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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer
• October 31, 2011
What do you get when you cross a toy piano, acoustic and electric guitars, a ukulele, a harmonica, and tambourines with some very creative teenagers?
It’s a trick question: they don’t know what...
Now that Entourage (HBO’s series about bromance and the entertainment biz) is over, you might find yourself wondering what to watch instead. You have no idea how many weeks this writer has spent wondering...
If you’re like me, before this summer you probably didn’t know much about Amy Winehouse, and you knew even less about her music. The only song of hers you knew was “Rehab,” in which she stubbornly...