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Students showcase poetic abilities

By Sharona Sedighm, 10th grade July 2, 2012

On the night of the Poetry Rodeo on March 14, students arrived excited yet nervous to perform their own poetry with professional poety Ellyn Maybe's band. With over 30 people attending the Cafe in the...

Students participate in worldwide outdoor piano experiment

Students participate in worldwide outdoor piano experiment

By Eden Braunstein, Staff writer June 12, 2012

Jerram’s experiment. The artist installed painted pianos all around the world in order to give what he called "invisible communities" –  groups of people who see each other every day but never...

AP Art will be replaced with new ‘Honors Art’ class next year

By Colleen Bazak, Features Editor April 18, 2012

In what may or may not be a sign of things to come, AP Studio Art will not be offered as of next year and will be replaced by an honors art class designed for Shalhevet by Art teacher Roen Salem. Juniors...

STEPPING OUT: When sophomore Danielle Lowe sang Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper" at the Purim talent show March 8, she became the first girl to sing a solo at Shalhevet.

Going solo: New view of ‘kol isha’ lets girls sing on their own

By Rebecca Mandel, Arts & Entertainment Editor April 18, 2012

The Megillah reading was over, and in the Bet Midrash a party and talent show were in full swing. Suddenly the room was quiet, as a girl in a lace dress Purim costume bared her soul to students, faculty,...

Movie Review: ‘The Artist’ speaks volumes without a word — or even an explosion

By By Eden Braunstein, Staff Writer February 21, 2012

In a world where explosions and overly animated acting form the basis of most movie blockbusters, one would expect a silent film such as The Artist*  to be an attempt at capturing a glamorous age of Hollywood’s...

Drama Review: Confined to mere stage, a classic novel comes alive

By Jacob Ellenhorn, Arts & Entertainment Editor December 23, 2011

Pride and Prejudice, the latest Shalhevet production, is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel and a very ambitious undertaking for the drama department. The book itself is fairly lengthy and...

Shalhevet Drama finds an unexpected mirror In ‘Pride and Prejudice’

By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief December 23, 2011

This story is a National Winner in the Features Story category of Quill and Scroll’s 2012 International Writing and Photo Contest, judged by the American Society of News Editors. Innuendos, fluttering...

Muppets movie is latest chapter in a madcap love affair

By Jacob Ellenhorn, Arts & Entertainment Editor December 22, 2011

I am not such a curmudgeon that I would automatically reject what the Muppet movie offers: joy and laughter.  To deny that The Muppets is downright adorable would be like saying puppies and kittens are...

At LACMA, homage to a familiar aesthetic

By Jacob Ellenhorn, Arts & Entertainment Editor December 22, 2011

The great American tradition of consumerism known as Black Friday does not have to involve shopping. Instead, I took in the newest exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, titled Living in a Modern...

Alumnus brings a capella expertise to choir

Eighteen people stood in a circle, singing their hearts out and listening to their different voices mesh into one. Forgetting everything from world suffering to the homework they had due, the stress of...

Student creativity to highlight choir concert

By Alexa Fishman, Staff Writer December 21, 2011

On Dec. 21, the second night of Chanukah, the Shalhevet choir and band will be performing together at the Ninth Annual Chanukah Concert, which will be held in the Beit Midrash at 5 p.m. This will be...

All in the family as Jewish reggae comes to L.A.

By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer October 31, 2011

Matisyahu’s fans are usually combat-boot clad, Afro-sporting, tattoed rockers, and in fact, quite a few of them turned up to hear him perform in Los Angeles Sept. 18 at the Saban Theater. But the...

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