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Embodying the Process: An Exploration of Gender and the Self in Swarthmore Theater’s ‘Orlando’

Jasper Cober-Lake '29 reviews Swarthmore Theater's production of "Orlando," inspired by Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel.

February 26, 2026

Arts

Listening to the Sarangi in a House of Music: A Review of Dr. Suhail Yusuf Khan’s Concert

Kush Kaur '28 reviews Dr. Suhail Yusuf Khan's sarangi performance and lecture at UPenn.

February 19, 2026

Arts

Artist of the Week Laura Wentzel ’26: Letting the Dance Take Over

Jessica (Yijia) Qin '28 interviews ballet dancer Laura Wentzel '26 on her approach to performing.

February 19, 2026

Arts

Artist of the Week Greta Matthies ’26: How a Dancer Recovers

Jeremy Weinstein-Sears '28 interviews pre-professionally trained dancer and incoming medical school student Greta Matthies '26 for Artist of the Week.

November 13, 2025

Arts

A Chat With Chandra: A Look at the Dance Department

Read about Swarthmore's uniquely attentive, welcoming, and extensive dance program.

October 23, 2025

Arts

GSC’s Rocky Horror Picture Show: Celebrating Tradition and Fishnets

Stay tuned for Rocky Horror on Oct. 30, 11 p.m. at Olde Club!

October 23, 2025

Arts

“An Anti-Colonial International Student’s Final Struggle” – A Review on Cui Yixin’s Senior Recital

On April 5, 2025, Swarthmore College’s students, professors, and community members witnessed a strikingly thoughtful senior recital by Cui Yixin, a senior majoring in philosophy and minoring in music. The program, exploring the Chinese literati and musical tradition of “polished jade” that

April 17, 2025

Arts

Jeremy Dutcher’s Echoed Reverberations

Jeremy Dutcher. A celebrated Canadian Indigenous musician known for masterfully blending Wolastoqiyik elements into his music. Set to perform a concert on March 21 at 8 p.m. “You want to go?” I asked my friend, who was doing math. “Sure thing,” she

April 3, 2025

Highlights·Opinion

The Performative Nature of Social Media

“Nothing on social media is real” – this idea has been repeated to us throughout our lives. The reality of this statement became jarringly clear to me recently. During my TikTok doomscroll before bed, I came across a video of a woman

March 27, 2025

Arts·Arts & Features

Artist of the Week Shannon Friel ’24 on Authenticity in Language

I pride myself on knowing a lot about my friends (maybe even at times too much), but when Shannon Friel ’24 told me a few weeks ago that she was heavily involved in the theater department, my jaw dropped. Not because I

October 26, 2023

performance

Embodying the Process: An Exploration of Gender and the Self in Swarthmore Theater’s ‘Orlando’

Listening to the Sarangi in a House of Music: A Review of Dr. Suhail Yusuf Khan’s Concert

Artist of the Week Laura Wentzel ’26: Letting the Dance Take Over

Artist of the Week Greta Matthies ’26: How a Dancer Recovers

A Chat With Chandra: A Look at the Dance Department

GSC’s Rocky Horror Picture Show: Celebrating Tradition and Fishnets

“An Anti-Colonial International Student’s Final Struggle” – A Review on Cui Yixin’s Senior Recital

Jeremy Dutcher’s Echoed Reverberations

Artist of the Week Shannon Friel ’24 on Authenticity in Language

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