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News Coverage of Jesuit Music, Stage & Film, and Visual Arts

Ethereal colors storm into the great frame as six boys can be seen chasing the storm of their youth. Accompanying this travel are the great blue prints for bowls of color and beauty, lipped and specked like nature's intent. These three pieces, Lightning Field by Lee N. Smith, Tiger Basket with Black Lip wrap and Green & Red Basket...
The young musician sits in his chair, sweat forming on his left eyebrow. He wipes the nuisance with his polyester suit as the conductor enters onto his podium. He raises his hands, scanning the band for confirmation that they are ready to perform the piece. This was the scene on January 30th when eight Jesuit-Ursuline Ranger Band members joined in unison...
Comedy.  Whoever controls this, controls the world.  Harnessing the power to make people laugh as well as reduce them to tears, the act of crafting true comedic art is only possessed by a select few. Appropriately, the outstanding writing, acting and directing in the 2016 One Acts exhibited some of this beautiful comedic art from the heart of Jesuit...
Stepping into the MADI museum downtown, the surroundings appear more like a magic show than an art gallery. Loud, bold artwork explodes from every hidden crevice (even the restrooms). Young kids and adults alike play with shapes and create unique art on tablets adjacent to fifty-year-old art. Critics pace back and forth before each frame, gasping with shock before...
The smell of gingerbread cookies, the absurd amount of ugly holiday sweaters, the hugs with distant family members you haven't seen since the Fourth of July; these can only mean one thing:  It's Christmas time!  This means it's also time for both the annual Jesuit Christmas Concert and the annual Ursuline Christmas Concert! On Thursday night, December 10th, starting promptly at 7:00...
Walking through the Terry Center here at Jesuit, one sees the many political cartoon drawings dedicated to Bill De’Ore ’65. The exhibit started on November 7th and will continue until late January of the coming year. Following the 50th Anniversary of his Jesuit graduation, De’Ore has given back to Jesuit with his time and art, providing Jesuit with many watercolor pieces...
Article written with the assistance of Jacqueline A. '16, Ursuline Bear Facts Albert Einstein presses firmly on his brown, suede fedora, preventing the cap from flying off his head as he dashes through the courtyard between the A and B hallways. He races ahead of other vivid characters, including Pablo Picasso, Elvis Presley, and other patrons of the Lapin Agile,...
Fredrick Douglas. Helen Keller. Caesar Chavez. What do these people have in common? All of them overcame hardships and difficulties to bring a message to the world. Paul McCormack represents the contemporary example of this brave heroism, devoting his entire life to the service of others despite the personal costs. He is the last man out, the last man...

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