James Foster, Production Editor
March 10, 2023
Last week, Funny Girl released a statement announcing the closing of its run at the August Wilson Theatre. The run has been tumultuous to say the least. In February 2022, it was announced that Funny Girl, the life story of famed Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice, would be revived on Broadway later that year. Beanie Feldstein, comedy superstar, would play Fanny, starring alongside Broadway favorite Ramin Karimloo and Glee legend Jane Lynch. Although the announcement of Feldstein’s...
Yasu Shinozaki, Arts & Culture Editor
February 24, 2023
This weekend, Oberlin College students will perform Sideways Stories from Wayside School at the Kander Theater for an audience of local children. After the performance, based on the book by Louis Sachar, the cast and directors will host a “talk back” in which they will answer questions from the audience and discuss their interest in theater. There will also be a workshop on acting and comedy improvisation for children interested in the performing arts. The production is the capstone...
Kayla Kim, Sports Editor
February 3, 2023
I first watched Everything Everywhere All At Once the night of the citywide power outage last October. Though the movie was released eight months prior, I had miraculously avoided nearly all spoilers and summaries, only hearing glowing reviews and something about rocks. Naturally, I came in with high expectations. The beginning was easy to understand — a Chinese-American immigrant named Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) is struggling to save her audited laundromat and understand three family members:...
Nikki Keating and Managing Editor
February 3, 2023
Editors’ note: This article contains mention of suicide, racism, and misogyny. I’ve seen many different versions of Hamlet performed — from Hamlet set in a nuclear bunker to a Hamlet that debuted inside a food court. I’ve always loved the story, watching Hamlet’s facade of madness and need for revenge. Ophelia: A Prism, performed in the Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater, showcased a performance that not only spellbound me but easily became one of my favorite adaptations — and Hamlet isn’t...
Oberlin Theater Presents Or, Brings Hilarity to Campus
December 9, 2022
Audiences Are Overthinking Netflix’s Wednesday
December 2, 2022
Juju Gaspar, Arts & Culture Editor
October 28, 2022
There are over 17 student-led dance groups at Oberlin, including troupes like VIBE Dance Company, Kinetik Hip Hop Crew, AndWhat?!, Capoeira Angola, and more. That’s not to mention that Fall Forward and Student Showcase: Dance Umbrella are coming up. These groups offer a diverse spectrum of dance styles and many opportunities for those interested in dance to get involved. Yet despite the large number of groups, there are far more students wanting to get involved in dance on campus than already...
May 20, 2022
Bright, colorful artworks were on display in the lobby windows of the Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater this past week, marking the first part of Assistant Professor of Dance Al Evangelista’s multidisciplinary project Somewhere Good. The project is a collaboration between Oberlin’s Dance, Theater, and TIMARA departments as well as a community project between Oberlin dancers, English for Speakers of Other Languages, students of the Conservatory, and residents of Kendal at Oberlin. This Friday and...
May 13, 2022
This past Thursday, the Root Room in Carnegie Building was the site of an open band and a menagerie of spirited folk dancers. After its hiatus due to COVID-19, the Contra Dance Club welcomed the community to its first dance of the year. Contra dance, often referred to as New England folk dance, is easy to pick up; couples switch periodically, the ‘caller’ calls out instructions for each successive set of moves, and by the end, everyone has danced with everyone. Though contra’s form lends itself...
Sierra Colbert, Senior Staff Writer
April 29, 2022
Colors of Rhythm, one of the Multicultural Resource Center’s most celebrated annual events, returned to the Finney Chapel stage for the first time in two years. Colors of Rhythm was founded in 1997 by Oberlin students in conjunction with the MRC, and seeks to highlight and celebrate the talent of student-artists and performers of color. This year’s show saw performances from a wide range of students and student organizations including OSLAM, African Students Association, And What!?, South...
Jocelyn Blockinger, Senior Staff Writer
March 11, 2022
On March 11 and 12, fourth-year Dance majors Jewel Cameron and Analise LaRiviere will perform their capstone dance recitals in Warner Main Space. LaRiviere’s piece is titled Au Milieu and Cameron’s, Dance Stories. While the performances are the culmination of LaRiviere and Cameron’s dance careers at Oberlin, both performers also hope to communicate their love and dedication to the College’s Dance department. A labor of love that has taken months of preparation, the show is being put on...
Jocelyn Blockinger, Staff Writer
February 25, 2022
Over Winter Term, Rind, a new student-run, community-based art collective, held its first show. Hoping to revitalize a community of artists on-campus, the event offered participants an exciting opportunity to connect with fellow artists and showcase their own work in an informal, intimate setting. Rind is the brainchild of College fourth-year Milo Hume, who hopes the collective will achieve a future as a leaderless community. Hume was originally inspired by Los Angeles-based nun Corita...
