Carls with Artistic Taste (CAT), a recently formed student arts organization, hosted an event in conjunction with Bon Appetit to bring together fine art and the environmental and social impacts of the food system last week. After being chartered last term, CAT has set out to “facilitate more creativity on…
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Next Thursday, Carleton’s theater department is kicking off a five-show run of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in the Weitz’s Black Box venue. Cast, crew and a Carleton audience look forward to a live jazz band from the Twin Cities, Lindy Hop and Charleston performances and a magical transformation…
This past weekend, Carleton’s club water polo team, The Righteous Babes, played their first home tournament of the term. The team has been training all year, so tournaments are always exciting culminations of hard work. The Righteous Babes hosted St. Olaf College, Grinnell College and Knox College at the Thorpe…
With the stage lit in purple, Kracum Hall welcomed harpist Leonard Jacome on Saturday, April 15. The instrument he plays is new to Carleton and the world as a whole: the electric Venezuelan harp. Both a composer and performer, Jacome is the inventor of this 35-stringed instrument and played for…
The first several weeks of Spring Term have brought a bright smattering of arts-related events to our community. In a new column series profiling arts-related events at Carleton, Hannah Sheridan ’23 and Isaac Crown Manesis ’23 will cover and review “The Week in Arts.” Fifth Year Series Isaac: The Northfield…
After 26 years and 91 terms at Carleton, Carolyn Fure-Slocum ‘82 will retire at the end of this term. She has been integral to the fabric of the chapel for as long as she has held the role; spending countless hours organizing celebrations and events, leading discussion groups and committees…
Surrounded by mountains of props in the Weitz’s black box theater, a cast of students meet weekly inside the spike-tape blueprint of a future speakeasy-inspired set to walk in the shoes of 400-year old characters. The play’s director, Andrew Carlson ’99, and Carleton’s Program Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies,…
On April 5, students who went on the Studio Art in the South Pacific OCS trip held a reception and art show. The gallery show, held in Boliou Hall, displayed a collection amassed from the compositions the study-abroad students created during their program. As stated in the off-campus studies website,…
With students’ return to campus, many have begun fasting for Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and is thought to be the holiest. It is the month before Eid. During this time, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, focusing on prayer, community and self-reflection. For Muslim…
An eight-year-old child is celebrating their mother’s birthday when they hear a knock at the door. They are confronted with a tall figure. His face is stern and his badge announces his presence. He holds a picture up. “Do you know this person?” Before the child can answer, the mother…