Accessing student-led theatre on campus
Renny Acheson, A&E Editor
February 13, 2020
A beloved cartoon took on a new form in Maxey Auditorium on Dec. 6, 2019. The “Scooby Dooby Doosical,” written and directed by sophomore Fi Black, premiered as a one-night show with music written by senior Koby Haigerty. The Whitman student actors in the production aimed to reimagine the classic ...
Wire Watch: Feb. 13-19
Jaime Fields, A&E Reporter
February 13, 2020
One Act Play Festival Thursday, Feb. 13-Sunday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m. (Thurs.-Sat.), 2 p.m. (Sat.-Sun.), Harper Joy Theatre The annual One Act Play Festival features three short one-acts written, directed and produced entirely by students. Come to all three then vote on your favorite. Whitm...
Lantern Festival celebrates culture and community
Kaitlin Cho, A&E Reporter
February 13, 2020
Strings of lanterns decorated with riddles hung across the Reid Ballroom ceiling on Saturday, Feb. 8. Beneath them, crowds of people crossed from one activity to the next. Long lines circled the food and boba milk tea station, which featured chicken and bowls of tapioca, respectively. On the opposing...
Johanna Stoberock explores fictional worlds during Visiting Writers Reading Series
Sienna Axe, A&E Reporter
February 13, 2020
It’s a question out of a fairy tale: what if, instead of accumulating in the ocean or in one of the millions of man-made dumps around the world, all of humanity’s trash washed up on one island? And what if it served as food for giant, magical pigs? On Thursday, Feb. 6, Senior Adjunct Assistan...
Portland-based artist navigates identities through “Looking for Tiger Lily”
Jaime Fields, A&E Reporter
February 6, 2020
Last Thursday, Jan. 30, the usual humming of constant student rehearsal and performance in the Harper Joy Theatre was disrupted for a unique opportunity. Anthony Hudson, known professionally as Anthony Hudson/Carla Rossi, brought the one-person show, “Looking for Tiger Lily,” to the Alexander Stage...
Banff Mountain Film Festival in review
Ann Karneus, A&E Reporter
February 6, 2020
Last Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Walla Walla community packed into Cordiner Hall for the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival. One of the many stops on its 285+ destination world tour, Banff showcases a variety of short films about outdoor recreation and adventure. With tickets free for Whitman students and f...
“Fire Stories” explores ecology and history
Renny Acheson, A&E Editor
February 6, 2020
The jagged remains of a ponderosa pine marked by centuries of fire stand feet away from a flourishing specimen of the same species. Entitled “Enduring Witness,” this photograph depicts two adjacent trees on a hillside, illustrative of the impacts of wildfire in Oregon’s Wallowa-Whitman National Forest...
Wire Watch: Feb. 6-13
Sienna Axe, A&E Reporter
February 6, 2020
Feb. 6: Visiting Writers Reading Series: Johanna Stoberock Thursday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m., Kimball Theatre in Hunter Conservatory Whitman’s own Senior Adjunct Assistant Professor of English and General Studies Johanna Stoberock reads some of her own writing as part of Whitman’s Visiting Writers R...
“Ripe Frenzy” demands dialogue on school shootings
Rohan Press, A&E Reporter
December 12, 2019
For senior Miranda LaFond, dramaturge (i.e. literary advisor) for “Ripe Frenzy” — a play by Jennifer Barclay telling the story of a high school shooting in a small town in upstate New York — the violence of school shootings complicates our individuated understanding of "perpetrator" and encourages...
Wire Watch: Dec. 12-19
Ryder Brookes, A&E Reporter
December 12, 2019
"Ripe Frenzy" Thursday, Dec. 12 - Dec. 15, 8 p.m. (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday), Harper Joy Theatre The third production of the fall semester: a play centered around a school shooting and questions how much US society is to blame for this crisis. Faure and Brahm...
Tara Graves joins the Sheehan Gallery team
Kaitlin Cho, A&E Reporter
December 12, 2019
Tara Graves is many things: a former corporate worker who resigned after 10 years to go to art school, a photographer, an art studio owner. On Oct. 28, she also became the Sheehan Gallery assistant. Graves found her way to Whitman after resigning from her position as the Walla Walla Foundry’s photo...
WEB Winter Wonderland: Skating and singing into the season
Sienna Axe, A&E Reporter
December 12, 2019
On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the platform outside of Cordiner Hall was turned into a winter wonderland — WEB’s Winter Wonderland, to be exact. Between hot drinks, ice skating and performances from Whitman’s a capella groups, the event had something for everyone attending. This is the first time WEB has been able to ...
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