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...
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,...
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.”
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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...
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...
“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...
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 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...
As both the fall play, “The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Nighttime,” and the eighth grade musical, “The Addams Family,” approach, the members of Tech Theater, a class responsible for...
This fall, the Pinewood Performing Arts (PPA) department is putting on a production of Mark Haddon’s acclaimed novel, “The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime.” The show follows the...
The recent trip to Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival gave students a chance to see Shakespeare’s often incomprehensible language come to life on stage in both humorous and tragic ways. Led...
Seated beside me is the mother of the saxophonist of my favorite band. I am seated in a plush green velvet chair. An array of tea, scones, jam, and clotted cream is laid out in front of me. Outside,...
