Ava Illi, Staff Writer
November 7, 2025
Starting Nov. 7, the doors to Wilder Main will open for one of Oberlin Student Theater Association’s finest productions yet. Through a hyperawareness of current political implications and an unwavering commitment to artistry, the cast and crew of Tony Kushner’s first full-length play, A Bright Room Called Day, have made this story feel not so far from our own lives at Oberlin College. Directed by College second-year Alice Rosenberg, the ensemble of brilliant students brings a friend group...
Jasper Swartz, Production Editor
November 7, 2025
Fans of Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos rejoiced at the announcement that the acclaimed director would be returning with an Emma Stone collaboration in his new black comedy tackling aliens conspiracy and corporate greed, Bugonia (2025). The film, which was released late this October, is a remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, though Lanthimos diverges from the original in his interpretation. Lanthimos has, in his highly productive past decade, sharpened his trademark absurdist...
Spencer Elkind, Staff Writer
October 31, 2025
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is one of the most renowned works of English literature and is considered by many to be one of the first science fiction stories. In the modern day, Frankenstein’s monster is among the pantheon of iconic pop culture beasts, right up there with vampires and werewolves. Although the novel has been adapted to the screen dozens of times, the latest attempt comes with a degree of prestige attached. Boasting a star-studded cast, an Oscar-winning director, and a blockbuster...
Griffin, Frerichs
October 10, 2025
Last Friday, Dr. Marcia Baron, OC ’76, James H. Rudy Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University, presented her lecture “Aesthetic Manipulation?” in King Building. Over the course of the lecture, Baron discussed what aesthetic manipulation is and the discourse surrounding its existence. She explored the notion that there is a constant and active interplay between an artist’s intention, the art’s expression, and the viewer’s conceived perception. Baron expressed excitement regarding...
‘As You Like It’ Showcases Joy, Humor
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‘One Battle After Another’: Passionate Yet Imperfect
October 3, 2025
Eva Fraser, Staff Writer
September 5, 2025
Throughout her career, Professor of Dance Ann Cooper Albright has pioneered research and embodied practice in dance. Albright recently won the Dance Studies Association’s 2025 Outstanding Scholarly Research in Dance Award for her contributions to the field. Her written work, consisting of six monographs and four edited essays with more on the way, takes her everywhere. This summer, she taught intensive contact improvisation workshops on both coasts, and this fall, she is teaching courses in Paris...
Chloe Boccara, Arts Senior Staff Writer
April 4, 2025
On Wednesday, April 2, Noh Theater: Artists-in-Residence Tokyoite performers Uzawa Hikaru and Uzawa Hisa hosted a music workshop and demonstration. Hazy light streamed in through tall windows of David H. Stull Recital Hall and illuminated Hikaru as she danced. On her right sat Hisa, singing in Japanese, captivating her audience with resonant vocals. They immersed listeners in an excerpt from Kiyotsune, a Noh warrior play. Noh is one of Japan’s premier performing arts and has existed for over 650...
Dlisah Lapidus, Arts & Culture Editor
March 7, 2025
Each semester, student-run dance troupes such as VIBE Dance Company, CHOREO Dance Crew, and Kinetic come together to present their work at the Student Dance Showcase. While SDS usually takes place late in the semester, this year it was programmed for March 14, giving the dance groups less time than typical to prepare their work. College third-year Gabby Grau has been co-directing SDS since fall 2023. “A lot of the dance groups don’t have their own show so this is where they perform their...
Sydney Collinger, Senior Staff Writer, Layout Editor
November 15, 2024
The Oberlin Pole Dance Club, an up-and-coming student organization, will present their first performance, Soirée Noire. The show will feature several acts at The ’Sco tonight at 10 p.m. This is the first time Oberlin Pole will put on an event showcasing only its own acts. In opposed past shows, they have collaborated with OBurlesque or OCircus. “I’m excited [for this show] because it’s groundbreaking for [our] student organization ,” College third-year and club founder Natalie Frank...
Chloe Boccara, Arts Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2024
From four new auditioners last semester to 24 this semester, CHOREO Dance Crew has shot up in popularity. The questions arise: How did CHOREO gain popularity so quickly? What lies ahead for this up-and-coming group? Interviews with CHOREO’s three directors — College third-year Annalise Curl, College fourth-year Evelyn Williamson, and College fourth-year Julia Stuart — lend insight into CHOREO’s history, present, and future. CHOREO is a multi-genre dance group that draws considerable inspiration...
