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Boy Meets Girl a Successful Start to the Theater Year

“Boy Meets Girl” a Successful Start to the Theater Year

By Sophie Hughes, Assistant Online Editor October 10, 2016

SDA’s first play of the 2016-17 school year was “Boy Meets Girl”, a classic rom-com plot with a peculiar twist:  the main characters Sam and Kate are five-year-old lovebirds. Senior Thea Farber...

Snowden Does not Disappoint

“Snowden” Does not Disappoint

By Sophie Peeler, Features Editor September 19, 2016

Friday, Sept. 16, saw the release of the new movie, “Snowden.” The movie, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, was a reenacted documentary about the life of former intelligence worker...

Journey Back Again

Journey Back Again

By Mary Ford, Arts Editor August 31, 2016

Ten years ago, Journey seemed dead. Fans complained about a band unable to connect to their music and to their fans, about concerts lacking in energy. Band members talked about disbanding, about no more...

Chance The Rapper Misses the Mark with Coloring Book

Chance The Rapper Misses the Mark with “Coloring Book”

By Aiden Brady, Staff Writer May 19, 2016

In a project infused with copious amounts of gospel music, Chance The Rapper put together an overall-underwhelming mixtape with his latest effort titled “Coloring Book.” When I say copious… I...

Review: Indie Flick Sing Street Finds Strength Through Music

Review: Indie Flick “Sing Street” Finds Strength Through Music

By Mallika Seshadri, Guest Writer May 13, 2016

If one takes time to close her eyes while watching a movie, despite the absence of visuals, a story filled with emotion and color is illustrated through the musical score. In its plot revolving around...

Civil War Comes to America: A Review

“Civil War” Comes to America: A Review

By Mary Ford, Features Editor May 12, 2016

In the third installment of the Captain America series, part of the 13 and counting Marvel movies in one of the largest franchises known to Hollywood, stuff, predictably, goes boom. But in balance with...

Heart-Breaking for all the Wrong Reasons

Heart-Breaking for all the Wrong Reasons

By Aiden Brady, Staff Writer April 14, 2016

"It was the first day in the whole six years of working on 'The Walking Dead' that I was late for work because I woke up in the middle of the night and I couldn't get back to sleep,” said Andrew Lincoln,...

The Lumineers New Album is HERE!

The Lumineers’ New Album is HERE!

By Mary Ford, Features Editor April 11, 2016

Talented neofolk band The Lumineers is best known for the annoyingly catchy and commercial song “Ho Hey.” It's that song that creates a collective groan in the car yet one not sufficient enough to...

Getting Spooky With The Frights at You Are Going to Hate This

Getting Spooky With The Frights at You Are Going to Hate This

By Kieran Zimmer, Staff Writer February 24, 2016

Local surf-punkers, The Frights, celebrated the release of their latest album, You Are Going to Hate This, at legendary venue Soma with a small festival on Feb. 13. You Are Going to Hate This Fest was...

The Revenant Review

“The Revenant” Review

By Jacob Aere, Staff Writer January 29, 2016

Based on a true story from 1823, “The Revenant” depicts frontiersman, Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, fighting for his life after being mauled by a bear and abandoned by his comrades. The...

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