazz Improv Music Festival
Jan Bloch, Staff Writer
December 4, 2016
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
With both the audience and the musician on stage, a very personal experience occurred on Dec. 2 in the Roberts-Dubbs Auditorium. This concert was led by three groups of musicians. The first group was led by Jorrit Dijkstra and were called Matchbox Trio. The second group was the Junior Music Collective, and the third group was the A...
Review: Needs Improvment Battle
Susanna Kemp, Staff Writer
May 31, 2016
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
The Needs Improvment “Battle” on May 28 in the Roberts-Dubbs Auditorium pitted alumni against current members of the improv troupe in a good-natured competition that was both hilarious and bittersweet, as it marked the last performance for the seniors. The current members of the troupe marched on...
Review: Student Directed
Leon Yang, Raven Bogues, and Karina Lorenzo
May 31, 2016
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
Student Directed, which was performed on Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21 featured a series of twenty-minute plays directed and performed by students. Friday, May 20 “High School Musical”: Adapted and directed by sophomores Felicia Rosen and Emily Gerson and written by Peter Ba...
Review: Don’t Knock Opportunity
Rosa Stern Pait, Co-Editor in Chief
May 18, 2016
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
A high school senior who got into his dream college in another state but decides not to go because he needs to take care of his younger sisters. A biracial girl who isn’t sure which box to check for “ethnicity” on official documents. A 19-year-old who learns about confidence and identity while d...
Gallery: Progressions Preview 2016
Cleo Falvey, Arts Writing Editor
May 3, 2016
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
Progressions, the high school dance department's annual showcase, debuts Thursday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Roberts / Dubbs Auditorium. Until then, browse the gallery below, which was taken during the dress rehearsal for the show. ...
Review: Revisions
Cleo Falvey, Arts Writing Editor
January 15, 2016
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
Variety is the spice of life, and variety was certainly in abundance at Revisions 2016. Held in Dance Studio One in the Tappan Gym at 7:30 p.m., the showcase of dancing, singing and improv had the theater crowded. A supportive audience was engaged throughout the entirety of the 90-minute show. The n...
ROM: Chestnut Hill Restaurant
Penelope Cruz, Staff Writer
January 12, 2016
Filed under Arts, Restaurant Reviews
We arrived and took a seat on the plush bar stools. The blue walls covered with pictures and paintings, reinforced the feeling of a local, homey restaurant. A smiling waitress brought over a menu. As we browsed through our brunch options, we heard the quiet chatter of the people around us. The Che...
Review: An Evening with Nik Walker
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 alum...
June 13, 2017
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June 10, 2017
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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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