This one’s a little on the nose for me, friends. Just this month, I was at my first Classics conference, presenting on a panel (I’m sure you could never guess) on the topic of my column this week, Plutarch. I …
Hidden away in a staff corridor at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA), there is a Wall of Things. Crevices of the original outer stone wall of the Museum have become resting spots for everything from Elvis Presley pictures …
On Thursday, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) celebrated the opening of its newest exhibition—“Creating the Modern: Works on Paper”—thanks to a gift of 24 pieces from Howard Haimes ’76 in celebration of his 50th reunion.
On Thursday evening, students and faculty members gathered in the Edwards Center for Art and Dance for the opening reception of “sunset in a cup,” an exhibition by Courtney Stock ’09. The Visual Arts Department collaborated with Stock to bring …
Don’t expect a passive viewing experience—audience participation is crucial to this weekend’s production of “Every Brilliant Thing,” which follows an unnamed narrator through their upbringing by a mother with severe depression and suicidal ideations.
The other night, my friend Maiara Rebordão ’27 and I spent several hours sitting in her room and exchanging Brazilian songs we grew up with. While I don’t understand Portuguese, I have a deep appreciation for songs sung in the …
Last week, Brunswick Public Art (BPA) announced that a design had been selected for an art installation along the Androscoggin River to honor the Frank J. Wood Bridge, slated for demolition later this year. The winning design was created by …
Last Thursday and Friday, the College hosted DragFest, a two-day event consisting of workshops, talks and performances celebrating drag culture. The events were organized by the theater and dance and gender, sexuality and women’s studies (GSWS) departments in collaboration with …
As an environmental studies and visual arts double major, Ada Potter ’26 has learned to blend her interest in biological sciences with her artistic pursuits.
Throughout her childhood, Potter was encouraged by her father, an art teacher, to draw and …
Not really, for any Byzantine heads out there, decrying me for propagating the misbegotten idea that somehow Rome ended when the Western half fell. Nonetheless, though, Caesar has long since crossed the Rubicon. The …