Music

A capella spring 2013 semester show lineup

No Strings Attached Presents: Stringin’ in the Rain! 9 p.m., Saturday, April 13 Lecture Hall 8 The Pegs’ 30th Anniversary Show 8 p.m., Saturday, April 13 ITC Building Rotunda The Treblemakers Present:...


Art

Take me out to the ball game

In the spirit of the start of a new baseball season, a new photography exhibition by Jon Plasse, “The Stadium,” opened on Monday, April 8 in the Rosefsky Gallery. ...


Arts & Culture

Contestants 'fess and impress in second-annual Mr. CIW

Students, faculty members and President Harvey Stenger crowded into the College-in-the-Woods’ Dining Hall to watch 10 of the community’s finest gentlemen compete for the title of Mr. CIW 2013. After three categories...


Music

Rage against Stockholm

In the strange and legendary trajectory that Sweden’s favorite sibling duo The Knife has followed over the last 10 years, one short video clip epitomizes their musical career and its relationship to...


Music

James Blake mixes new and old

The problem with many of James Blake’s contemporaries (electronic musicians and songwriters alike) is a lack of character. Producer and singer-songwriter Blake is able to pair his electronic musings with years of...


Movies

15 years later, a film is finished

Chris Sullivan introduced his film “Consuming Spirits” last Friday in Lecture Hall 6 and answered the audience’s questions after the screening. A professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago...


Music

What’s on Ryan Vaughan’s iPod?

Here’s a smattering of what popped up on a random shuffle play on Ryan Vaughan’s phone. ...


Arts & Culture

Making houses and friends

Twenty students, connected by a desire to help the homeless, set off on a 13-hour-long expedition to Georgetown, S.C., for its 10-day 2013 Alternative Spring Break trip. The Habitat for Humanity members...


Television

The only premiere guaranteed to be "Awkward"

“Awkward” documents the life of Jenna Hamilton (Ashley Rickards), a girl who was only recognized by her classmates after false rumors of her attempted suicide spread through the halls of Palos Hills ...


Theater

Hinman Production Company Presents: The Laramie Project

Given the tragic subject matter, the tone of “The Laramie Project,” which will be performed by students in the Hinman Production Company (HPC), may seem dark and morose; however, at rehearsal the ...