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The New Works Festival is a ‘game changer’ for student playwrights

Occidental's annual New Works Festival will take place in the Keck Theater Feb. 24–25. According to an email sent by the Occidental College Theater Department, the...

‘Dindin’ screening imparts valuable filmmaking lessons

Independent, low-budget film "Dindin" came to Occidental College in a screening jointly hosted by the Media Arts & Culture (MAC) and Theater & Performance Studies...

Auditions Kick Off For Feminist “Legally Blonde” Musical

Auditions and callbacks were underway last week for “Legally Blonde,” Occidental’s largest spring production. Isabel Friedl (junior), who auditioned for the musical, said that...

“A Dream Play” questions the meaning of life — and doesn’t provide an answer

Originally written in 1901 by August Strindberg and reimagined by Caryl Churchill in 2006, Occidental Theatre’s “A Dream Play” follows a young woman’s journey to discover...

Random Mammal Generator is everywhere—literally and figuratively

Random Mammal Generator, a band consisting of Henry Miller (junior), Nate Harris (sophomore), Ben Torres (junior) and Mt. San Antonio College's Cooper Wayne (junior),...

Student-run, pirate-themed musical harkens back to Golden Age

Sarah Sturdevant (senior) was a first year when she started brainstorming her pirate-themed musical “The Seven Deadly Seas,” set to be performed Oct. 14 in...

Review: A cool Hollywood Bowl night with Adam Schoenberg’s “Cool Cat”

Under the lights of the renowned Hollywood Bowl Sept. 12, the LA Philharmonic debuted Occidental music composition professor Adam Schoenberg’s “Cool Cat." Schoenberg said the work is a...

Student musician Lavender Lemonade debut album released Sept. 17

Jackson Lewellen (sophomore), under the artist name Lavender Lemonade, released his first album "Kill Me In Style" Sept. 17 after a number of EPs...