Maryland Art Place understands art is a need, not a want
The power of art can be monumental, but finding a way and a place to personally express yourself can be difficult. Maryland Art Place, a nonprofit gallery in Baltimore, is…
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‘Clybourne Park’ performs to a sold-out audience
The good, the bad, and the Oscars
‘Compulsory Measures’
The importance of music education
S.O.S.: Find Fenty Music
Jeremy Saulnier’s third major feature keeps the gore and suspense, but loses the punch
‘Saints and Sisters’ explores the expectations of theatre
“Pigments and Plastics” McDaniel art honors exhibit
McDaniel Theater performs “Carrie: The Musical”
McDaniel’s Theater Arts Department is back for the second show of the semester, “Carrie: The Musical.” The show was directed by Josh Selzer, an alumnus and art director of McDaniel College,…
20,000 leagues above my expectations
“Justice League” is the comic-bookest comic book movie I’ve ever seen. There are boomtubes and motherboxes and parademons, beautiful Jack Kirby nonsense. There’s Aquaman, chugging whiskey in slow motion while…
Local artists host annual Carroll County Artists’ Studio Tour
This week, past and current McDaniel students, faculty, and professors, as well as Carroll County community members and residents will all come together to celebrate the joys of art and…
McDaniel College art department visits art galleries in New York City
On Nov. 4, the McDaniel College Art Department went on their biannual field trip to New York City. Each semester, two buses pick up the attending students and faculty and…
Giving back: The power of music
Every Thursday night a crowd of close to 45 students surrounds two musicians in the Gazebo. Simultaneously, a brisk autumn wind dashes by, snatching up a blend of laughter, singing…
McDaniel Art & Art History Department hosts guest lecture by Nikki Painter
On Oct. 5, 2017, McDaniel College Art Department welcomed visiting artist Nikki Painter to talk about her work. During her lecture, as she described her artistic journey, although she quickly…
McDaniel Theater performs “A Streetcar Named Desire”
The McDaniel College theater department has just finished its run of the Fall 2017 play: Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” directed by Professor Gené Fouché. The show ran from…
Jared Reck: From teacher to novelist
On the most important day of his career so far, first-time author Jared Reck was still assigned to lunch duty, watching eighth grade boys compare armpit hair to see who…
“Truthwitch” by Susan Dennard
“Truthwitch” is the first book in Susan Dennard’s young adult high fantasy series The Witchlands, titled after the name of the fictional land in which it takes place. In the…
Artist Bart O’Reilly talks at McDaniel
On Sept. 14, McDaniel College’s Art & Art History department hosted its first speaker of the year, Bart O’Reilly. O’Reilly is an Irish immigrant who now resides in Maryland. His…
“Visions of the Circus”
After years of planning, hard work, and countless back and forth emails, McDaniel College’s very own Communication professor, Dr. Robert Lemieux, has put together a fantastic exhibit titled “Visions of…