Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor In early April 2018, the box-office hit “A Quiet Place” premiered in theaters around the country. According to Forbes.com, the post-apocalyptic film made over $213 million dollars in less than a month. Ushering in the end of 2018...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Jan. 11: Event: Rainbow Dance Theatre Description: The Rainbow Dance Theatre group returns to Western with two works entitled “iLumidance” and “The Garden of Earthly Delights.” The performance will feature dancers using ultraviolet...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Western Oregon Voices gave a warm and cozy end to a rainy, festive night with their jazz-themed concert, “Pass Me the Jazz.” Following the 51st annual Holiday Tree Lighting, the auditioned ensemble of 13 students, accompanied by a...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Western’s wind and percussions ensembles and the Chemeketa wind ensemble paired up to perform a substantial concert on Thursday, Nov. 29. Chemeketa’s ensemble, directed by J. J. Meyer, opened the performance. They played five...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor The “Music of the Spheres” concert choir and Chamber Singers concert on Nov. 27 gathered together a large crowd of friends, family, students and community members. Western’s concert choir is the institution’s largest ensemble,...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Andrea Gibson, a poet based in Boulder, Colorado, released their second book of poetry in 2018. “Lord of the Butterflies” is the fourth full-length poetry collection of Gibson’s. The poet’s other book, released in January 2018, is...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor As I finished typing up my story about the new art wall installation on campus, I allowed myself to feel a little teaspoon of hope. It was hard to swallow because of my pessimistic tendencies and the current political climate; but...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Released Nov. 16, “Boy Erased” follows teenager Jason Eamos, the son of a conservative Baptist pastor and his loyal wife. Following a traumatic, life-altering event, Jason is outed and must come to terms with the fact that he is...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Jonathan Franzen has proven himself to be a writer of many talents; his published works cover fiction (“Purity” and “The Twenty-Seventh City”), nonfiction (“How to Be Alone”), and translation (“Spring Awakening”). Franzen has also...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor On Nov. 19, in a small, black-box type room in the Math and Nursing building, a handful of ten-minute plays were showcased. Audience members sat in a semi-circle, humming in anticipation to see the four ten-minute plays being...
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