Music Review: “What Do You Mean” Justin Bieber Is Coming Back?
Can Justin Bieber’s new single bring him back from the fringe of popularity? What Do You Mean’s synthetic beat and laid-back vocals took the song to No. 1 on Billboard’s…
Arts & Culture
Mid-Autumn Festival: A Photo Essay
Rolling Down the Hill: Relief Printing at McDaniel College
Changes accompany every new semester, and students that have walked through the first floor of Hill Hall might have noticed that the once bare walls of the lounge are now…
Modern Daedalus
Kyle J. Bauer’s exhibit of various geometric, mixed-media sculptures, titled “don’t fly too close to the sun,” referencing the myth of Icarus, currently inhabits the Rice Gallery on the top…
Review: Lotus Blooms Again with Gilded Age
“Jamtronica,” a nickname given to the genre of music involving modern electronic sounds while retaining the much-loved extended jams, is one way of describing the band Lotus. With the release of their…
Live Vicariously: The IPO’s First Annual Photo Contest
The International Programs Office (IPO) is held its first annual campus-wide photo contest this year in order to advertise for their office and give students an opportunity to live vicariously…
Undergrad Art Show: A Photo Essay
The Kathryn E. Wentz Juried undergraduate art show was on display in the Rice Gallery from April 7 to April 18, with an artist’s reception on April 9. The show…
Taste of the World: Chilean Music Comes to McDaniel
On Friday afternoon, musicians Patricio Acevedo, vocalist and string instrument player, and John Stenger, keyboard player, filled Little Baker Chapel with the joyful sounds of traditional Chilean music. The event…
If It Ain’t Baroque, Don’t Fix It
Harpsichord, violin, flute, cello. With these four instruments, the music of great composers—from Vivaldi to Handel—came to life in Little Baker Chapel. On Sunday, March 8, Chamber Music on the…
BLACK: An exhibition of darkness in the Rice Gallery
Darkness abounds on the top floor of Peterson Hall. “BLACK: Paintings by Brian Cirmo” is the current exhibit in the Rice Gallery, featuring 13 pieces almost totally covered with black…
Taste of Asia: A Photo Essay
McDaniel Theatre Review: You’ve Got to See ‘The Bee’
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was, in a word, HILARIOUS. I’ve been to every play since freshman year (I’m now a second-semester sophomore) and this was honestly the…
Student’s Clothing Line to Hit the Runway in March
Inspired to be different, Maurice Paul, a senior, has decided to create his own clothing line, named Godly Apparel. “I’m big on trying to be different and wear things that…
Carroll County Arts Center Hosts Free Foreign Film Festival
Carroll Arts Center is hosting its annual FLICC’s Foreign Film Festival featuring amazing films from Russia, Mexico, Netherlands, and Israel with English subtitles every Friday in February with two screenings…
Rice Gallery Exhibits: Hidden Colors at McDaniel
Dozens of faces splattered with bright colors greet you as soon as you walk on the top floor of Peterson Hall. The Rice Art Gallery features works by various artists…
Creative Time Summit Conference Fosters Global Connection with Local Participation
Nov. 17 and 18 were special days for McDaniel’s departments of Art and Art History, Political Science and Sociology, as well as the Honors Program and the Global Fellows Program….
Masterworks Chorale Takes a Turn Back In Time
This past Sunday, November 16, 2014, the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County presented their fall concert, entitled ‘Baroque Beginnings: From Palestrina to Praetorius.’ Dr. Margaret Boudreaux directed the chorale, although…
French Week: Sidewalk Chalk Competition
Common Ground Hosts Banjo Legend Tony Trischka
Imagine your American history class coming to life with unusual instruments, sing-alongs, and a Beatles medley. Tony Trischka’s two-hour banjo concert on Nov. 1 included all of these and more….
Tony Trischka, Banjo Man
Flute, piano, guitar, banjo. These are the instruments Tony Trischka has in his repertoire – and the last is the one he is famous for. Trischka will perform a banjo…