Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
Julia Peterson

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor

Julia Peterson is a third year Psychology and Creative Writing major who started working at the Review in Fall 2015. She is a big fan of musicals, Doctor Who, and feminist science fiction, and she edits The Dead Hear Footsteps, Oberlin’s longest-running radio show.
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Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part One: Millennium Approaches opened in Hall Auditorium Thursday night. The play explores human nature and queer identities in a series of interconnected narratives set in 1980s New York.

Tony-Winning AIDS Epidemic Epic Remains Relevant

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 13, 2018
Acclaimed Brazilian guitarists Rogério Souza and Edinho Gerber, with percussionist Lucas Ashby, perform a program of Brazilian music in the Birenbaum Innovation and Performance space Tuesday night.

Duo Violão Brasil Stages Varied Brazilian Guitar Performance

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 6, 2018

CDS Serves Up Sweet Food Skills Lessons

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 30, 2018

Kickboxing, Martial Arts Empowers Individuals

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 30, 2018

Full Interview Transcripts: Oberlin Engages In Wider Conversations About Sexual Misconduct

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 10, 2018

Britton Cherrypicks Statistics, Presents Narrow View

Roman Broszkowski and Julia Peterson
March 9, 2018

Oberlin Engages In Wider Conversations About Sexual Misconduct

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 9, 2018

“The Tangled Lands” Explores Feminism, Environmental Justice

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 2, 2018

MRC Speaker Series Features “dapperQ” Founder

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 23, 2018

Tamora Pierce Pens Triumphant Return to Tortall Universe

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 16, 2018
Cast members perform in Angel’s Bone, a contemporary opera about human trafficking composed by Du Yun, OC ’01.

Alum’s Pulitzer-Winning Opera Presents Dark, Twisted Plot

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 9, 2018

OSLAM Poets Present Grand Slam, Select 2018 CUPSI Team

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
December 8, 2017
Cast members from Heathers: The Musical performed the cult ’80s hit dealing with issues of teen suicide, murder, and clique culture in Wilder Main Space Nov. 17.

“Heathers” Explores Dark Elements of High School

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
December 1, 2017

Chicago Boricua Resistance Presents Puerto Rico Teach-In

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
November 17, 2017
Buffalo-based musician Derick Evans performed an experimental show in Fairchild Chapel last Friday night, which included his original one-act musical Through The Night.

“Through The Night” Strikes Warm, Thoughtful Tone

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
November 10, 2017
Rocking Out the Revolution

Rocking Out the Revolution

Julia Peterson and Ellis Lane
November 10, 2017
Community member Meeko Israel performs two poems during Friday night’s Voices Against Human Trafficking event at the Cat in the Cream, accompanied by Mohit Dubey on guitar.

“Voices Against Human Trafficking” Combines Education, Performance

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
November 3, 2017
Drawing on the Romani romance and improvisatory instrumental traditions, as well as on genres such as Gypsy jazz, Romani band Gypsy Strings performed at the Cat in the Cream Monday night. The band — headlined by violinist George Batyi and featuring Alex Udvary on cimbalom, Billy Rose on guitar, and Anthony Rose on double bass — has toured extensively across the United States. The band was hosted at Oberlin by the Russian and East European Studies course, Roma, “Gypsies,” Travelers.

Gypsy Strings Setlist Suffused with Tradition

Julia Peterson and Ellis Lane
November 3, 2017
Visiting Assistant Professors Andrea Joki, Mimi Kato, Corrinne Teed, and Adjunct Instructor of Painting Donna Coleman present their artwork in The Visitors, a shared exhibit running until Nov. 10.

Visiting Faculty Showcase Works in New Baron Gallery Exhibition

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
October 27, 2017
Conferencegoers attend the second day of panel presentations on race, art, and aesthetics last Saturday.

Conference Addresses Intersections of Race, Aesthetics

Victoria Albacete, Julia Peterson, and Ananya Gupta
October 6, 2017

Lack of Gun Laws Fails U.S. Citizens

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
October 6, 2017

Queer Romance, Intimate Staging Elevate “Circle Mirror Transformation”

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
October 6, 2017
The Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, visited Oberlin Tuesday night to play an all-Beethoven concert in Finney Chapel featuring pieces like the Coriolan Overture and Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. The Cleveland Orchestra’s visit to Oberlin is a cornerstone of the Artist Recital Series, and comes mere weeks after Oberlin Conservatory students joined members of the Cleveland Orchestra, Credo Music, and Cleveland Institute of Music students to play a benefit concert to raise money for hurricane relief. This year, the Cleveland Orchestra is celebrating its centennial season.

