Colby Museum to reopen in July
The newly renovated Colby Museum will feature work from around the world.
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Senior follows artistic passion
Mariel Lambrukos ’13 has built a legacy of music and poetry during her time at the College.
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Chamber present Charpentier’s “Actéon”
The Colby Chamber Singers and Players present Charpentier's famous tragédie en musique.
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Students curate exhibit at L.C. Bates
Upholding a history of cooperative artistic pursuits, two students help to create a gallery at Hinckley's L.C. Bates Museum.
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Directors Casson and Haynes showcase queer documentary
Documentary filmmakers visit campus to discuss sexual identity.
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New Group, Mayflower Chill, debuts
At the recent a capella sampler, co-ed hip hop group Mayflower Chill, performed for the first time.
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Sophomore captures passion
Sophomore Jack Cohen pursues photography with both artistic and entrepreneurial interest.
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Maine Poetry Express stops at Hathaway Center
Local poets, including a few members of the College community, present their work at Waterville's Hathaway Creative Center to herald in Poet Laureate Wesley McNair's "Maine Poetry Express" project.
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Club Style redefines dance
A new group on campus, Club Style seeks a new approach to dance at the College.
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Spelling Bee spells success for Powder and Wig
Powder and Wig presents William Finn's epic musical.
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Senior reflects on the arts
One senior provides insight on how to do it all, even if it isn't always easy.
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Henderson ’83 presents elephant JANE Dance
Alumna Heidi Henderson '83 returns to campus to share her love of life and passion for dance.
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Bicentennial: a Documentary
Students make a video that critiques the College and provokes conversation.
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SOBHU DJ Hip-Hop Battle: ’80s vs. ’90s
Students Organized for Black and Hispanic Unity put on a hip-hop battle that mixed nostalgia with style.
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Lynne Conner comments on the art of theatrical commentary
Associate Professor and Chair of the College’s theater and dance department Lynne Conner delves into the integration of art and societal critique.
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Student rediscovers her passion for dance
Sara Gibbons '15 has become a mainstay of the Colby dance scene.
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Orchestra 'Hails' the presidents of Colby's past
"It’s another way of looking at history....What’s going on at the local level kind of expresses what’s going on nationally or internationally."
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Broadway Musical Revue returns with new and old favorites
A fun-filled night of interactive performances with impressive vocals and wonderful choreography characterized Broadway Musical Revue’s (BMR) latest show.
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Backstage: an interview with the “reasons to be pretty” team
A couple of days after seeing reasons to be pretty—and telling everyone I know how phenomenal it was—I was lucky enough to sit down with Director Kyle Rogacion ’15, Stage Manager Tyler Harley ’15 and the male half of the cast to talk about the ups and downs of putting on a show, what it’s like to work with such a small group and how everyone can see a piece of themselves in a show that Harley joked, “could also be called, ‘What Not to Do Ever in a Relationship.’”
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Parents and students treated to ‘Colby on Stage’
On the evening of Oct. 6, the Theater and Dance Department presented its 2012 sampling of student performance groups—Colby on Stage—as part of Family Homecoming Weekend.
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A 'Step' toward the future of art
The installation, although debuted in the fall, has been a long-term project for LeBlanc, Perryman and Yu.
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Powder & Wig marks first week with a show
Student theater group gives first-years the opportunity to step into the spotlight
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Senior musicians prepare for a final bow
After four years in practice rooms and on stage, students prepare for their last performances
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Students show off their skills in This Time
Theater and Dance Department closes season with impressive performances.
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Get ready to Move with new original show
Student leads team to produce a show, incorporates dance and music to tell story of Civil Rights Movement.
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Spark, Sadoff present new works to the Hill
The evening was a wonderful way to remember and to celebrate the accomplishments of the English Department’s incredibly talented faculty.
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BMR features songs, staff and sequins
"The unique thing about BMR...is the strong sense of community."
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Coming to a theater (very) near you
When I came [to Colby] in 2008, I had a mandate that we would offer a season of work which would excite the community and benefit the students.
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Bringing funk to the Hill
We just want to spread the message of love through funk.
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Senior explores the art of home brewing
When faced with tight budgets and a troubled economy, why buy beer when you can make it yourself?
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Inspired by music, senior discovers his voice
I was really amazed by the kind of things you can do with an instrument.
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Beyond the playlist, DJ makes his own sounds
A member of Colby DJs and the Techno Director for Colby’s radio station WMHB, Blinkhorn brings a new perspective to what it means to appreciate and make music.
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First year makes noise in quiet dorm
“While I had never intended it to be any kind of controversy,” Kalasky said, “the Coburn community got really into it and left messages to the guy. I figure it’s best to laugh about it, and needless to say, he stopped.”
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The Music Man
“My process is, I watch a bunch of films with no sound, and I am going for whatever is most visually striking, whatever I think I can create music to, and then I just start from scratch,” he said.
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A senior's world of art in negative space
“I like art because when I’m creating something, I’m really focused, and it makes everything else fall away,” Kirsten Stray-Gundersen'12 said. “I like to make things—mostly painting, primarily with oil paints, but acrylics are fine.”
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Slam poetry Junior
“[In poems], you can say ‘I woke up today and had a good time,’” Brown said, “but you are also on a podium. People are paying attention to you, and you should make good use of that attention.”
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First-year plays many roles
First-year Kyle Rogacion made his memorable theater debut at the College as Jimmy Harper, the lead in this year’s Powder and Wig one-week musical Reefer Madness. With his priceless facial expressions and inexhaustible energy both on and off stage, Rogacion has the unique ability to make people laugh until they cry.
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A senior printmaker inspired by science
As an environmental science major, printmaker Anna Leavitt ’12 of Holliston, Mass. is not your typical art student.