Webb impresses, Sonner admits clumsiness
by Taylor Coe '13
ARTS AND ENTERTAIMENT EDITOR
April 29, 2011
Not too long ago, Alexander Webb was the rookie quarterback on the football team at Northwestern. His career cut short by a liver injury in first collegiate game, Webb reorganized his priorities around music and has been writing and playing ever since. Boasting a sweet voice and skills on the guitar unusual for a confessional-style singer-songwriter... See more
24-Hour Film Festival
Compiled by Taylor Coe '13
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
April 25, 2011
By now an entrenched Hamilton tradition, last Friday the 24-Hour Film Festival began at midnight and finished promptly a day later with a film showing in the Annex. Out of 17 teams that left KJ 102 on Friday night with a genre awarded by lottery, only 11 teams emerged with finished films that were shown.
The big winner of the night was "F.U.C.S.U... See more
Alumna, professors discuss preserving history through storytelling
by Emma Laperruque '14
PRODUCTION EDITOR
April 3, 2011
“You don’t know how much your story matters,” said Judy Silverstein Gray, K ’78, at the “Missing Voices, Found Stories” workshop on Saturday afternoon in the Kirner Johnson Red Pit.
Silverstein Gray, co-chair of the Kirkland Archives, Media and Publication Committee, helped to... See more
Hamilton alum encourages students to "live their passion"
by Kate Tummarello '11
NEWS EDITOR
April 3, 2011
“Expect greatness, and persevere through the rest,” said Melissa Kong ’08.
Kong, who spoke on Saturday afternoon in the Kirner Johnson Auditorium, focused on the importance of passion and determination when considering a career.
While at Hamilton... See more
College Choir ends spring tour on a high note in Wellin
by Hannah Grace O'Connell '14
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
April 2, 2011
The Hamilton College Choir and the College Hill Singers finished their Spring Tour with one final concert on April 1, at Wellin Hall at 8 p.m. The group, led by director G. Roberts Colb, performed musical pieces from a variety of different genres.
After starting their show singing in the rafters... See more
Weber's triteness disappoints, Thomas feels out of place at Coffeehouse
by Taylor Coe '13
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
April 1, 2011
Rosie Thomas’s Acoustic Coffeehouse performance on Thursday, March 31 is neatly reflected in James Monger’s AllMusic review of her album If Songs Could Be Held, who shrewdly notes that Thomas’s music “wouldn't sound out of place spilling from the ceiling of an extremely popular coffeehouse chain.” See more