Under the Lights Theatre Club, hosted its second annual One Act Plays Festival on Nov. 15, featuring plays like “Jubilation, Mississippi.”
Author: Sofia Szyfer
Student art exhibit shines spotlight on Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American perspectives
Student artists and organizers from the Asian American Mentor Program held “Untold Stories,” a student art exhibit, at the Hive on Nov. 9.
Semiannual Sparkathon competition is back
Claremont Colleges students can sign up for this semester’s semiannual Sparkathon competition at sparkathon.org.
Queer Chicana poet and activist Cherríe Moraga visits Scripps to discuss new book
Cherríe Moraga, iconic queer Chicana poet, playwright and activist, visited Scripps College Oct. 10 to discuss her new book “Native Country of the Heart.”
Pomona corporeal mime class thinks outside the imaginary box
Thomas Leabhart, semi-retired Pomona theater professor, instructs a corporeal mime class at Seaver Theatre daily, encouraging students to achieve bodily awareness through fluid and artful movement. “[Corporeal mime] is being able to know where you are in space, knowing where the body is in space and understanding it,” he said.
5Circus club’s all silks, juggling — and no clowning around
Clowning around has taken on a new meaning for students in the Claremont Colleges’ circus club. 5Circus, a 5C-wide circus skills club, touts comprehensive lessons in aerial silks, juggling, balancing discs and gymnastics every Saturday afternoon in Roberts Pavilion. The club was founded in fall 2014 by Jack Gomberg PO
Chef Carla Hall talks food activism and the culinary world at Scripps
American chef Carla Hall visited Scripps College on Sept. 24 to discuss her journey into food activism, soul food appreciation and being in the culinary world as a woman of color.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead visits Scripps to talk new book, “The Nickel Boys”
Acclaimed author Colson Whitehead visited Scripps College to talk historical fiction and his new book “The Nickel Boys.”