Posts tagged with “Reviews” (All posts)

Review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

23 February 2021

Over the weekend, the Carleton Players performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Under Andrew Carlson’s direction, the production brought colorful, neon light to what has been a cold and morale-testing term…

rude mechanicals

Summer Reading List

25 June 2019

With comps finished, grades turned in, and seniors graduated, it is officially time to welcome the summer. For most of us, the summer is when we catch up on pleasure…

Laird Hall on a perfect summer day

No Stopping the World!

7 June 2019

DATELINE: Bell Field (June 4, 2019) “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow! / You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout / Till you have drenched our steeples, . . .…

spring 2019 picnic

Li-Young Lee and David Whetstone: Readers Respond

26 January 2019

What did you think about the evening of poetry and music Li-Young Lee and David Whetstone put on last week? No ordinary reading, the two men collaborated to pair never-before-heard…

(Picnic, Lightning): Change of Venue Favors the World

30 May 2018

Dateline:  Bell Field (May 29, 2018) The English Department gathered this evening for its annual picnic under lowering skies with the sound of distant thunder rumbling across the green fields of…

Shock and Awe! Seniors Stun the World

1 June 2017

Dateline: Bell Field (May 30, 2017) The English department gathered for its annual “Seniors Vs. the World” softball game this evening on the lush green expanse of Bell Field. Many…

Theater Review: Ten Thousand Things’ Pericles

10 November 2016

Several weeks ago, Carleton students took a trip up to the Cities to see the Ten Thousand Things performance of Shakespeare’s Pericles. The trip was made possible by the Elizabeth…

Richard III Comes to the Weitz: Students Have Opinions

30 September 2016

Last Sunday, September 25th, Carleton College students and faculty congregated in the Weitz Cinema to attend a screening of the Almeida Theatre’s Richard III. This production, directed by Rupert Goold…

ralph fiennes wearing a crown

The World Rolls On!

1 June 2016

 Dateline:  Hill of Three Oaks (May 31, 2016) The English department gathered for its annual “Seniors Vs. the World” softball game this evening.  Despite rainfall earlier in the day and lowering…

As You “Liked” It: Short Reviews of the NT Live Production

27 April 2016

On the evening of April 19th, members of the Carleton and Northfield communities were treated to a screening of the National Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy, As You Like It.…