NATALIE PATTERSON On Friday, Oct. 18, Metta-Sáma and the Center for Women Writers welcomed poets Cameron Awkward-Rich, Rosebud Ben-Oni and Brenda Iijima, as well as self-identified diarist and anti-poet Kenyatta JP García, to each present a talk on the topic of embodiment. In her introduction of the writers, Metta-Sáma explained that the Embodiment Panel was […]
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SAV FRANZ In the Salem College Pierettes’ production of “Collective Rage: A Tale in 5 Betties,” the club shows they are not afraid to get a little political and extremely absurd. Centering itself around five different New York women all named Betty, each character reflects the deeply individual yet uniting struggles they face in loving […]
Read More…SAV FRANZ Salem College Pierrettes will be putting on a dark romantic comedy, running Oct. 3-6, bringing together five very different New Yorkers expressing their love, rage, and passions together through the art of theatre (or as they call “the thea-tah!”). The five characters— all named Betty, each come from distinct backgrounds but together discover […]
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LAUREN KAY CHIARADIO On March 1st and 2nd, Black Americans Demonstrating Unity (BADU) celebrated the end of Black History Month in dual events honoring black excellence and culture. The first of the two events was BADU’s first Awards banquet on March 1st,t which was catered by Winston-Salem restaurant Prime Tyme and given a donation by […]
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SOPHIE SHELTON Excitement loomed around the annual production of “The Vagina Monologues,” a student-run and student-performed show at Salem College. Written by feminist playwright Eve Ensler, the monologues center around women and their relationships with their vaginas. The monologues were performed on February 15th, 16th and 17th in Huber Theatre. The board consisted of co-directors […]
Read More… LAUREN KAY CHIARADIO On Nov. 2, Salem students opened a new art show entitled Relevance 2018, which displays works from artists at Forsyth Technical Community College, Salem College, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University. The art exhibit is located in the Womble Carlyle Gallery in […]
Read More… OLIVIA CHIPI Amidst changes to Salem College’s campus, the fall “Salem Sings” choral concert experienced a few changes of its own. “For the first time in 8 years, there will be no orchestra or instruments besides piano,” said Sonja Sepulveda, Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music Theory at Salem College. Dr. Sepulveda […]
Read More… NATALIE PATTERSON On Sept. 28, the Salem College Center for Women Writers (CWW) hosted an event in Gramley Library as a part of their NC Writers Showcase Series. Novelist Holly Goddard Jones, author of “The Salt Line”, and poet Lavinia Jackson, writer of “Poetry in Plain Sight,” were invited to read from their books and […]
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SAV FRANZ The Salem College Pierrettes’ Fall play was a staged reading and adaptation of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The story, which took place on an island out of a tropical paradise, is a striking tale of the human condition and a commentary on British high society. This story was turned on […]
Read More… Lauren Kay Chiaradio On Oct. 12, the Salem College Art Department opened a new series of exhibits in the Fine Arts Center. The exhibits on display are “American Folk” and “Proof + Disappearance,” both of which display a variety of photographic styles and “The Butterfly Man,” a set of collages. Lisa Elmaleh has worked with […]
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