Photo provided by Jackson Beach A lengthy charter bus ride is musical in its own right. I watch as drowsy heads plugged with earbuds bob up and down to the rhythm of potholes and uneven pavement. Garment bags hung from above swing left and right like a conductor’s baton. The pink haze of a rising sun warms the road like...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook“There are a lot of ways to cut paper as there are a lot of ways to tell stories,” said Beatrice Coron, beginning her artist talk in Ruth Taylor Recital Hall on March 19. Coron spoke as a part of the Stieren Guest Artist series, discussing her career as well as the history of papercutting as an...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook Any college student will tell you group projects suck. With conflicting schedules, just getting three people into the same room is a feat. Add onto that differing visions for the project and a discrepancy between work ethics, and your chances of getting anything meaningful done are slim to none. Now imagine your group is a band,...

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Photo by Genevieve Humphreys The sound of live music in Trinity’s Ruth Taylor Recital Hall no longer depends on the presence of a live musician. On Feb. 8, the Trinity University Department of Music unveiled its newest tool: The Steinway & Sons “Spirio” Player Piano, donated by James and Janet Dicke. “I had a phone call from Mrs. Dicke just...

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Photo by Genevieve HumphreysTrinity University Press and the University Committee unveiled “Trinity University: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future,” Trinity’s commemorative book for the University’s sesquicentennial on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2019. Featuring 150 years of history through archival photos and stories the book celebrates Trinity as a visual time capsule and honors its past and future. Through Trinity’s journey —...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut AriesOh, Aries. Nothing is complete without a battle for you. Always ready to confront, you’ve probably never had a problem with getting your thoughts across. But next time, why don’t you just ask your roomie to watch “Terrace House” on Netflix instead? TaurusSteady and reliable, the crazy plant lady of the signs, can you even see...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook At risk of sounding like your great aunt who thinks “Hamilton” might just be a “bit too political for her,” I miss the days when the Trinity mainstage show was Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.” No political commentary, no “oh-so-relevant” connections to real-life movements, no straight-faced, serious drama. Just murder. And fun. Fun murder!Last weekend, the Department...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom," a theatre lab show directed by Sarah Bastos and based on a script written by Charles Busch in 1984, premiered in the Ruth Taylor Theatre Building attic on Thursday, Feb. 14 (performances ran from Thursday to Saturday, Feb. 16). While the title and premise — two immortal vampire lesbians who fight through...

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Photo by Genevieve Humphreys “Ain't I divisive by accident, don't I complicate the revolution with all my grievances? ... Am I not the pulse of every one of your revolts? Ain't I a woman? Ain't that a rhetorical question?” asked Kai Davis, Black Student Union's (BSU) guest spoken word poet, at “A Love Letter to Black Folks,” held in Skyline...

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