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Non-traditional theater blossoms
Mar 12th, 2010 | By Susannah StengelsAt 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday in Roberts Theater, Grinnell actors will perform—but not like your typical mainstage. The play will last no longer than 45 minutes. They will not recite monologues or pause for laughter. They will present “Flowers of E,” an image-based based performance inspired by “The [...]
Students choreograph sweet dances
Mar 12th, 2010 | By Taylor LieuwenCookies in a Dance Jar lent some sweetness to pre-hell week this semester for students facing a perhaps uncertain academic future. “I think that [the creator] just wanted to dance and eat cookies and share it with everyone,” said co-organizer Julie Podair ’12. Tessa Cheek, who serves as Arts Editor for the S&B, also co-organizes.
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Communist content, modern appeal
Mar 12th, 2010 | By Kane BalserThis Friday, March 12 at 7 p.m., the Cultural Films Committee (CFC) will be hosting an Eastern European film event at the Harris Cinema. They will be showing three Eastern European films—“Rabbit a la Berlin,” “Lotman’s World” and “Morphia” from Germany/Poland, Estonia and Russia, respectively. All of the films were released in the last two [...]
Vivian Girls may party harder than disco
Mar 12th, 2010 | By Christian CaminitiThis Saturday at 8p.m., Vivian Girls will add their name to the list of Pitchfork performers who later found their way to Gardner Lounge. The all-female, Brooklyn-based band has stirred an unusual excitement amongst students, which seems rooted in something deeper than the Girls’ burgeoning fame. Chair of the Concerts Committee, Alex Schechter ’10, attributes [...]