“The Unicorn Brigade” Shows How Defying Convention Can Become Innovation
Last Friday and Saturday in Sci 101, a space that is normally reserved for classes and lectures, a stage unfolded with chalk drawings, unicorn emblems, and drawings galore. A hushed crowd was drawn in...
View ArticleHeard Through the Grapevine: Spring Concert Warms Swarthmore
“Hi everyone, thanks for coming out. We are Grapevine, Swarthmore’s most fun, most female, most fruity acapella group,” said Emily Uhlmann ’19 warmly during last Saturday’s spring Grapevine concert in...
View ArticleDancing in the Fold: A Swarthmore Performer’s Experience
From November 11-15, I had the honor of spending the week training and dancing with the New York City based dance company Doug Varone and Dancers. This extraordinary and renowned professional...
View ArticleThe Pig Iron Theater Company Comes to Swarthmore with Love Unpunished
Founded by Swarthmore College alums in 1995, the Pig Iron Theater Company has created over 30 original works and toured internationally in countries including England, Scotland, Poland, Lithuania,...
View Article“I Want You Back:” A Capella Returns to Swarthmore
On Friday, Nov. 5, a cappella returned to Swarthmore’s campus after a nearly two-year absence. Each of Swarthmore’s four a cappella groups — OffBeat, Grapevine, Mixed Company, and Sixteen Feet —...
View ArticleDrunk Drivers? Killer Whales? Car Seat Headrest at Franklin Music Hall
Some February day in 2016, my sophomore year of high school, I sat in an empty room waiting for class to start. I don’t remember what I was feeling as I watched my teacher shuffle in to set up the...
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Artist of the Week Daniel Oakes on the Power of Physicality in Theater 
When the curtains open and Daniel Oakes ’24 takes to the stage, his rehearsals, research, and reflections take effect in a symbiosis that feels both natural and compelling. Indeed, Daniel not only...
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