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Olivia Gieger '21

Managing Arts Editor

Poetry Festival Celebrates the Artistic Legacy of Emily Dickinson

Poetry Festival Celebrates the Artistic Legacy of Emily Dickinson

Typically quiet and deserted, the yard of Emily Dickinson’s house surged to life on Saturday night, as students, professors and townspeople alike flocked to the historic site for an evening of poetry and music. The Saturday evening event was part of the sixth annual Amherst Poetry Festival, which ran

Amherst to Go Half-Solar by 2019

Amherst, along with Bowdoin, Hampshire, Smith and Williams, has formed the New England College Renewable Partnership, a collaborative contract to purchase solar electricity from a solar farm in Farmington, Maine. Starting in 2019, Amherst will annually receive 10,000 Megawatt hours (MWh) from the farm, enough to power around half

Bluestockings To Host Single Group A Capella Concert This Friday

Bluestockings To Host Single Group A Capella Concert This Friday

After a semester of joint concerts and openers, Amherst’s a capella group, The Bluestockings, will take the stage in its own show on Friday, March 2 at 6 p.m. in the Morris Pratt Ballroom. Having their own show means group members will have the time to perform more

“Urinetown” Illuminates Social Issues Through Satire and Parody

“Urinetown” Illuminates Social Issues Through Satire and Parody

Picture a world plagued by massive drought and ruled by an evil dictator — this may not require much imagination. Now, envision that world, but filled with song and dance, parodying some of Broadway’s greatest musicals. To do that, you may need some help from Amherst College’s upcoming production

Q&A With Sydney Tate on Women of Amherst’s Spring Play

Q&A With Sydney Tate on Women of Amherst’s Spring Play

Every spring, Women of Amherst puts on a play, inspired by and expanding upon Eve Ensler’s feminist play “The Vagina Monologues.” The play is a series of separate skits all centered on issues women face, and all the skits are student-written submissions. Currently, Women of Amherst is collecting submissions