Review: A Weekend with Wes Anderson

BY NAIEKA RAJ '19

Self-proclaimed “Andersonians” filed into The Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton on Saturday for the second installment of ‘A Weekend With Wes Anderson,’ a film festival that stretched over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The audience laughed, sighed and shared their emotions with one another throughout the screenings of "Moonrise Kingdom," "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou." If they weren’t predicting the upcoming lines, you’d think the guests were seeing these films for the first time.

Kate Hall ’19 brings music and history to the WMHC airwaves

Kate Hall ’19 brings music and history to the WMHC airwaves

BY ANISHA PAI '19

In her weekly radio show, “On This Day,” WMHC DJ Kate Hall ’19 takes listeners back in time, recounting major events (musical and otherwise) that happened on that date. Hall also serves as WMHC’s Specialty Program Director and hosts ‘Live @ 5!’ in the hour before her own show, which airs Saturdays from 6-8 p.m.

Nightfest performers release folk rock album

Nightfest performers release folk rock album

BY LINDSEY MCGINNIS '18 & SARAH OLSEN '18

After performing at Nightfest earlier this month, folk-rock duo The New Rockwells officially released their debut studio album, Live from Carnegie Hall. Frontman Marty Boyle and Ben Muller, who plays piano and saxophone, worked with other local artists to record new material and old favorites, like their 2015 single “Never Let You Go,” which appears as track six.

So, like, what’s the deal with LaCroix?

So, like, what’s the deal with LaCroix?

BY LINDSEY MCGINNIS '18

LaCroix (pronounced “La Croy”), a Wisconsin-based brand of flavored sparkling water, has recently achieved a cult-like popularity. The national obsession is most visible on Instagram, where loyal drinkers pose in “La Croixs Over Boys” t-shirts and sit atop thrones of LaCroix boxes. According to the Wall Street Journal, LaCroix water sales more than doubled over the past two years to $225.5 million, making it the fastest growing brand of unsweetened sparkling water in the country. 

Project Trio delights with semi-improvisational set

Project Trio delights with semi-improvisational set

BY ANISHA PAI '19

Project Trio, the “high-energy chamber music” ensemble, received a standing ovation after a McCulloch Auditorium performance on Friday evening. Associate Professor of Flute Adrianne Greenbaum, a close friend of the three musicians, introduced them as the lights dimmed. “You’re going to have a constant smile on your face,” she told the audience.

Art Museum celebrates 140th anniversary

Art Museum celebrates 140th anniversary

BY LINDSEY MCGINNIS '18

The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (MHCAM) will celebrate its 140th anniversary with a year-long exhibit titled “140 Unlimited,” which opened on September 6. The exhibit blends the Museum’s permanent collection with new pieces acquired through the “140 Gifts Campaign,” a five year effort launched by former director John Stomberg. 

O-Jam relocates to Woolley Circle after fire alarm

BY ANISHA PAI '19

A fire alarm disrupted O-Jam, the annual welcome-back a cappella show hosted by the class of 2019, in Chapin Auditorium on Friday night. Performers take advantage of O-Jam to introduce their groups to new and returning students and to get audience members to sign up for auditions. The four participating groups — the Nice Shoes, Victory Eights (V8s), Diversions (Divs) and M&Cs — refused to let a lack of staging and equipment stop the show. 

A chilling adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” set to open Thursday

A chilling adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” set to open Thursday

BY EMILY BLOMQUIST '18 & LINDSEY MCGINNIS '18

The Mount Holyoke College Department of Theatre Arts’ production of Macbeth begins with a jarring cacophony of thunder and chilling witchy chants. The weird sisters, played by Amy Welch ’18, Dale Leonheart ’19 and Rasa Davidson De Sa, are impressive in their outstanding execution of a well-worn set of characters.

The Conscious Poets Society hosts Five College Poetry Slam

BY ANISHA PAI '19

The Conscious Poets Society organized their third annual Five College Poetry Slam on April 9, the Saturday of Mount Holyoke’s admitted students weekend. Chapin Auditorium was lightly packed with a crowd of both admitted and five-college students. Fourteen five-college student poets competed in three rounds.

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