Yesterday marked one year since the Russian government detained Evan Gershkovich ’14. In interviews with the Orient, alumni and staff spoke about communicating with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter, what they know about his condition and the importance of …
“My interest in drawing is eternal,” Jim Dine said in a conversation with the Orient. “I could never have done anything with my work if I hadn’t drawn.”
Over the course of his decades-long career, Dine has dipped his toes …
A large fenced-off construction area and the sound of beeping excavators on the site of Sills Hall and Cleaveland Quad greeted students returning for the spring semester. Crews began work over winter break on the first major renovation of Sills …
This January, students will begin to enjoy a central new study space—in one of the oldest buildings on Bowdoin’s campus. Hubbard Hall is set to house a freshly renovated reading room in the former Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum (PMAM), which moved …
At the end of each semester, students in various visual and performing arts classes, ensembles and groups present their work to the campus community. This is the Orient’s guide to every event.
The bestselling writer, who also makes music as lead singer and guitarist of indie pop outfit Japanese Breakfast, lost her mother to pancreatic cancer in 2014. Nine years later, Zauner said she still carries that …
In William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” what is done cannot be undone. For the cast and crew of Masque and Gown, it was done with a passion and flair. The show’s run took place this past Friday and Saturday during Family Weekend …
Textiles’ place in the world of Western art has, at times, been tenuous. Woven works that have both a functional purpose and a presence as an art form have historically been devalued in comparison to European painting and sculpture, according …
The first time it happened, I was sitting in Honors Chemistry. I usually parked myself in the back of the classroom as a bored high school senior in a class full of juniors, just there to complete my natural science …
“I always have a bunch of different kinds of avenues to explore,” he said. “Before I write a single note of music, I pretty much have it planned out in terms of where …