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A desert town on planet Jakku in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mixing nostalgia and ambition, ‘Star Wars’ awakens the Force

By Aaron Silverstein, Staff Writer January 6, 2016
Audience members settled into their seats and the movie theater lights turned off. As the screen displayed a starry background, the Star Wars logo appeared, and the iconic theme composed by the legendary John Williams queued, slightly altered but familiar enough to raise excitement for a diverse crowd of adolescents, middle-aged men and even a couple of elderly folk, some dressed in Star Wars-themed costumes and T-shirts.
GOLDEN: Tourists and other spectators recorded the Choirhawks flashmob In a park overlooking the north end of the Golden Gate bridge Dec. 4 in the middle of their Bay Area Chanukah performance tour.

In first-ever trip, choir spreads Jewish a capella to Bay Area

By Lucy Fried, Staff Writer December 29, 2015
On the morning of Thursday, Dec. 3, the Choirhawks performed at Town Hall wearing loose sweatpants, hats, and casual T-shirts, in clear violation of the school dress code.
GRACEFUL: Promotional photo from the Moscow Ballets Dance With Us program features young dancers like freshman Adira Waldman (not pictured.)

Ninth-grade ballerina twirls into four-minute role in Moscow Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer December 21, 2015
Going to sleep at midnight on a regular basis is not a rare event for most Shalhevet students, but try doing so after four rigorous hours of jazz, tap and ballet. This is no rarity for freshman Adira Waldman, who will perform in The Moscow Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Wiltern Theater on Dec. 20 and 21.
DEVISING: Ezra Fax, Eitan Schramm and Tania Bohbot work with Ms. Chase to produce two of the five one-act plays.

Drama prepares for one-acts in new theater

By Rose Lipner and Sadie Toczeck November 18, 2015
In some ways, this fall brings a re-birth to Shalhevet’s drama department.
EYE:  The small oculus window allows light into the new Broad museum, across the street from Disney Hall downtown.

Eli Broad: Rags-to-riches philanthropist

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer October 18, 2015

The new Broad Museum is not the Broads’ first contribution to the arts and probably won't be the last. According to Forbes, Eli Broad is among the 200 most wealthy people in the US.. With millions...

LAYERS: Jewish-infused mural near Venice Beach is painted on a multi-layered construction of wood.

Hebrew letters on L.A. walls bring color to street scenes

By Mati Davis, Arts & Culture Editor September 16, 2015
What does a medieval illuminated manuscript have to do with modern street art?
‘Insurgent’ a ho-hum run through Hollywood’s best green

‘Insurgent’ a ho-hum run through Hollywood’s best green

By Mati Davis, Arts & Culture Editor May 4, 2015

Shailene Woodley, playing a woman on the run, looks the leader of the government in the eye, runs at her, crashes through a glass window and suddenly the building  around her explodes into tiny fragments...

SING: The girls of the Shalhevet choir perform at the “Neima: Sing It Forward” competition at YULA Girls High School April 26. They lost to YULA by three points.

Unity meets competition as girls’ choirs sing at YULA

By Maayan Waldman, Opinion Editor May 3, 2015

In an emotional performance that broke new ground for the group, the Lady Choirhawks took second place at the second annual “Neima: Sing It Forward” girls choir competition, sponsored by YULA Girls...

STAGE: Lacking a theater this year, Dramas will stage its spring one-acts in various rooms of this home in Beverly Hills. Student playwrights are adapting scenes to what is there, and audience members will walk from room to room.  The scenes are all related and revolve around a birthday party.

No stage? No problem: Drama invites audience to be flies on the wall at ‘Bart’s Birthday Bash’

By Maayan Waldman, Opinion Editor March 22, 2015
Traditional theaters, it seems, are too mainstream for Shalhevet Drama. In lieu of renting out a theater space as it did last fall for its mainstage production of 'Biloxi Blues,' the department will present its annual student-written One-Acts inside a private home in Beverly Hills.
Exodus movie echoes Prince of Egypt, not Bible

Exodus movie echoes Prince of Egypt, not Bible

February 25, 2015

By Mati Hurwtiz, Sports Editor The new film Exodus: Gods and Kings, starring Christian Bale, begins with Prince Ramses and his brother, Moses, returning from Egyptian battle against the Hittites. Both...

CLEAN: From left to right, Ilan Bouskilla, Joshua Joffe, Micha Thau and Akiva Reuveni as soldiers, shave and comb their hair by a sink, lucky enough to be in the bathroom for pampering purposes instead of the dreaded latrine duty, often given as a punishment.

Actors bring complexity to comedy in ‘Biloxi Blues’

By Maayan Waldman, Arts and Culture Editor January 8, 2015

In the dead of the night, a group of soldiers gazes mournfully at their comrade who is soon to be punished after being caught engaging in homosexual acts, and now changes into his army uniform, one...

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