Arts
Books, Movies, and PlaysBook Review: Watchmen
I had never heard of Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, until I signed for Jonathan Wertheim’s ‘Why Comics?” class, where the book served as...
Nomadland Review
My first encounter with Nomadland was a case of total serendipity. Scrolling through the news while trapped in the Concord Academy tents, I caught a...
CA Artists Showcase Their Works in Virtual Spring Music Concert
On May 7, following students’ first week of STAC 6, the Concord Academy community was treated with a virtual music concert, showcasing the diverse...
Virtual Spring Musical: Interview with Megan Schy-Gleeson
The unprecedented circumstances of the pandemic have taken a toll on the performing arts community. However, the CA community has been doing an...
Introduction to the Student Arts Council
The Student Arts Council is an official school council, with its members selected by the art department faculty from a pool of applicants. Different...
Directors’ Workshop Presents Two Student-Led Productions: The Mad Ones and Proof
Emma Benardete ’21, the dramaturg for both shows in Concord Academy’s advanced elective Directors’ Workshop, is here to discuss the course and...
CAFE: Evolution and New Initiatives
CAFE, Concord Academy Fashion Enthusiasts, is a club led by Carter Wood ’22 and Zoe Perlis ’22. This year, the club has produced an online magazine...
CA Hosts the First-Ever 24 Hour Film Festival
Concord Academy has always been a school built on both academics and arts. However, during the pandemic, it has been difficult to express the...
Pretend It’s a City Review
“Do I look welcoming to you?” This is how Fran Lebowitz would respond to you if you are a tourist who’s standing on the street, holding a map, and...
Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream
You may have already heard the title Friday Night Lights before. After all, it is the title of both a movie and an NBC television series that ran...
A Student Artist’s Perspective on CA Art Show: Interview with Roger Ge ’21
On Wednesday, February 10th, Concord Academy held the Fall Art Show, exhibiting students’ art pieces for their peers, teachers, and parents to see. ...
The Silence of the Lambs 30 Years Later
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE 1991 FILM The Silence of the Lambs Hello, Clarice. Few horror films have entered the cultural...
OJ Slaughter’s Event With the Peabody Essex Museum
OJ Slaughter is a Black Queer artist who uses photography as their preferred medium of expression. Their work has been included in many prominent...
Visual Arts Classes During the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has changed Concord Academy’s courses drastically. Visual arts classes are among the ones that had to change the most....
A Beginner’s Review of From the Neck Up: An Illustrated Guide to Hatmaking
One rarely finds a book review of a reference book. The review industry holds a stigma against them, as the modern conception of “reference book”...
The (American) Movies of 2020
2020 was an odd year for movies. Cinemas closed; festivals were canceled; an entire world of film shifted virtual. Almost every anticipated...
CA’s HUE and Classism
CA’s fashion club CAFE has in recent months created its website, HUE. CAFE’s Co-Head, Carter Wood ’22, described HUE as a platform used to explore...
Performances through Zoom
In previous years at Concord Academy, there would be countless performing arts productions, ranging from music performances in the chapel, mainstage...