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...
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Smack dab in the middle of a Western jazz concert
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...
Great American band music comes to Western
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...
“Music of the Spheres”: Dr. James Reddan’s Western directorial debut
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,...
Poet Andrea Gibson releases new book
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...
Opinion: Art wall births even more hate speech in Monmouth
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...
Review: “Boy Erased” reveals truths and horrors about conversion therapy in America
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...
Review: “The End of the End of the World”
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...
One Acts: Directed by women, acted by women, written by women
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...
SPECTRUM!: Putting student works on stage
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Among a cluster of student concerts being held the week of Nov. 26, “SPECTRUM,” a free-for-students concert consisting solely of works created by student composers, was one of them. “SPECTRUM!” included seven pieces written by six...
