In the era of Netflix and megaplexes, an independent cinema in Columbia Heights gives audiences a classic moviegoing experience Tom Letness dimmed the lights hanging from the movie theater's...
Arts Articles
Freeman stars as rock star Buddy Holly for the fourth time running
1955. A short glimpse of a decade of baby boomers, poodle skirts, and the growing popularity of T.V. dinners and rock 'n' roll. At age 19, a young man is discovering his style of music and discovers...
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
Nervous and shaking slightly, a young teen holds a folder of sheet music to her chest, raising her hand to knock on a plain office door. It opens to the sound of guitar strings, vocal chords,...
Sharing art in new places
Upper School art teacher Nathan Stromberg was selected to display a collage at the 2015 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts exhibit. The piece was "8 Wall Clocks," the second piece Stromberg has shown at...
Hungry for Healing
Art revealing the life behind eating disorders Photos and commentary by Maddie Binning Up to 30 million...
Contributing to a classic
It's 1957. An aspiring female author with boy-cut brown hair leans across a desk and offers a well-worked manuscript to Tay Hohoff, an editor at LB Lippencott. The editor fans through the...
Hannibal Review
Fresh audience, same villain Past surgeon, current psychologist: new TV series gives viewers a glimpse of Hannibal...
The Meaning of Movies
The significance of movies Senior Anna Scholl expresses her love for movies, and explains that this art form is often...
The rediscovery of a once-forgotten genre
With Django: Unchained newly released on DVD westerns are beginning to return to the film radar Schizophrenic...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Review
A classic look inside the mind of a mental patient Rebellion is often depicted through this archetypal lens: a cabal...
Silver Linings Playbook Review
Finding the Silver Lining Director David O. Russel reveals "peace through insanity" within the romance of two mentally...
Games & misfits (review)
Wreck-It-Ralph is stylish, witty & fun It's a film about retro video games mixed with modern-day technology...
Catch a Spielberg classic
Why young movie fans shouldn't think it's safe to go back in the water Jaws is more than entertainment; it's one of...
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (review)
An unexpected journey to an imaginative world In September 1937, Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien published his first...
It’s a Wonderful Life (review)
The nostalgia of the 1940s is still present in this classic Christmas tale Put aside, just for a short moment, the...