November 18, 2022
The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been tradition at Oberlin for nearly as long as audiences have participated in bringing the film to life. The production, which is more of an event than a show, is perfect for Oberlin, a community not afraid to go all the way and participate in song, dance, dress-up, and the general pandemonium that ensues at midnight showings of the cult classic across the globe. Prior to the pandemic, the Apollo Theatre brought in a Cleveland-based troupe called Simply His Servants,...
Nikki Keating, News Editor
November 18, 2022
It has been four years since Black Panther first appeared on the big screen. The week it came out, I remember going multiple times, and each time, I would stay until the last credits rolled. Black Panther gave me a sense of pride that I didn’t know could exist. Even today, I carry it with me, from the songs still being at the top of my Spotify on-repeat playlist to screaming “Wakanda Forever” at my sister before throwing something at her. So, it is no surprise that I rushed to the theaters...
Juliana Gaspar, Arts & Culture Editor
November 11, 2022
Editor’s Note: This article contains mention of death, grief, and sexual assault. Grisling Hall is an original play written by College fourth-year Jordan Muschler that opens this evening at 8 p.m. in Wilder Main. Grisling Hall follows two siblings, Sophie and Will, as they navigate the death of their father. Their complicated grieving process becomes an exploration of memory and legacy as they reconcile with the fact that they may not have known their father as well as they thought they did....
Kushagra Kar, Editor-in-Chief
October 28, 2022
Yes, it is a show about incest. No, it’s not only about incest, but you would be forgiven for believing that. House of the Dragon chronicles the stories of the Targaryen family 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and if we’ve learned anything from the time we’ve already spent in Westeros, incest is surprisingly commonplace. While too much focus on incest would deter much of the potential viewership, House of the Dragon presents a rare instance where incest isn’t the biggest issue...
Contact Improv Facilitates Deep, Mindful Touch During COVID-19
September 30, 2022
Olivia Wilde’s Second Directorial Feature Receives Lukewarm Reviews Ahead of Theatrical Opening
September 16, 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...
Leela Miller, Senior Staff Writer
November 11, 2022
Last month, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum returned a total of 31 Benin Bronzes in their collections to Nigeria, where the pieces were looted by colonial British forces over a hundred years ago. Earlier this week, Digital Benin launched the first ever online archive of 5,246 of these works of art from the former Benin Kingdom, housed across 131 institutions. The website also contains oral histories, descriptions...
Leela Miller and Juliana Gaspar
September 23, 2022
Studio Art majors enrolled in Oberlin’s Advanced 2D Projects course are excited to have art-making spaces all to themselves in the basement of Hales Gymnasium. College third-years Clea Gunn and Martina Taylor show off the original work on their walls and the beautiful clutter that blankets their in-use workspaces. The walls of Taylor’s space, where all their pieces are pinned, show off their experimentation with textile art. Taylor’s pieces range from smaller explorations of colors and patterns...
Kathleen Kelleher, Arts & Culture Editor
March 18, 2022
This past Wednesday, I chatted with College fourth-year Eva Sturm-Gross, a Studio Art and Religion major with a special interest in Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism. Eva is a talented multimedia artist; their works feature strange animal-like creatures and domestic scenes of breadmaking and shabbos tables. We met in the print lab and talked over a light table illuminating their most recent work in progress, a print of a person in a Purim mask walking over water with a giant fish in it. I watched as...
L. Joshua Jackson, Arts and Culture Editor
March 3, 2021
Quarantine Couture: The Black History Month Fashion Show concluded February’s celebrations with flair, as models served us looks inspired by bedroom Zoom sessions, pandemic protections, and Michelle Obama’s slay at the recent inauguration. The fashion show committee, a subcommittee of the Black History Month Committee, consisted of Director and Faculty in Residence of Afrikan Heritage House Dr. Candice Raynor, College fourth-year Jasmine Mitchell, and College second-year Jillian Sanford,...
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September 30, 2022
Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander voices have been historically underrepresented in the arts and media. Although hostility and violence towards Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders has been prevalent in the United States for centuries, the especially targeted anti-Asian hate crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a heightened demand for increased diversity in artistic spaces. There is much work to be done, and many young Asian-American and Pacific Islander artists and thinkers are...
Adrienne Sato, Senior Staff Writer
May 6, 2022
Prior to the pandemic, the SWAP book co-op, a cozy little library tucked away in the basement of Harkness House, provided textbooks to students in exchange for their old books or labor. Students could walk into the co-op at any time during its working hours to peruse the student-made shelves of books marked with different colored sticky-notes, or they could search the co-op’s online database for specific books. Now, after more than a two year break, and a move to Tank Hall’s basement, SWAP is...
Soul Session Celebrates Oberlin’s Black Community
March 18, 2022
Book Nook: A Tale for the Time Being
March 5, 2022
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January 14, 2022
Reading Recommendations from Review Staff
December 3, 2021
Book Nook: Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes and Other COVID-19 Lessons
November 5, 2021
On the Record with Creative Writing Professors Lynn Powell and Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers
October 29, 2021
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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...
Juju Gaspar, Arts & Culture Editor
November 4, 2022
College second years Lila Iyengar Lehman, Charley Schmidt, and Jaka Jacklin separately shared their experiences working in tech for show Portal. the show is co-directed by...
Juliana Gaspar, Arts & Culture Editor
October 7, 2022
Olive Klug, a contemporary folk singer-songwriter, performed at the Cat in the Cream last Sunday. Klug played some new, unreleased songs as well as fan favorites. Klug...
Malcolm Bamba and Dlisah Lapidus
September 30, 2022
Alex Corona is a Cleveland-based first generation Mexican artist whose multimedia exhibition Alma-Vision/Camposanto was on view at IngenuityFest 2022 from Sept. 23–25. IngenuityFest...
Adrienne Sato, Senior Staff Writer
September 16, 2022
College third-year Hannah Belmont is a Theater major from Chicago. She has been performing stand-up comedy for a little over a year, and in that time she has hosted and performed...
Kathleen Kelleher, Arts and Culture Editor
May 20, 2022
In 16 days, my beloved co-editor, College fourth-year Lilyanna D’Amato, will be graduating with a degree in Comparative American Studies. She laughs at my feeblest jokes...
Comedian, Actress Patti Harrison Thinks You Should Focus On What Makes You Laugh
May 6, 2022