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 full of distinct characters arranged to highlight the mores of English landed gentry. Plot and subplots are carefully revealed on every page.
The play however, must confine...
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 eyelashes and sweetly spoken backhanded insults are familiar to all teenagers, even on a stage with actors dressed in 19th-century gowns and feathered bonnets. Shalhevet Drama’...
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 not cute. While I was born critical, I love puppies and kittens, which means I also loved The Muppets.
Basically, it takes a simple plot -- the Muppets must put on a show...
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 Way: California Design 1930 -1965. It is a celebration of the great American mid-century economic boom, which manifested itself in fresh and modern approaches to home and...
David Fletcher, Staff Writer, and Rachel Lester, Managing Editor
December 22, 2011
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 the day lifted as their combined sound grew louder, one voice compacted from the several Shalhevet HIgh School students who have a burning passion for singing.
That was the...
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 the debut of the new band, as well as the first Choir concert of the year.
For the band, organized and led by junior Kalil Eden, it will be the inaugural performance....
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 rest of the 1,400 ticketholders that night were proud members of the Orthodox Jewish bubble centered in Beverlywood: parents with toddlers, teens, rabbis and teachers from every...
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 to call it either. Just don’t call it a band.
“I’m not in love with the word ‘band,’” said junior Kalil Eden, the founder and organizer of the group. “It evokes...
By Jacob Ellenhorn, Arts Editor
October 3, 2011
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 the same thing. The fall season lineup has been announced and there are three options that sound especially promising.
This fall I’ll be watching two dramas with ret...
Eden Braunstein, Staff Writer
August 29, 2011
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 rejects going into rehabilitation for her alcohol and drug addictions.
Winehouse, who died in July at the age of 27, was raised in a Jewish home in London, and if you watched...
Eden Braunstein, Staff Writer
August 22, 2011
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 rejects going into rehabilitation for her alcohol and drug addictions.
Winehouse, who died in July at the age of 27, was raised in a Jewish home in London, and if you watched the...
Eden Braunstin, 9th Grade
June 4, 2011
Lady Gaga, or Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, is the queen of controversy, wacky outfits, and catchy songs. But she has an underlying message in everything she does: Be yourself, and flaunt it.
Many students at Shalhevet oppose Lady Gaga, saying she’s a man, or just a rip-off of Madonna. But few actually take the time to acquaint themselves with Lady Gaga’s philosophy. ...
