Among the 15 songs performed by the Choirhawks at their annual Chanukah concert last month were two that represented milestones for the group: the first written and the first arranged by a student member.
The...
Role models are necessary in the chaos of our everyday lives, a stool we step on to constantly reassure ourselves of success and happiness. But what does it really mean to be a giver or receiver of inspiration...
By Abby Blumofe, Arts and Culture Editor
• November 12, 2018
“Plays aren’t written,” said the woman on the TV screen in the Wildfire Theater Oct. 18.
“They are crafted.”
The author and playwright Ms. D.W. Gregory, who was addressing Shalhevet’s...
In 2018, it seems people only are urged to help to others who are in extreme conditions. The word “refugee” evokes images of desperately malnourished children, or parents with all their possessions...
This story won a Best of SNO award.
“Overdosing is just not cool,” said the rapper Mac Miller in 2016, describing his battle with addiction in his first-person documentary, Stopped Making...
This story won a Best of SNO award.
Hollywood has seen shake-ups recently of some of its most formulaic film genres when the element of race is introduced. Following in the footsteps of Get Out...
It should not have been surprising to find each room opening onto another at an exhibit that promised to cover the span of all of Jewish history, culture and religion.
And yet it was, because each room...
After three years in the new building, classroom 308 -- the Jonny and Brigitte Schoen Music Room -- has finally been reconstituted into a proper practice venue for the Choirhawks, while still...
An adolescent frog recites a sonnet about wanting to sing to wild frogs, away from her pet shop tank. The idea of the exodus as a tale of escape from different kinds of “enslavement” – and the...
In under an hour on a sunny Yom Ha'atzmaut morning, choir teacher Mrs. Joelle Keene was able to turn an unorganized gathering of 140 students into a full-on musical group.
It was an effort to celebrate...
When Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Daniel Bouskila was 12 years old, he aspired to be an actor. With a father in the entertainment industry as a wardrobe specialist, Rabbi Bouskila easily found an agent...
The world has seen many superhero movies. Black Panther is much more.
The 18th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- a series of movies based on Marvel comic book characters --- director Ryan Coogler’s...