Sydney Collinger, Senior Staff Writer, Layout Editor
March 15, 2024
A plethora of exuberant “Yes Aunty!”s reverberated through the crowd at drag queen Dr. LaWhore Vagistan’s show “Lessons in Drag” at the Cat in the Cream Monday. The show included some lecture, some lip syncing, and some audience participation. The show sought to inform people on South Asian and South Asian-American issues through drag, and it successfully did just that. Dr. LaWhore Vagistan is the drag queen persona of Dr. Kareem Khubchandani, associate professor of Theatre, Dance, and...
Sloane DiBari, Arts & Culture Editor
November 7, 2025
Erica Dawn Lyle is a musician, artist, writer, and cultural instigator. During her artist residency at Oberlin last week, she hosted a reading of her prose and poetry and a writing workshop, and she put on a largely guitar-based improvised musical performance at the Cat in the Cream. She is currently touring in support of her new album, On Fire, and continuing to develop her improvisational skills and sensibilities. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What brings you to Oberlin? It’s...
Neuro-Oncologist Gives Lecture on How Music Shapes Brain, Impacts Health
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Chloe Boccara, Arts Senior Staff Writer
October 31, 2025
This Tuesday, Oberlin community members joined Curatorial Assistant in Education Ellis Lane for a guided exploration of artwork and bodymapping — an art form that visualizes bodily experiences — at the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The event took on a three-part schedule. First, Lane guided attendees through a tour of two artworks: “Do you want us here or not (MHR) - Bench” by Finnegan Shannon and “Nest Egg for Transient Childhoods” by Sharona Franklin. By discussing Shannon’s bench...
October 3, 2025
This Monday, Dr. Jorge Lucero, Anthony J. Petullo professor of Art Education and senior associate dean for faculty affairs at the University of Illinois, presented his lecture on conceptual art, “No Wasted Moves: On the Pliability of Teaching as a Creative Practice.” The talk featured a presentation of Lucero’s own artistic practice and philosophy of turning everyday life into art, before moving to a Q&A with the audience, a mixed group of faculty and students who almost filled the entire...
Chloe Ko, Arts & Culture Editor
September 26, 2025
As generative AI becomes increasingly ubiquitous and advanced, institutions at various levels are reevaluating their policies on how to work with this tool, or questioning if they should at all. Since President Carmen Twillie Ambar’s announcement of the Year of AI Exploration at Oberlin this fall, the Studio Art faculty, staff, and students have raised questions and concerns about what the emergence of AI means for their field. Will AI replace artists? What are the ethical and environmental implications?...
Chloe Boccara, Arts Senior Staff Writer
September 12, 2025
Art Library hosted the first event in a new series of programs called the Artists’ Books Show-and-Tell. On the second Tuesday of each month, students can drop by the CWAL and browse a new collection of art books curated by Art Librarian Eugénie Fortier. This first event focused on perceptions of home: What makes a home? What memories reside in different rooms, and how do artists bind these memories into books? During the Show-and-Tell, Fortier guided students through books that explored these...
AMAM Exhibits Address Questions of Radical Artwork
September 5, 2025
Student Expresses Opinion on Smithsonian Museum’s Erasure of Queer Narratives
April 25, 2025
Oberlin Faculty Reflect on Allen Memorial Art Museum Teaching Residency Program
March 14, 2025
The small town of Oberlin, Ohio is known for a vast array of things: the College, the Conservatory, the lovely community, the artistic variety that shines through every spray-painted rock in Tappan Square, and every band from every genre playing at the Cat in the Cream. But perhaps one of the most quintessential aspects of our beloved city is one outsiders might not expect: the unique spread of deliciously charming restaurants. From cupcakes to curry, tater tots to tofu skins, and burrito bowls to...
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Sloane DiBari, Arts & Culture Editor
September 19, 2025
Kathryn Metz, director of Musical Studies, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship administrative coordinator, and senior lecturer, is an ethnomusicologist who works...
Junwoo Oh, Staff Writer
May 9, 2025
College fourth-year Oona Shain is a Comparative American Studies major with a minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and an Education Studies integrative concentration....
Dlisah Lapidus, Arts & Culture Editor
May 2, 2025
College second-year Ayesha Ghosh has already made a strong impact on the spiritual arts at Oberlin. In her first year, Ghosh started the Healers Collective, through which...
Dlisah Lapidus, Arts & Culture Editor
April 25, 2025
Margaret Killjoy is an author, musician, activist, and anarchist. She is best known for her speculative fiction, particularly the Danielle Cain series, which began 25 years...
Sadie Howard, Arts & Culture Editor
April 18, 2025
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. How did you get to be a judge for the National Book Awards? And what is something about that experience you’re looking...
Chloe Ko, Arts & Culture Editor
April 11, 2025
Skye Jalal, a College fourth-year and a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow majoring in Art History and Studio Art, has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which will...
April 4, 2025