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Artist of the Week Gabriel Straus ʼ23 on the Cohesiveness of Singing

When I met Gabriel Straus ʼ23, I felt a little undressed when I compared my jeans and boots to his collared shirt and sweater. He’d had a fellowship interview that morning, he told me. As a senior, Gabriel is considering what life

December 1, 2022

Arts

Artist of the Week Alexis Metoyer ʼ23 on Her Love for Diversity in Dance

Alexis Metoyer ʼ23 started ballet accidentally at four years old when her mom put her in a class to help burn some excess energy. The choice to stick with it, though, has been Alexis’s every year since. A decade and a half

October 27, 2022

Arts·Highlights

“Bella Bateekh in: Out of Mind” Brings Theater Off the Stage and Into the Audience

When I arrived in the lobby of the Frear Ensemble Theater fifteen minutes before “Bella Bateekh in: Out of Mind” was set to start, an usher told me to wait; the show hadn’t started yet, and no one could go inside and

October 27, 2022

Arts·Highlights

Artist of the Week Mirabai Smoot ʼ23: the Connectivity of Music

When the first notes of a concert ring out and the audience quiets, a musician hovers in a state of nervousness and excitement. Months of practice, however, must come before the figurative curtain can rise. One of the first things Mirabai Smoot

October 20, 2022

Arts·Highlights

Artist of the Week Catherine Wang ʼ23 on Life as Inspiration

Catherine Wang ʼ23 finds inspiration everywhere and in everything. In our interview, she expressed that everyday life often becomes part of her writing, and the media she engages with is often the basis for her visual art. “For me … there’s this

September 29, 2022

Arts·Highlights

Artist of the Week: Lizzie Agyei on Dance as Identity

Though she didn’t start dancing officially until high school, Lizzie Agyei ʼ25 first fell in love with dance when she was little, through her family and Ghanaian culture. “I have a very musical family in general. Like my mother used to sing

September 15, 2022

Highlights·Opinion

Zoom vs. Neurodivergency

According to dictionary.com, ‘neurodivergent’ is defined as “relating to or showing atypical neurological behavior and development.” This sounds a little stiff, and most people’s immediate impressions may be of the stereotypical autistic-coded person in any number of TV shows and movies. The

February 10, 2022

News

Crumb Cafe Opens for the First Time Since Spring 2020

The Crumb Cafe has been a popular late-night food stop for students over the past few years but went dormant after COVID-19 shut down Swarthmore in the Spring of 2020. This Fall, Crumb opened its doors once again. Beginning with a soft

November 4, 2021

Arts·Highlights

Pig Iron Theatre’s “Love Unpunished” Depicts the Grief of 9/11 Through Movement

“I am searching for the provocations that lead me to let me live this life more fully, to find beauty in its mundanity and not so much in the grand narratives that give us comfort,” said director Dan Rothenburg in the playbill

September 30, 2021

Features·Highlights·News

The Pig Iron Theater Company Comes to Swarthmore with Love Unpunished

Founded by Swarthmore College alums in 1995, the Pig Iron Theater Company has created over 30 original works and toured internationally in countries including England, Scotland, Poland, Lithuania, Brazil, Ireland, Japan, Italy, Romania, and Germany. During the Fringe Festival in 2006, five

September 30, 2021

Eva Nahass

Artist of the Week Gabriel Straus ʼ23 on the Cohesiveness of Singing

Artist of the Week Alexis Metoyer ʼ23 on Her Love for Diversity in Dance

“Bella Bateekh in: Out of Mind” Brings Theater Off the Stage and Into the Audience

Artist of the Week Mirabai Smoot ʼ23: the Connectivity of Music

Artist of the Week Catherine Wang ʼ23 on Life as Inspiration

Artist of the Week: Lizzie Agyei on Dance as Identity

Zoom vs. Neurodivergency

Crumb Cafe Opens for the First Time Since Spring 2020

Pig Iron Theatre’s “Love Unpunished” Depicts the Grief of 9/11 Through Movement

The Pig Iron Theater Company Comes to Swarthmore with Love Unpunished

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