Cleveland Orchestra Brings Beethoven to Finney Chapel

Julia Peterson and Ellis Lane
October 6, 2017
The Punch Brothers perform in Finney Chapel last night. The sold-out concert was the culmination of their fall residency.

Punch Brothers Infuse Bluegrass with Classical, Jazz Influences

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 29, 2017
Organ Pump in Finney

Organ Pump in Finney

Julia Peterson and Ellis Lane
September 29, 2017
President Carmen Twillie Ambar made her conducting debut last Friday night, leading the Oberlin Orchestra in Johann Strauss’ Radetzky March.

Jiménez, Ambar Conduct Opening Oberlin Orchestra Concert

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 22, 2017
Oberlin Conservatory students and faculty members joined musicians from the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Credo Music to play a benefit concert in Cleveland’s Severance Hall to raise funds for hurricane relief.

Concert Exemplifies Collaboration in Face of Disaster

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 15, 2017
Andria Derstine, the Allen Memorial Art Museum’s John G. W. Coles director, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the museum’s completion with a variety of special exhibitions and programs.

On the Record with Andria Derstine, AMAM Director

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 8, 2017
The Allen Memorial Art Museum hosted the opening “First Thursday” event of the academic year yesterday. This month’s event offered an evening of Chinese classical music performed on the guzheng by Ohio Heritage Fellow Weichih Rosa Lee. The performance complements the exhibition of Chinese paintings currently on view at the museum. “We haven’t had classical Chinese music at the AMAM in a long time, so this is a special treat,” Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art Kevin Greenwood wrote in an email to the Review.

First Thursday

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 8, 2017
College seniors (left to right) Abe Post-Hyatt, Kyle Tribble and Gabe Simon perform at Illusion, Solarity’s fall event that took place in Hales Gymnasium. The organization’s spring event, Atlantis, will be held tonight in the Heisman Club Field House.

Solarity’s “Atlantis” Returns to All-Student Roots

Victoria Garber and Julia Peterson
May 5, 2017
Poet, editor, and assistant professor of English at Cleveland State University Caryl Pagel reads to an audience in Wilder Hall. Pagel came to Oberlin Wednesday to give a poetry reading in which she debuted several new works.

Second-Person Prevails in Pagel’s Occult, Political Poetry

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
May 5, 2017
Student actors staged a dramatic reading of The Enchanted, a work in progress by John Kander, OC ’51, and Greg Pierce, OC ’00.

Oberlin Alums Pen Enchanting New Musical

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 28, 2017
Conservatory senior Sarah Snider DJs as part of Lambda for Lambda, a fundraiser held at the ’Sco for Lambda Legal, a legal advocacy organization for LGBTQ people. The event was part of Queerfest, an annual series organized by the Multicultural Resource Center that celebrates Oberlin’s queer community.

Jay-Marie and Friends are ‘Here, Queer & Staying’

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 21, 2017
The cast of for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf performs a dress rehearsal Wednesday evening. The production opened yesterday at 7:30 p.m.

“for colored girls…” Celebrates, Honors Black Women

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 14, 2017
Students from ASA perform in Colors of Rhythm last Thursday, an annual showcase of artists and performers of color on campus organized by the Multicultural Resource Center.

“Colors of Rhythm” Highlights POC Performances

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 7, 2017

Drag Ball Goes to Hell and Back with New Theme, RuPaul Performances

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 31, 2017
The cast of Oberlin Opera Theater’s production of Cendrillon, which opened in Hall Auditorium Wednesday and runs through Sunday.

‘Cendrillon’ Opera Charms with Quips, Fantasy

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 10, 2017
Hector Aristizábal arrived in Oberlin to run several theater workshops and produce a forum play with students and community members.

On the Record With Hector Aristizábal, Actor

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 3, 2017

Russian Documentary Highlights Narrative of Resistance

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 24, 2017
College senior Isabelle Harari speaks at “Roots: Exploring Jewish Identity Through Family Stories & Culinary Traditions,” an event Wednesday put on as part of the “How Do You Jew?” series.

‘Roots’ Celebrates Jewish Food, Family Trees

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 17, 2017
College junior and Obies for Undocumented Inclusion co-chair Zurisaday Gutierrez-Avila speaks at the Immigrant Narratives Open Mic at the Cat in the Cream last Friday.

Open Mic Night Centers Immigrant Narratives

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 10, 2017
From left to right, College sophomore Brian Weaver and actor George Roth perform during Tuesday’s dress rehearsal of Peter Sagal’s Denial in Hall Auditorium.

