Category: Arts & Entertainment
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Graduation Gift Guide
By Sydney Altschuler ’12, Staff Writer Graduation Party – You’re Invited! The invitation lands in your mailbox. I know what you are all feeling at this moment: that peculiar mixture of pride, love, and sadness. After all, your baby/sibling/best friend is about to go to off to college! But that is all pretty standard, right? …
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Mr. Jacoby Goes Above and ‘Beyond’
By Rachel DeChiara ’13, Arts & Entertainment Editor It’s always been strange to think that teachers might actually have lives outside of school. So when Mr. Jacoby told me that he was involved in a production at the Chatham Community Playhouse, I could not refuse the chance to watch him perform. The show, entitled “Beyond Therapy,”…
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Student Choreography Is Tough Work
By Jeffery Frankel ’13 and Nitika Kaul ’12, Staff Writers As the school year winds down, the Arts Department wraps up with some of the most exciting work created throughout the year. In celebration of fifteen years of NA’s successful Dance program, the Spring Dance concert had the theme of “15 Forward.” This was an…
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The Arts, After NA
By Robin Giles ’12, Arts & Entertainment Editor With painters and sculptors, singers and musicians, actors and choreographers, the class of 2011 has been one of the most artistically talented grades to pass through the halls of Newark Academy. And although it may be bittersweet to bid adieu to our artsy seniors, each one has…
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Steve Miller: The Music Behind the Man
By Robin Giles ’12, Arts Editor While most of us know him as “the maintenance guy” or “the motorcycle guy,” a far more accurate description of Steve Miller would be “the music guy.” For him, playing music is more than just a hobby – it’s a lifelong passion. And while he has occasionally graced our…
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SLANT: A Last Hurrah for Senior Artists
By Ben Martin-Katz ’12, Arts & Entertainment Columnist Last week, Sydney Hershman, Leigh Wolfson, Ashley Ulrich, Nyasia Jones, and Tara Gadde finished dismantling the SLANT art exhibit whose title was an acronym of the artists’ initials. The show was the culmination of the seniors’ art careers at Newark Academy, and displayed work they have made…
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Rebecca Black, What Day Is It?
By Rachel Drobner ’12, Staff Writer Do you know what day it is today? Rebecca Black can tell you that it’s Friday, and that “we so excited!” And just in case you happened to forget the rest of the days of the week, she can also tell you that “yesterday was Thursday, tomorrow is Saturday…
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Water for Elephants: A Lackluster Adaptation
By Jeffrey Frankel ’13, Staff Writer Last year, people across the country (including many at Newark Academy) fell in love with Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen’s runaway bestseller. Unfortunately for fans of the novel, however, the film adaptation is certainly not “the most spectacular show on Earth.” Robert Pattinson stars as Jacob Jankowski, an orphaned…
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1 in 500: Ellen Fishbein
By Tyler Goff ’14, Staff Writer An avid opera singer and self-proclaimed “headbanger”, Newark Academy Senior Ellen Fishbein certainly has an interesting taste in music that reflects her rare personality. Moreover, because of her synesthesia, Ellen is yet another example of the many individuals in the Newark Academy community who look at life from a…
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A Flibbertijibbet! A Will-o’-the Wisp! A Clown!
By Tara Gadde ’11, Arts & Entertainment Editor Newark Academy’s production of the “Sound of Music” sang and danced its way into the hearts of the packed auditorium’s audience. The production, featuring a stellar pit band and stage crew, took place on March 3rd, 4th and 5th. The actors showed not only a remarkable display…