Author: jfrankel13
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News from Napa – First Impressions of the Oxbow School
By Sydney Sheehan ’14, Staff Writer I’ve been at Newark Academy since the sixth grade, so you can only imagine my shock at starting in a new school during my junior year! My class of forty-five students is made up of ten boys and thirty-five girls from all over the country, and I would never…
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The Not-So Drowsy Chaperone
By Abby Whelan ’14, Staff Writer It was impossible for anyone in the audience to feel drowsy while watching the 2013 Newark Academy school musical: The Drowsy Chaperone. The incredible cast of this show immediately captured the audience’s attention as each character danced, sang, and joked his or her way into the plotline. This year’s…
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Between “The Rock” and a Hard Place
By Jeffrey Frankel ’13, Arts & Entertainment Editor Performed by an unmistakably distinguished cast of actors, Ric Roman Waugh’s crime drama Snitch unfortunately fails to live up to audiences’ expectations. Trailers misled moviegoers by enticing them with an “action thriller” starring Dwayne Johnson who, by the way, made a more convincing tooth fairy in 2010…
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“The Mastaba”. Ancient Egyptian Tomb or Astute Tourist Attraction?
By Jeffrey Frankel ’13, “Arts & Entertainment” Editor TASCHEN Books recently published Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Mastaba. Project for Abu Dhabi. The book raises questions: Who are Christo and Jeanne-Claude? Where is Abu Dhabi? And what in the world is a “mastaba”? As Pegeen Galvin, the Dean of Students and AP Art History teacher at Newark…
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The Art of Gift Giving
By Ahlia Bethea ’13, Staff Writer The holiday season is finally upon us, which means one thing is on everyone’s mind: gifts! The art of gift giving is a hard one for most to master, but it doesn’t have to be. One of the easiest ways to relieve the pressure that comes with shopping is…
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“Spotlight”: Patrick Lai ’13
By Abby Whelan ’14, Staff Writer Our school community prides itself on the immense talent that is shown at all levels of the arts program. However, while the actors, singers, musicians, and dancers get to perform center stage, the visual artists display their talents a little bit differently. The visual artists—the painters, the sculptors, the…
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Sara Terry: Artist-in-Residence Changes Perspectives
By Lauren Whelan ’14, Staff Writer This past month, the Newark Academy community was awed by the stunning photo images displayed in the art gallery. This exhibit–Forgiveness and Conflict: Lessons from Africa-–included the work of Global Gpeaker/Artist-in-Residence Ms. Sara Terry. Although Ms. Terry began her career as a freelance writer, she eventually transitioned to photography and…
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World of Warhol
By Sydney Sheehan ’14, Staff Writer Recently, a new exhibition opened up in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one that everyone should have the chance to see. Regarding Warhol, Sixty Artists, Fifty Years, began on September 18th, making it one of the newest exhibits in the museum. It showcases the work of both Andy Warhol,…
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Fortinbras Counts His Blessings
By Jeffrey Frankel ’13, “Arts & Entertainment” Editor After a turbulent week of hurricanes, snowstorms, and postponements, Fortinbras finally filled the Black Box Theatre last weekend for three impressive performances of the Shakespeare sequel. This year’s fall drama, the thirty-first for Director Mr. Jacoby and the second Shakespearean one—he put on Twelfth Night in 2001—was…
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“Spotlight”: Nathaniel Okun ’13
By Abby Whelan ’14, Staff Writer The annual instrumental concerts at Newark Academy never cease to amaze the community. The highly impressive mellifluous tunes and sheer talent that is shown by the orchestra, band, and jazz band numbers are the talk of the town every time they set foot on stage. However, out of these…