Category: Entertainment
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A Whole New World: Backstage Access to the Fall Show
by Jamison Rodgers, Assistant News Editor “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players,” wrote the playwright William Shakespeare in his play As You Like It. This fall, the Upper School Drama Department will be performing As You Like It. You are being taken to a place no audience member…
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A Deeper Look into the United Nation’s Newest Update on Climate Change
In just the past month, the United States has witnessed several severe hurricanes tear through the country, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Their effects are believed by the majority of scientists to have been strengthened by climate change, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While there are still many people…
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Experience the Power of Music at Local Festivals
Everyone has their own kind of music. Everyone has their own particular genres and artists that make them scream, sing, jump up and down, help them sleep, cry, and so on. That is the power of music. Going to see those artists in concert can be even more exciting because the music is literally created…
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Captivating Museum Comes to Life
You enter a narrow space within an overcrowded vessel with people whom you barely know. You are forced to invade their space because there is nowhere else for you to go. The waves of the Atlantic Ocean pound on the side of the ship, making you wish you could get off, but the heavy shackles…
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Winter Ball is Fun with Friends, a Date or Solo
The stress of finding a winter ball date: often times, this becomes a bigger source of panic and worry than the homework due tomorrow. Should I ask the person that I like? Should I go stag? Should I get set up? Stone Ridge girls take a variety of different dates to winter ball, and ultimately…
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Top Artists Come to the DMV
Throughout time, music has played an important role in people’s lives, whether it is for comfort or simply just jamming out. Going to live concerts gives you the great opportunity to experience live music with the people you love. “I really like that it’s a venue full of people who appreciate the same…
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Stone Ridge Actresses: Under the Spotlight
Written by Niya Cyrus Imagine blinding lights and feeling like there is nothing more than you and the stage that you are standing on. “When I’m on stage, I can’t see the audience because of the lights, and [I] have the impression of being enveloped in them,” says Olenka Wellisz ‘17. “I feel as though…
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When the Curtain Closes
Lights up. It’s a chilly Sunday afternoon on the Stone Ridge campus. The entire cast of Shrek the Musical is crowded around a table of snacks, something every cast member is evidently fond of after a long day of rehearsal. They have spent three hours rehearsing while they could have been doing schoolwork, or, rather,…
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Voices Behind Photographs
Behind the Scenes of AP Photography’s Teacher Feature As a tribute to the exquisite work in AP photography’s latest project featuring the Teachers of Stone Ridge, the journalism crew wanted to go behind the scenes of their work and uncover the true meaning of their photographs. I had the opportunity to speak with some…
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Prepare Yourself for This Summer’s Blockbusters
Excited for this summer’s movie releases? So are we! Here are some exciting new films to order tickets for! Alice Through the Looking Glass Don’t be deceived by this children’s book title; Tim Burton’s rendering of this classic story is sure to leave chills down the spines of adults and children alike. In this…