Category: Arts and Life

Apr 29 2026

Student work and collaboration to be featured in 50th film festival

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Donald Keough, Editor-in-Chief The Denison Cinema Department will present the 50th film festival, an event which includes a compilation of student films made throughout the semester. In many ways, the...

Apr 29 2026

Arts and Life

Exile celebrates its latest issue with a release party

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Elizaveta Kluchareva, Staff Writer Since 1953, Denison University’s student-run literary magazine Exile has been giving students a place to share their creative work with the campus. On April 22, the...

Apr 29 2026

Arts and Life

‘Spring Awakening’ to showcase stark, yet meaningful, performance

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Donald Keough, Editor-in-Chief The Denison Theatre Department is working on their spring performance “Spring Awakening” this semester, with the first showing on April 30. This will also be Alison Morooney’s...

Apr 22 2026

Arts and Life

Zoe Ward’s passion for poetry grows after receiving award

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Grace Ostrosky, Arts & Life Editor In May 2025, Zoe Ward ‘28, a creative writing and philosophy double major, was named the Tennessee Youth Poet Laureate. Although her term is...

Apr 22 2026

Arts and Life

‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’ brought back to campus

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Mars Harmon, Asst. Photo Editor During the 2008-2009 academic year, Denison put on the play “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” This was the year before Cheryl McFarren, associate professor of...

Apr 15 2026

Arts and Life

$2,690 raised in Burpee’s annual 24-hour show

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Donald Keough, Editor-in-Chief The annual Burpee all-nighter was conducted in similar comedy-centric, entertainment driven fashion this weekend, cracking up audience members and bringing in one of the highest fundraising amounts...

Apr 08 2026

Arts and Life

BFA senior work culminates in final exhibition

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Donald Keough, Editor-in-Chief Currently and later this month, visual art students on the BFA track are displaying their academic-long projects at the Bryant Arts Center and Cinema house. Each student...

Apr 01 2026

Arts and Life

‘Curiosity’ invites visitors to discover wonder

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Nhat Linh Dang, Asst. News Editor The Denison Museum is encouraging visitors to slow down and discover the joy of not knowing through its latest exhibition, Curiosity, on view through...

Mar 11 2026

Arts and Life

Denison theatre performs Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’

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Mars Harmon, Asst. Photo Editor After the success of Molière’s classic play “Tartuffe” last spring, assistant director of theatre, Dr. Aviva Neff, directed Denison students in a production of Shakespeare’s...

Mar 11 2026

Arts and Life

Lanham combines nature and social justice in writings

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Grace Ostrosky, Arts and Life Editor “I write to be heard,” J. Drew Lanham said toward the end of his reading, answering questions from the audience. Lanham presented at the...