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"Alice by Heart" Reviewed

“Alice by Heart” Reviewed

Ella Kim, Staff Writer May 7, 2025

Honeyed voices, crazed cackling, haunting shadows, and the beautiful pain of moving forward. Pinewood’s spring musical “Alice by Heart” captures the anguish of fighting against time through the evocative...

Save Space for Bass

Save Space for Bass

Rishi Chen, Staff Writer May 7, 2025

In any song you listen to, it’ll be there. It’s easy to tune it out as background noise, write it off as unnecessary, or even just forget about it. Yet bass is often the most crucial component of any...

Seniors’ PPA Experiences

Nerea Amezcua, Staff Writer May 7, 2025

As this year's graduating class completes their last year of high school, many of them are not just leaving Pinewood, but the Pinewood Performing Arts community as well.  Mia Gustavson joined the PPA...

Pinewood Seniors Pursue Arts in College

Esha Joshi, Staff Writer May 7, 2025

As they prepare to graduate, three students from the Class of 2025 plan to carry their interest in the arts into their college educations and careers.  Senior Sophia Ellis plans to pursue performing...

PPA Visits New York, New York!

PPA Visits New York, New York!

Esha Joshi, Staff Writer March 8, 2025

   As our group of hungry, tired, Californians hurried into our hotel in the bustling heart of Times Square, the first thing I noticed about New York City, which I’d never been to before, was that...

Pinewood Plays Jazz

Rishi Chen, Staff Writer March 8, 2025

   The confounding paradox of jazz is that no one, especially not jazz players, can coherently describe what constitutes jazz. It is better defined by the feelings it exudes: feelings of thrill, confusion,...

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“Alice by Heart” Arrives

Nerea Amezcua, Staff Writer March 8, 2025

  As the Queen of Hearts chops heads off and Alice Spencer tells the tale of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” the Pinewood Performing Arts is preparing for the musical “Alice by Heart.”    Inspired...

New “East of Eden” Mural Unveiled Near Art Room

New “East of Eden” Mural Unveiled Near Art Room

Esha Joshi, Staff Writer February 8, 2025

   At first glance, the vivid red and orange sunset hovering over peaceful hills on the wall outside the art room may appear to have nothing to do with literature at all, let alone Cain and Abel or...

“Watch Indian Cinema!”

“Watch Indian Cinema!”

Rishi Chen, Staff Writer February 8, 2025

   Indian cinema, much like the nation that produces it, is an affair of superlatives. It is, and has long been, the country that produces the most films per year — as many as 16,000 in a multitude...

"Addams Family" Arrives

“Addams Family” Arrives

Rishi Chen, Staff Writer November 19, 2024

   “The Addams Family,” Pinewood’s eighth grade musical, will be making its debut in December this year. Returning to the Pinewood stage for the second time in just under a decade, the musical...

Family Favorite Traditions

Esha Joshi, Staff Writer November 19, 2024

   From building snowmen to visiting temples to cooking up holiday feasts, Pinewood families all have their unique traditions during the holiday season. Whether intended to usher in a cozy winter or...

The Rapid Rise of Chappell Roan

The Rapid Rise of Chappell Roan

Ella Kim, Staff Writer November 19, 2024

   The song “Good Luck, Babe!” — which captured the complex feelings of sapphic love with its upbeat melody — has amassed nearly 875 million streams on Spotify in the mere seven months since...

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