Tag: culture
Esperanza Spalding unites jazz and social justice
Musical and social empowerment reverberated through the rows of Thorne Hall Feb. 2 after Esperanza Spalding, jazz bassist, singer and the 2018 Hume Fellow in...
From trash to treasures: campus dumpsters get serious makeovers
Earlier this academic year, Jim Crowder, an Occidental groundskeeper, proposed an artistic solution to the mundane look of the many dumpsters on campus that...
“Country Music” captures regret, love and pain in four scenes
Occidental's theater department ran its production of Simon Stephens' "Country Music" in Keck Theater from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3. John Bouchard, department chair...
Creative writing club leaves no blank spaces for students with stories
Students seeking to engage in expressive forms of writing away from the stress of their ominous coursework now have an opportunity: the Creative Writing...
“Lady Bird” begins migratory journey towards Oscar nominations
Prior to entering the theater, I had no idea what "Lady Bird" was about. I had not seen a trailer, so my best guess,...
“UnderExposed” highlights importance of properly photographing dark-skinned subjects
Juniors Laura Searles, Janeth Aparicio and Jack Schofield* hosted an art show and makeup workshop entitled "UnderExposed" in the Bengal Room Friday, Nov. 17. The...
Comedian and writer Kristina Wong on humor, activism and race
Performance artist, comedian and writer Kristina Wong performed her solo theater show "The Wong Street Journal" as part of the Bootleg Theater's first Solo Queens Fest, a solo performance festival...
Occidental students respond to Hollywood’s moral reckoning
Early this October, sexual assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein made waves through the media. Survivors’ voices resonated across social networks as seen by the #MeToo movement,...
Dungeons and Dragons: out of the basement and into the common...
A crowd of students clustered around a small table top in the Haines common room, their chairs pushed as close as possible to the...
First Gen Club puts students first
In 2013, Rachel Martino '14 began Occidental's First Gen Club in order to support students who are the first in their family to attend college....