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Going Marbles: A Different Spin on Formula One

Going Marbles: A Different Spin on Formula One

Zoe Plattner May 15, 2020

(Graphic: Nova Clark / The Ebbtide) With the uncertain postponement of the 2020 Formula One racing season, few options remain for racing fans: they can watch reruns of previous races, turn to the world...

Review: “The Half of It” Goes the Full Mile

Zoe Plattner May 15, 2020

“The Half of It” blends comedy and poignance as the main characters deal with loss, turmoil and self-acceptance. (Photo Courtesy of Netflix) Despite being set in a fictional town, it should...

Opinion: COVID-19 and the College Experience

Opinion: COVID-19 and the College Experience

Zoe Plattner May 1, 2020

( Photo illustration: Tim Gouw via Unsplash) I’ve always had a bit of a fatalistic streak. I believe that my generation is doomed to confront mass extinction with global warming and that the U.S....

Bingo: Online Learning Edition

Bingo: Online Learning Edition

Zoe Plattner April 19, 2020

Where cabin fever meets learning, online courses in the time of COVID-19 are far from conventional. Compete against friends in different classes by crossing off each wacky social distancing encounter...

Photo courtesy of Genevieve Trainor

Theatre In The Time of COVID-19

Zoe Plattner April 17, 2020

What is a play without an audience? In the wake of COVID-19, SCC professor Tony Doupe has been grappling with this question and others as he takes theater to a new level — digital. “Even in a...

Review: “Black Leopard, Red Wolf”

Zoe Plattner March 6, 2020

Imagine if Game of Thrones was set in mythical, tribal Africa but every character was pansexual and had magical powers. Toss in a heavy dose of psychedelics and dial up the level of graphic sex and violence...

Arts and Entertainment Calendar — March 6, 2018

Zoe Plattner March 6, 2020

The Threepenny Opera 7:30 p.m., Feb. 28-29, March 6-7; Campus Theater 3 p.m., March 1, 8 Set in the dark underbelly of 1800s London, “The Threepenny Opera” follows the story of Macheath (Mack the Knife)...

A Musical for the Masses

Zoe Plattner February 21, 2020

Premiering in 1928, Bertolt Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera” brought a tale of crime and corruption to theatergoers. The German “play with music” focuses on the relationships between and how...

Arts and Entertainment Calendar — Feb. 21, 2020

Zoe Plattner February 21, 2020

The Threepenny Opera 7:30 p.m., Feb. 28-29, March 6-7, 3 p.m., March 1, 8; SCC Theater Set in the dark underbelly of 1800’s London, The Threepenny Opera follows the story of Macheath (Mack the...

Valentine’s Day for the Disaffected

Zoe Plattner February 9, 2020

Chocolate, wine and roses are nice, but it’s 2020 and a new decade calls for a new tradition. For those sick and tired of heart-shaped candies and raspberry flavors, here are some wacky ways to show...

The Winning Front

The Winning Front

Zoe Plattner January 24, 2020
Director Sam Mendes takes audiences into the trenches in his new wartime masterpiece “1917.”
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