Gantetsu-Ya serves up Japanese flavors and comfort
Sidonie Brown and Jade Kwitkiwski
December 18, 2019
Traditional Japanese music bubbles out of the doorway, spilling into the lobby of the Coolidge Corner Arcade. A curious onlooker might notice that this hip new spot closely resembles Ganko Ittetsu Ramen, its sister restaurant opened by the same owner. Stepping inside, we were immediately transported i...
“LOVE IS CALLING”: Immersive infinite beauty at the ICA
Sidonie Brown, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 21, 2019
Over her 90 years of life and artistic innovation, Yayoi Kusama has accomplished a great deal with polka-dots as her medium, often finding larger ideas of existence and meaning within their forms. She once said, “Dots are a symbol of the world, the cosmos. The earth is a dot, the sun, the stars are...
Baseball coach to retire after three decades
Sidonie Brown, Arts Editor
May 23, 2019
Before Joe Campagna ever coached baseball, he was a boy growing up in Brookline. Before he played college baseball at the University of Massachusetts, he played with his neighbors on Eliot Street. And before he served in the army or started a family, he first discovered his love of a sport to which he...
Community grapples with Robert Kraft’s alleged crimes and his donation to the school
Sidonie Brown, Arts Editor
April 29, 2019
Robert Kraft donated $100,000 to the African American and Latino Scholars Program (AALSP) during the fall of this school year following a nearly two-year long process of planning. After news broke out in February that Kraft had allegedly solicited prostitution, faculty and students came together to d...
Organization hires teens to hone creativity
Sidonie Brown, Arts Editor
January 14, 2019
On a Tuesday afternoon, while the sun dipped below the horizon, the studios of the Artists For Humanity (AFH) EpiCenter in Boston glowed with the excitement and passion of over a hundred teenage artists at work. Some hunched over sketchbooks. Others toggled with tools on a computer screen. Still mor...
Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” mirrors modern day issues
Sidonie Brown, Arts Editor
November 5, 2018
A man abusing his power to prey on women is an unfortunately familiar image. It is the story that has occupied countless headlines, provoked outrage and caused victims to come forward themselves. Now, this narrative has taken the stage in the form of this year’s production of “Measure for Measure,” o...
Wave of Asian representation in film fights stigma
Sidonie Brown, Arts Editor
October 24, 2018
To see yourself on screen is not a privilege available to all. For Asian-American viewers, representation has long been wishful thinking, an airy hope of a future without whitewashing or yellowface, stereotypical depictions or racist narratives. By perpetuating stereotypes and effectively ignoring a large pop...
AOM: Chella Garcia
Sidonie Brown, Staff Writer
June 6, 2018
During the summer of 2017, senior Chella Garcia accomplished what few can say they have done—she turned her dreams into a reality. With only some paint, a two-by-four piece of wood and a whole lot of hard work, she was able to complete a massive project and see her artwork ultimately reach the hands of h...
Students Against Human Trafficking Club aims to combat sex trafficking through education
Sidonie Brown, Staff Writer
May 3, 2018
Generating an estimated $99 billion dollars each year, the sex trafficking industry has proliferated to become the fastest growing illegal enterprise in the world, according to Equality Now. It is under these circumstances that Students Against Human Trafficking (SAHT) works to prevent commercial ...
Movie Review: “Black Panther”
Sidonie Brown, Staff Writer
April 13, 2018
Everyone knows the age-old trope: the honorable and infallible protagonist versus the nefarious bad guy, a stark contrast of good against evil. We see it all the time, but in a fresh turn, Marvel has provided us with a nuanced villain with Erik Killmonger (portrayed by Michael B. Jordan) in this year...
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