Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor On the evening of Friday, Jan.11, students and community members alike packed into Rice Auditorium to experience the Rainbow Dance Theater. The RDT has been performing at Western since the year 2000, after the dance company moved...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor According to the Motion Picture Association of America, an average of 600 movies are released every year in the United States. Out of those movies, only a handful of them stand above the rest. Although I couldn’t have possibly seen...
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...
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