Author: Alex Fraknoi

It was a rare overcast day in Claremont at Pitzer College’s Kohoutek Music and Arts Festival, which was free and open to the public. The festival featured a total of 20 bands over the weekend of April 24 and April 25.  Despite the drizzle, the 5C community snuggled together in their unfamiliar

As the sun beats down on Claremont McKenna College’s McKennaPalooza on Green Beach March 6, Bill Clinton’s Clinton is called up amidst rappers, DJ sets and pop cover bands. A group of seven lanky individuals climbs onto the stage, facing outward to the shirtless, tanked and bikini-clad audience. Little did

Nicolas Orozco-Valdivia PO ’17 had been discussing his fellowship at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on a rainy day in Claremont when the opening chords of Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” rang throughout the Coop. Commenting on the value of art and museums, Orozco-Valdivia seamlessly wove Tom Petty

They might be young, but they’re far from restless. Pomona College’s Bridges Hall of Music was a packed house Sunday, Feb. 1 for the Intermezzo Orchestra, a youth orchestra associated with the Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra (CYMO). The orchestra featured 76 musicians from ages 9-17, playing instruments from violin to