Last Tuesday, Dr. Kristie Soares visited Bowdoin to deliver a talk on the power of utilizing joy in activist efforts. The talk, titled, “Joy in Times of Crisis: Latina/x Activism and Art in the Face of the Apocalypse,” revealed how …
In 1992, the all-female music collective En Vogue released “Funky Divas,” a 13-track album with a running time of 52 minutes and 15 seconds. Sixth on the record is one of the group’s top hits: “Giving Him Something He Can …
The Celtic and folk student band YONC released its second album, “Sin É,” over spring break, followed up by a tour across Massachusetts in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.
For senior members of YONC, “Sin É” represents both a musical …
Sean Hoessli and Lindie Kuzmich have big plans for Eveningstar Cinema.
The couple, who moved from Montreal to Maine in late 2024, bought the Eveningstar Cinema from previous owner Shaun Boyle in October. After their decades-long careers in and out …
The last time Lauren Groff was on Bowdoin’s campus was in the 1990s, playing soccer as an undergraduate for Amherst College. Now, five novels, two short story collections and three times as a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist later, …
Writer, director and actor John Cameron Mitchell visited campus Monday and Tuesday for a series of events, including a “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” screening and playwriting workshop. Mitchell first came to the College 15 years ago, and the Cinema …
The beginning of Aeschylus’ “Eumenides” is frustratingly parochial. The entire trilogy, really—“The Oresteia”—is infamous among classicists for its difficulty in the original Greek: rare words, archaic grammar, tangled syntax that makes translation a task of genuine suffering. Translator Emily Wilson, …
Ever been dress-coded? Not, like, been suggested to dress formally for a black-tie event but ostracized for your clothing choices? Were you wearing a spaghetti-strap tank top or a pair of shorts a couple inches too many above the knee? …
The question rings out at the end of every RISE production, the annual show organized by student-group fEMPOWER. The question is the ending to the stories and performances from and about Bowdoin women. The stories center …