Nikki Keating, News Editor
February 24, 2023
Michael Boyd Roman is an assistant professor of design and Black visual culture in the Studio Art and Africana Studies departments. He focuses on exploring the concepts of beauty and divinity within the Black community. Recently, he facilitated a collage workshop titled, “Collaging and Storytelling Circle,” inspired by Mickalene Thomas. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What type of art do you create? My work is dealing with this large theme of divinity...
Ava Cantlon, Staff Writer
February 24, 2023
Hidden behind the Allen Memorial Art Museum, and behind locked doors on the second floor of the Mary Church Terrell Main Library lie Oberlin’s print lab and the letterpress studio. The studio is filled with different methods of printing — for example, moveable type, a form of printing text that involves placing characters or letters on metal pieces. The courses offered in reproducible media studios are competitive: there are only a handful of spaces available, and they fill up quickly. Associate...
Maeve Woltring, Senior Staff Writer
February 17, 2023
Imposter phenomenon, often colloquially called imposter syndrome, is a formidable yet common beast. The term also constitutes a hilariously relevant piece of Oberlin trivia: clinical psychologist Pauline Rose Clance coined the term on our very own Midwestern campus in the 1970s. A popular point of discussion during Peer Advising Leaders workshops, imposter syndrome is often closely associated with that invasive feeling of inadequacy many experience during their first year at Oberlin —...
Dlisah Lapidus, Arts & Culture Editor
February 17, 2023
Norman Teague’s Africana Rocking Chair was recently acquired by the Allen Memorial Art Museum and is currently on display in the Like a Good Armchair exhibition in the Ellen Johnson Gallery. Teague is the co-founder of blkHaUS Studios and founder of Norman Teague Design Studios, and will be one of the artists representing the United States in the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture. His work ties together design, architecture, and hands-on craftsmanship to create storytelling objects. This...
February 17, 2023
AMAM Collection Houses Benin Bronze Piece, International Museums Begin Repatriation to Nigeria
November 11, 2022
Basement of Hales Home to Third-Year Studio Art Majors
September 23, 2022
Ava Cantlon, Staff Writer
March 10, 2023
Over the last week, the English department of Oberlin College hosted three scholars exploring innovative new ways to understand the European Renaissance. Alice Dailey, professor of English at Villanova University; Jennifer Nelson, assistant professor of early modern art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison; and Adhaar Noor Desai, assistant professor of literature at Bard College, presented their ideas at a symposium titled “Why the Renaissance?: How Three Scholars Reimagine the Past”...
March 10, 2023
After “The Blue Terrace” by Terrance Hayes I come from a long line of tiny Ukrainian women, Their eyes sharp and blue, their hands calloused and yellow. I once told my grandmother her hands were soft but she winced and told me stories about how hard her hands used to work when she was young; the mountains she climbed, the children she fed, the hours she spent practicing piano. I come from Mongolian rapists and their terrified wives, from a Cossack girl who sold herself into serfdom...
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Artists Emphasize Importance of Telling AAPI Stories
September 30, 2022
SWAP Book Co-op Reopens After Two-Year Hiatus, Provides Accessible Textbooks to Oberlin Community
May 6, 2022
Soul Session Celebrates Oberlin’s Black Community
March 18, 2022
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Maeve Woltring, Senior Staff Writer
March 10, 2023
Jennifer Blaylock is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and visiting assistant professor of Cinema Studies. Her academic work and research span the fields of media technology, audio-visual...
Maeve Woltring, Senior Staff Writer
March 3, 2023
Ross Karre is an Associate Professor of Percussion at the Conservatory. Before working at Oberlin, he spent 11 years working with the International Contemporary Ensemble,...
Dlisah Lapidus, Arts & Culture Editor
February 10, 2023
The day before Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture Kasia Ozga’s installation in the String Room Gallery at Wells College opened, she used a stencil and hay pulp...
Cal Ransom, News Editor
February 3, 2023
Lola Lorber, OC ’13, created a film on the Oberlin College Lanes during her senior year, titled Love of the Lanes. combining personal essay and documentary. The film explores...
December 9, 2022
Ivy Fu is a fifth-year double-degree student majoring in TIMARA and Art History major. Throughout her years at Oberlin, she has created, conducted, and installed myriad multimedia...
November 18, 2022
College first-year Issa Okamoto is a social media influencer who has gained 370.1 thousand followers on TikTok and 22.3 thousand followers on Instagram. Okamoto has been involved...
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