Questions of Constitution, Morality Explored in Sagal’s Denial

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 3, 2017

Music Activism Makes Waves at Oberlin, Beyond

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
December 9, 2016
Director John Beder leads a panel of Conservatory faculty at the Apollo Theatre Wednesday night after screening his film Composed. Discussion revolved around the film’s exploration of performance anxiety in professional musicians, hoping to shed light on a little-discussed area of the music world.

Beder’s “Composed” Sheds Light on Stage Fright

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
December 2, 2016
The cast of OMTA’s Fly by Night, a rock fable depicting the fraught lives of an array of people living in New York City, holds a dress rehearsal in Wilder Main Space Tuesday.

OMTA Looks from Stage to Stars in “Fly By Night”

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
November 18, 2016

“Neighborhood 3” Probes Technological, Generational Disconnect

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
November 11, 2016

Halloween Burlesque Treats Audience, Bodies with Respect

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
November 4, 2016

AMAM’s “Conversations” Explores Asian Artistic Influence

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
October 28, 2016
MacArthur Genius Alison Bechdel, OC ’81, author of the award-winning graphic novel Fun Home and co-creator of the famed Bechdel Test, returned to Oberlin to present to an audience of students and professors Tuesday.

Bechdel Returns to Oberlin to Talk “Fun Home”

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
October 7, 2016

Monika Herzig Workshop Addresses Gender Disparities in Jazz

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 30, 2016
The community of Lorain gathered for the FireFish festival Saturday, a day-long celebration meant to expand the city’s art scene and jumpstart the local economy. The main event involved marching a giant papier-mâché fish to the river and setting it ablaze.

Lorain’s FireFish Spectacle Signals Restoration

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 23, 2016

Abortion Access Event Celebrates Triumph in Face of Adversity

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 16, 2016
Wildfire Test Pit, one of two exhibits by Fred Wilson that opened Thursday, is an homage to Edmonia Lewis, the 19th century Oberlin student and neoclassical sculptor.

Fred Wilson Intervenes at AMAM Sculpture Court

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 9, 2016
Still Life with Skull, Pocket Watch, and Roses by Matthieu Platte-Montagne is one of various works on display in the Allen Memorial Art Museum’s Ripin Print Gallery. The piece is part of the Time Well Spent exhibit, organized by Curator of European and American Art Andaleeb Banta and Juliet Vincente, OC ’16, curatorial assistant.

New AMAM Exhibit Promises Time Well Spent

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
September 2, 2016
Daria Martz, 13, and Alison Chan, 14, duel as part of Oberlin Children’s Shakespeare Project. The group will perform Hamlet on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in Wilder Main.

Children’s Shakespeare Project Brings ‘Hamlet’ to Wilder Main

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
May 6, 2016

Top Conservatory Pianists Compete in Dann Competition

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 29, 2016

Cast Gives Haunting Performance of “Dido and Aeneas”

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 22, 2016
Feature Photo: Oberlin College Choir

Feature Photo: Oberlin College Choir

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 15, 2016
College sophomore Julia Butterfield and College first-year Casey McKinney share a conversation in Third. The play, performed April 7–10 at the Little Theater, deals with political identity on college campuses.

Teacher, Student Grapple with Identity in ‘Third’

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 15, 2016

Tran, Bhattacharyya Illustrate Asian Histories

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 8, 2016

Student Translators Face Ethical, Lexical Challenges

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
April 1, 2016

Screenshot Show Challenges Curatorial Norms

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 11, 2016
Raphael Jiménez conducts the Oberlin Orchestra in Finney Chapel Saturday. The Orchestra’s program featured Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor and Professor of Composition Stephen Hartke’s Symphony No. 4.

Duphil, Oberlin Orchestra Pack Finney Chapel

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
March 4, 2016

Division of Contemporary Music Presents First-Year Composers

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 26, 2016
Oberlin’s Artist in Residence for February, Duy Phuong Le Nguyen (left) and Art Department Co-chair Pipo Nguyen-Duy pose in front of Nguyen’s photos in the Richard D. Baron ‘64 Art Gallery. The exhibit, Holding Water, depicts Tri An Lake in Vietnam.

Nguyen Blurs Line Between Candid and Staged

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 19, 2016

Okoye Returns to Oberlin with Harriet Tubman Opera

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 12, 2016

AMAM Highlights Disabled Artists in A Picture of Health

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor
February 5, 2016
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