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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 10
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Senior Sal “SL Goldmine” Goldblatt plays DJ gigs on campus and in the community. Photo by Dana Kendrick

DJ SL Goldmine brings passion for music to Walla Walla

Sienna Axe, A&E Reporter February 27, 2020

Whitman senior Sal Goldblatt has been a DJ since the fifth grade when his parents bought him his first mixer. “It wasn't even turntable. It was just, like, a soundboard with two little iPod things—you...

Wire Watch: Feb. 28- Mar. 6

Wire Watch: Feb. 28- Mar. 6

Ann Karneus, A&E Reporter February 27, 2020

Jazz Combos Concert Friday, Feb. 28, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Chism Recital Hall  Presented by the Whitman College Department of Music, this concert re-imagines popular hits. This event is free and...

Sophomores Annika Cahill and Ash Wells perform student-composed work in the Spring Composers Concert. Photos by Amara Garibyan

Spring Composers Concert: Communicating through creation

Kaitlin Cho, A&E Reporter February 27, 2020

On Sunday, Feb. 23, Chism Recital Hall reverberated with song: the sonorous bellow of a cello, the bright voices of horns, the smooth sweetness of a clarinet. The Spring Semester Composers Concert, which...

Rachel Elfenbein analyzes gender, labor and politics in book talk

Jaime Fields, A&E Reporter February 20, 2020

On Wednesday, Feb. 12, Whitman College played host to a unique event: Rachel Elfenbein, a Walla Walla local, came to give a talk and open up discussion on her new book, “Engendering Revolution: Women,...

Wire Watch: Feb. 20-27

Wire Watch: Feb. 20-27

Kaitlin Cho February 20, 2020

Salsa Night at Reid Friday, Feb. 21, 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Reid Ballroom Come learn how to salsa dance with Ritmos Latinos, snack on chips and salsa and dance the night away. This event is free and...

Whitman students perform in the annual One Act Play Festival, which featured pieces written and directed by students. Photos by Dana Kendrick.

One Act Play Festival offers theatre for students across communities

Ann Karneus, A&E Reporter February 20, 2020

This past weekend, the Whitman Department of Theatre put on the One Act Play Festival, where three, roughly 20-minute one act plays were showcased at the Alexander Stage in Harper Joy Theatre. Students...

The Winter Orchestra Concert occurred on Feb. 14. Photo by Thomas Lemoine

Winter Orchestra Concert connects visual arts and music

Sienna Axe, A&E Reporter February 20, 2020

Junior Grace Gutierrez, a first violinist in the Whitman orchestra, had never experienced anything like it in her three years playing at Whitman: as the orchestra played under dimmed lights, a screen behind...

Whitman student actors portray Fred, Daphne, Velma, Scooby and Shaggy, re- spectively, as they solve mysteries in the midst of their sophomore year. Photos contributed by Fi Black.

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...

Wire Watch: Feb. 13-19

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...

Students celebrate the end of the Lunar New Year at the Lantern Festival, organized by China at Whitman.

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...

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...

Anthony Hudson/Carla Rossi performed the one person show Looking For Tiger Lily on Thursday, Jan. 30, at Whitman Colleges Alexander Stage in Harper Joy Theatre. Photos contributed by Chelsea Petrakis

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...

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