In 2019, Sam Shepherd, more commonly known as Floating Points, released the album “Crush.” With a run time of 44 minutes, the compilation presents a diverse array of the dynamic energies within electronic music. The album defies expectations and understandings …
In Edinburgh, only a short walk from Waverly Station, lies the Scotsman Picturehouse. The Art Deco boutique cinema seats 48 in red leather armchairs, and it was here, 3,000 miles away from Brunswick, that Bowdoin appeared onscreen.
On Thursday, Professor of English Aaron Kitch delivered a talk reconciling understandings of William Shakespeare’s sonnets and the composition of both classical and jazz-based music. Just as Shakespeare’s early performances included musical interludes between acts, Kitch’s talk, titled “O For …
On Monday, students, faculty and community members gathered in the McKeen Center Common Room for an opening reception celebrating new work by artists from Spindleworks, a Brunswick-based studio for adults with intellectual disabilities. At the event, attendees had the chance …
On Thursday, an audience gathered in Hawthorne-Longfellow Library to hear Professor of English Brock Clarke introduce “Special Election,” his recently published collection of short stories. In conversation with Professor of English Ann Kibbie, the two contemplated satire, chance and the …
Stillpoint, held in the Chapel every Tuesday at 9:00 p.m., offers students, faculty, staff and community members 30 minutes to pause. Though the retreat appears on Bowdoin’s events calendar and has roots in the Rachel Lord Center for Spiritual and …
Last Saturday, the Disabled Student Association (DSA) and the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) collaborated to host the College’s first Silent Disco. With disco lights, balloons and a photo booth, the organizers transformed Smith Union into a dance floor.
Nor’easter: An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose winds usually come from the northeast. These titanic storms are a staple of New England living: the dream of schoolchildren and the nightmare of adults who …
This past semester, a new band has officially bloomed at Bowdoin. Sunshower is a self-proclaimed alternative rock band that is made up of Zain Blair-Roberts ’28, Maya Funez ’28, Rhys Vaughn ’28 and Lionel Yu ’28. They have already made …
Last spring, I wrote a column called “Dialogues of the Dead.” The premise was modest and demanding at once. Each piece took up an ancient author most readers had never seriously considered and asked what sustained attention to that work …