A Materials and Metallurgy Major on the Colorado School of Mines campus. Avid hiker, dancer, theater kid, and intellectual puzzler.
The musical Fun Home is one of those shows that makes you laugh delightedly in one moment and then despair in the next. It has increased pertinence due to its basis in truth. Fun Home is based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir. She grows up in her family home with an appearance obsessed father who…
Mines Little Theatre’s spring show season is now underway with the recently returned musical, Pippin. While its most recent incarnation involved flips, tricks, and every manner of circus style flash, MLT’s more modest take on the show promises to deliver an equally poignant piece of musical theatre. The show will run from April 7th to…
Villkommen, Bienvenue, and Velcome to the Cabaret, a dynamic musical with fantastic cast performances all around and a wonderfully playful translation of this 1966 broadway show. This incredibly evocative and socially conscious show does not disappoint. It leaves the audience with something to chew on after an evening of fantastically entertaining, visceral performances. The iconic…
This year on Apr. 8-10, to the unawares of the majority of Mines campus, one group of dancers took second at the Intercollegiate Swing Battle. Ten students who have been working at odd and frequent hours made the 45 minute drive to CU Boulder to compete against three other schools, CSU, CU Boulder, and Utah…
The release of the 40th volume of High Grade, Mines’ literary journal of creative works from its faculty and student body, was a major success. The room filled up quickly when the doors opened at 5:00 p.m. and more people trickled in further on into the event. The CSM String Quartet played soft music during…
The Foothills Art Center currently has on display a variation of ceramic, thrown, porcelain, impressionistic, and psychedelic clay pieces on display from artists across the country. The exhibit, titled Mountain Standard Clay, has inhabited the Foothills Art Center, just off of campus on 16th St. and Washington Ave., since April 16 and will stay through…
Ending an event-filled E-Days celebration, the Saturday night concert was a great show. The event included American Authors, Cover Drive, and a fantastic display of pyrotechnics. The concert opened with Cover Drive—a distinctively reggae-hip hop fusion band that has performed with Rihanna and other major label artists as well as reaching commercial success in the…
There are many reasons that bring one happily to the eclectic Mercury Café. Thursday and Sunday, there’s the tantalizing desire to fluidly swirl about a room to live jazz and swing; Tuesdays, it is the chill free style of blues which beckons; and sometimes the intense tango or artful belly dancing could strike one’s fancy…
Around the World in EightE-Days are upon us at last! The collective excitement is mounting on the Mines campus and why would it not be? Whether a participant in the fun competitions, a club volunteering their services, or merely a casual attendee, the Days of Engineering promise fun and entertainment, a time for Mines to…
March 5th. Saturday Evening: a light breeze blows on a dark night. Campus is tranquil and still. But if one should venture into Green Center and wander down a grand staircase into Friedhoff, a whole new picture presents itself—one of times long past and big brass bands. Dozens of students swirl about the room, dressed…