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The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

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“The Winter’s Tale” by WCT: an artistic and academic success

Keira Zhuo, Contributing Writer | December 6, 2024

From Nov. 15 to 16, the Wellesley College Theatre Department (WCT) presented Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” a collaboration between the department and South Korea’s Soonchunhyang University....

Mamaland: WASA presents a golden night to remember

Mamaland: WASA presents a golden night to remember

Edith Bachmann, Staff Writer | December 5, 2024

If there’s one word that perfectly encapsulates the Wellesley African Student Association’s (WASA) production of “Mamaland” this year, it’s “energy.” There was something electric in the air...

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Seven December Reads

Victoria Llanos, Contributing Writer | December 4, 2024

The season of fireside reading is officially upon us! So for those in need of some suggestions, here are six of my favorite novels — and one much-loved play — I think are well worth picking up this...

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First Mandarin-language play “Sunrise” makes theater history at Wellesley

Alina Edwards, Staff Writer | December 4, 2024

On Friday, Oct. 18, the cast and crew behind “Sunrise” (“日出”), Wellesley College Upstage’s first theatrical production of the semester, made Wellesley history. “Sunrise” is the first...

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Review: The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s production of “Anastasia” proves the dire consequences of budget cuts to the arts

Anabelle Meyers | November 14, 2024
Despite the best efforts of its cast, the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s production of “Anastasia” was unable to overcome the challenges of its source material.
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Why you should watch “SATURDAY NIGHT”

Yahana Streeter, Contributing Writer | November 12, 2024
A review of “SATURDAY NIGHT” live from my dorm room.
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Review: Duster and Dirty Art Club at Boston’s House of Blues

Nita Kelly | October 30, 2024

I remember the first time I listened to Duster –– it was a random grunge album that I found on Spotify back in 2019, the muffled vocals and distorted guitar drawing me inward as I slowly added half...

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Boston’s Improv Asylum is no joke

Sage Levy | October 27, 2024

“If it’s great, awesome. If it’s terrible, awesome. The worst thing it could be is mediocre.” This was more or less the consensus my friends and I came to as we eagerly awaited the start of Improv...

Wining & Dining: A taste of Wellesley's Playa Bowls

Wining & Dining: A taste of Wellesley’s Playa Bowls

Kathy Li | October 24, 2024

The opening of Playa Bowls in Wellesley’s Linden Square last semester has, in my opinion, been the greatest thing to happen to the Ville in recent history. As an avid acai bowl enthusiast, the proximity...

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Review: Charli XCX’s “Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat”

Nita Kelly | October 23, 2024

Charli XCX’s new album, “Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat”, is the sonic embodiment of 2024’s ‘brat summer’ — chaotic, euphoric and unabashedly experimental. With...

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Connecting to E.M. Forster’s “Howards End”

Victoria Llanos | October 5, 2024

“Only connect!” proclaims E.M. Forster in the epigraph of “Howards End” (1910). “Only connect!” expounds the character Margaret Schlegel halfway through the novel. “Only … connect?” I...

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Emerson Stage concludes its run of hilarious bitch-positive play “POTUS”

Ivy Buck | October 4, 2024

From Sept. 25 to 28, the word repeated across the Emerson Greene Theatre stage was, to the probable horror of the few 60 or 70-somethings scattered throughout the audience, “cunt.” Not just in its...

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