If you’re lucky, smart and had some spare time on your hands this past month, you’ve had the chance to see some of the work that Wooster’s senior art students have done for their Independent Studies. The last of them is on exhibit this week at Ebert’s Sussel Art Gallery, and is well worth the visit. (more…)

Last weekend, the Shakesperiments presented their second annual all-student Shakespeare production.  This year the offering, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was directed by Katie Markovich ’12 and featured a large, dynamic and energetic cast. (more…)

Wooster creative forces have really outdone themselves. No less a renowned figure than Andy Warhol is showcased at the Ebert Art Center, and Wooster students have found away to make Warhol’s art their own.

This alchemy was the result of an inspired meeting. The current Ebert exhibition features Warhol photographs of celebrities and socialites, taken during the last decade of the artist’s life, many of them simple point-and-shoot or Polaroid snapshots. Continuing their tradition of featuring student work alongside gallery installations, the art museum invited students of Kim Tritt’s choreography class to create their own interpretations of Warhol’s photography for performance in the gallery. Each of the student choreographers rose to the occasion, creating dance pieces that capitalized (and expanded) on the wealth of concept that lies within Warhol’s artwork. (more…)

This week, Managing Editor Chalkey Horenstein spoke with author Nin Andrews, who visited the campus on Wednesday, April 21. Andrews is well known for works such as The Book of Orgasms and Midlife Crisis with Dick and Jane, and has just recently released her latest work Southern Comfort. Read on to hear Andrews discuss her latest work, as well as her creative writing process as a poet. (more…)

If released by a lesser band than Streetlight Manifesto, “99 Songs of Revolution: Volume I” would receive a completely different review.  However, as it was released by Streetlight, I find myself forced to compare it to their previous work, most notably their second to most recent album, “Somewhere in the Between.”  While “Between” was one of the most original and exciting ska albums I had heard in a long time, “Songs” is an album of covers, which seems like a step backwards.  It certainly aspires to be more, but when “more” is made up of a series of additional cover albums, it still leaves a nasty taste in my mouth. (more…)

A unique trait of Wooster’s art major is that at the end of the year, members the of college campus actually get to see what the seniors have been working on for their Independent Studies.

To showcase their projects, the seniors produce an engaging exhibit that people actually want to go and look at on their own time. Sarah Harbottle ’10 and Alice Case, ’10, present two projects that, — while very different — both ask the viewer to engage in conversation with the artwork. (more…)

Wooster is nationally recognized for the Independent Study program, its challenging academics and freak cases of spontaneous weather patterns. But a commonly overlooked feature on campus is the powerful and creative force in the chartered modern dance concerts. This past weekend, the Wooster Dance Company, a chartered organization, produced its annual Spring Dance Concert in Freedlander Theatre. The show was directed by Professor of Theatre and Dance Kim Tritt and was the final performance of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s 2009-2010 season. (more…)

I was faced with a serious dilemma over spring break: watch “Desperate Housewives” with my mom or watch a gay film on the web? I chose the latter. Armed with my MacBook Pro, a wireless internet connection, and some goldfish, I logged into logotv.com in search of a free queer movie. With the ever growing popularity of TV networks posting their shows online for free, Logo Online, the website from Logo TV (from the MTV Networks — no “The Real World” here) boasts what I would consider to be the widest variety and selection of free video content catered to the gay community. (more…)

The world of children and the world of adults lie side by side in this week’s Independent Study Exhibition, currently on display in the Ebert Art Museum. The two projects complement each other nicely, despite the obvious tension between them. (more…)

I’ve learned not to expect too much from animated action films lately — they tend to be beautiful, but insubstantial.  Boring plots and clichéd characters are the norm.  So going into Dreamworks animation studio’s “How to Train Your Dragon,” my bar was set pretty low.

This explains how surprised I was when it turned out to be thoroughly enjoyable film. (more…)