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Skolnick’s grandmother dances to Czech Polka songs at a recent wedding.

Music can benefit patients living with dementia and Alzheimer’s

Sam Skolnick January 19, 2021

My grandmother, Cleanor Skolnick, was diagnosed with dementia seven years ago, and she slowly has begun to forget memories, places and even me. Yet, there is one thing that she always seems to remember,...

The Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau encountered
an unusual structure known as a monolith in Red Rock County,
Utah on Nov. 18, 2020 while working with the Utah Division of
Wildlife Resources.

Mystery monoliths are appearing around the world

Sabrina Liding and Kelly Meehan January 19, 2021

Monoliths are huge, 3 meter metal structures that appear and disappear at random times and at random places.  The first monolith was discovered on Nov. 18, 2020 in the middle of a Utah desert. However,...

The Artist’s Block: Ravenna Gemignani

The Artist’s Block: Ravenna Gemignani

Ravenna Gemignani November 25, 2020

Name of piece: “The After Party” Artist: Ravenna Gemignani This was the first piece that I made in AP Art this year. I used polymer clay and sculpted it to create a guy with a fishbowl head....

The new series The Haunting of Bly Manor is just as terrifyingly brilliant as its previous sister series The Haunting of Hill House.
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“The Haunting of Bly Manor” is the eerie sister series fans hoped for

Danielle Hannah November 25, 2020

If you devoured “The Haunting of Hill House” when it was released in 2018, you’ll love “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” the newly released sister series that is just as terrifying.  The show...

Bookstores try to adapt to the new digital age to combat competitors such as Amazon.
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In a growing virtual world, the future of bookstores becomes uncertain

Ella Lukowiak November 25, 2020

Literature is an art that has been adapting alongside humanity forever. It has been scrawled onto walls and written in ancient languages. Throughout time, how it is displayed has evolved, and with the...

American poet, Louise Gluck, receives the Nobel Prize for literature and is an inspiration to women.
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Nobel Prize winner becomes trailblazer for women in literature

Isabella Ji November 25, 2020

Louise Gluck, the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize award for literature in over 25 years, rose above her competition with her simplistic, family-orientated technique of executing poetry. Within...

Jimmy Fallon talks with Ariel Levy about his journey from “Saturday Night Live” to “The Tonight Show” during the 2018 New Yorker
Festival. The New Yorker held similar panels virtually for the 2020 festival.

Online and hybrid festivals provide a space for artists to learn and to share their work

Katherine Manatos November 25, 2020

As online arts festivals are becoming the “new normal” for artists everywhere, showcases, festivals and arts contests have all taken virtual form, in order to spread participants' work to all.  One...

A survey of 70 students from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2.

CHS artists are among those trying to adapt to a virtual audience

Sarah Rau November 25, 2020

Jimmy Fallon is getting himself ready to do his show. However, he's not in his regular dressing room. Fallon is sitting in his basement, showing his wife how to hold the camera. Fallon, like many performers,...

A survey of 70 CHS students from Oct. 26 to Nov.2.

Businesses of all sizes look to social media for marketing

Keira MacDermott November 25, 2020

Aspiring artists and fashion entrepreneurs have begun using social media as their main source of publicity, and it is undoubtedly working out in their favor.  While the pandemic carries on, small businesses...

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Netflix’s “The Social Dilemma” details the unseen dangers of social media

Carla Vreeland October 9, 2020

“There are only two industries that call their customers ‘users’: illegal drugs and software.” Writer and professor Edward Tufte demonstrated in just one sentence not only the detrimental impact...

A marquee in Minneapolis, Minn. assures visitors that the theater is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 brings in new era of showbiz

Ella Lukowiak October 9, 2020

Entertainment has always been present throughout time. From the productions put on by past civilizations to movie theater viewings, humans have always had ways to entertain themselves. In recent months...

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Technology introduces new ways to assist artists with disabilities

Isabella Ji October 9, 2020

People with disabilities could be at a disadvantage when it comes to creating art. However, with the additional help that technology provides, artists with disabilities can widen their range of creative...

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