Category: Arts and Life

Feb 10 2015

Salsa Nights hopes to incorporate a fun, culural party scene

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By Kalyn Dunkins Arts & Life Editor Feeling saucy? Alex Meza ’16 of Chicago, Ill. is launching Salsa Night, a fiery flock of salsa dancing. The first meeting was this...

Feb 10 2015

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Gender and sexuality put into perspective in experimental film

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By Kalyn Dunkins Arts & Life Editor Masculinity, femininity and… film? It seems unheard of to have both social constructs conjoined and experimented within a single motion picture, but that’s...

Feb 10 2015

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Bluegrass festival: the unstoppable tide of bluegrass

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By Andrew Watkins Special to the Denisonian Whether it can truly be called a revival is up for debate, but there is no denying that bluegrass is thriving in Granville,...

Feb 10 2015

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“Rabbit Hole” supports DITA’s passion for student theater

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By Katie Landoll Special to the Denisonian The Denison Independent Theater Association presented Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire in the Burke Black Box Theater. The play was directed by Marc...

Feb 03 2015

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Billy Collins rivets audience with poetry reading

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By Rachel Epstein Arts and Life Editor The American ideas of poetry as literature weaved its way into an exceptional forum of the spoken word when former United State’s Poet...

Feb 03 2015

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Posse scholars dissect the meaning of justice in today’s society

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By Kalyn Dunkins Arts and Life Editor Friends of both Denison faculty, Posse scholars and staff members united this past weekend for the yearly Posse Plus Retreat. This is a...

Feb 03 2015

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It’s your patriotic duty to see ‘The Interview’

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By Laura Carr Editor-in-Chief “She’s honey-potting you!” Those words, immortalized in film by Seth Rogen and James Franco’s latest film, characterize “The Interview.” Let’s do a quick crash course about...

Jan 27 2015

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‘Frangela’ livens Slayter third floor with comedic relief

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By Alexandria Martin Staff Writer This past Saturday, Denisonians were graced with the hilariously comic duo, Frangela. Frangela came to Denison presenting some of their most recent comedic pieces with...

Jan 27 2015

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Human Rights Festival raises awareness for global equality

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By Kalyn Dunkins Arts & Life Editor The sociology-anthropology department is taking part in sponsoring Denison’s tenth annual Human Rights Film Festival, which will be a presentation of a total...

Jan 27 2015

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Adult Jazz’s Gist Is album is an Indie dream

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By Andrew Watkins Special to The Denisonian On the bus, in the car, on the way to class–generally we take music with us wherever we go. But sometimes an album...