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Mike Donovan, Gina Twardosz, Caroline Lezny, Hanna Kennedy and Charlie Kenney | Wednesday, April 29, 2020
With four years gone, now our senior Scene writers share their collegiate swan song. These songs make up the soundtrack to a collection of memories — some vivid, some faded — and they capture the essence of what Scene is often about: the people and the music. “Aphasia” – Pinegrove By Senior Scene
Caroline Lezny | Wednesday, February 26, 2020
It’s the fairytale proposal that romantics grow up dreaming about: these couples get engaged without ever seeing each other’s faces. Netflix’s new reality series “Love Is Blind” presents 10 men and women with the challenge of meeting their soulmates. The catch? They have to make their decisions based solely upon “blind” conversation. The first episodes
Caroline Lezny | Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Jazz and nightclubs, swing dancing and radio contests: these are probably not the hallmarks of World War II narratives — and with good reason. The recent Broadway musical “Bandstand,” however, embraces the unexpected in its synthesis of music, dance and devastatingly candid storytelling. This past weekend, South Bend’s Morris Performing Arts Center presented the Broadway
Caroline Lezny | Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Comedian Daniel Sloss strides onto stage in Sydney, Australia, to begin his new comedy special and invites the audience to “get comfortable … and if you’re not comfortable don’t worry about it too much — I’m about to provide plenty of material that’s going to make most of you very f—–g uncomfortable.” The foul-mouthed, brutally
Caroline Lezny | Friday, November 15, 2019
The cast of “Romeo and Juliet” circles up pre-show as Advisor Scott Jackson gives them a piece of advice. As he looks around the circle of nervous faces, Jackson reassures: “If you’re comfortable, if you don’t have nerves, you’re doing something wrong. [Acting] is not a comfortable profession.” The actors nod, and their anxiety seems
Caroline Lezny | Monday, November 11, 2019
Flashes in the Pan: Tink Thank by Scenecast, from The Observer Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part in a series featuring local artists in the tri-campus community. It started — like so many plans these days — as a text conversation. Juniors Gabriel Krut and Henry Stone and sophomore James Cullinane found each other
Caroline Lezny | Thursday, October 10, 2019
New Zealand film director and producer Peter Jackson is best known for his work on the fantastical “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and its three prequel films concerning “The Hobbit,” but his most recent project is anything but otherworldly. It has been theorized by literary scholars that the fantasy of Middle-earth present in Jackson’s early
Caroline Lezny | Monday, September 30, 2019
Art is undoubtedly one of the cultural cornerstones of society. From the realism of Ancient Greek sculpture to the abstract genius of Jackson Pollock, art has been used throughout history to express and shared emotion. However, there are some today who feel art is lofty, incomprehensible and, ultimately, out of their reach. An upcoming collaboration
Charlie Kenney, Mike Donovan, Caroline Lezny and Ryan Israel | Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Pumpkin spice lattes, influenza, decorative gourds, Michael Myers making your neighborhood’s babysitter market less competitive — ah, yes, autumn. We recall it well. The temperature may hesitant to dip below 80 degrees, but we are eager to receive the fruits of the coming season. “Indian Summer” — Beat Happening By Mike Donovan, Scene Editor A
Caroline Lezny | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
“I sometimes worry I’d be less of a feminist if I had bigger tits,” Fleabag says in the midst of a silent Quaker meeting. This scene provides the opening of the fourth episode of the show’s most recent season. As shocking as her comment is, Fleabag’s inappropriate outburst is perfectly characteristic of the lascivious humor