In their 2024 single, “Nerves,” producers Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan synthesize natural instruments with artificial sounds to create an intimate and experimental style of music. Established in 2024, this duo goes by the name ear and formed while the …
As Grace Lott ’26 entered her final year at Bowdoin, she faced a practical constraint: She had a Faculty Scholarship Grant she needed to use before graduation. Despite being a physics major, she decided to use the funding to produce …
On Thursday, Beckwith Artist-in-Residence George Lopez performed ten songs interpreting the exhibition “Hung Liu: Happy and Gay,” a collection of works exploring his experience in Cultural Revolution China. Once a semester, “Music at the Museum” pairs a specialized live music …
On Tuesday evening, Barbara Drake Boehm, curator emerita at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, spoke to students and faculty about one of the tiniest treasures Northern European art has to offer: carved boxwood prayer beads. The talk, entitled “In a …
Last Saturday, Asian Students Alliance (ASA) transformed Smith Union’s Morrell Lounge into a runway for Bowdoin’s third annual Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Fashion Show. Members of the Vietnamese Students Association (VSA), Chinese Students Association (CHSA), Philippine Society of …
One of the odd parts of writing this column has been watching it unfold in real time alongside my own life. Reading these authors each week has tracked the rises and collapses of my senior year with an almost embarrassing …
On Wednesday night in Kresge Auditorium, Professor of Africana Studies and History Brian Purnell joined writer Ayelet Tsabari in conversation about her debut novel, “Songs for the Brokenhearted,” and the power of communicating through fiction. Tsabari is an author of …
On Saturday, scholars from across New England gathered at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) for the annual conference of the New England Medieval Consortium, “Re-envisioning the Medieval World(s) in the 21st Century.” The daylong event brought together researchers …
One recent afternoon, I met with the lovely Nisi Tuitupou ’26 to talk about singing, particularly as it is done in collaboration with others. I was drawn to interviewing her on this topic since we frequently sing together, whether through …
Last Friday and Saturday, Masque & Gown welcomed audiences to “Doing David,” a collection of eight short plays by playwright and novelist David Ives. Directed by Julia Starck ’26, the three performances took place in Pickard Theater before students, faculty, …