(Courtesy/Mr. Thompson) Driving up the winding roads of Grove City on Saturday, April 13, you wonder: where am I? You turn the corner and see an elegant white building with colorful lights peeking out the grand windows. As a nighttime breeze sets in and excited energy swirls through the air,  girls wearing long, beautiful dresses,…

(Courtesy/The Kitchen) The Kitchen, located on 231 E. Livingston Avenue, is a participatory dining experience for family and friends that offers cooking competitions, chefs that cook for you, and public events. Weddings, parties, and corporate meetings maqy also be booked here.  The staff featured a “Sweethearts at the Studio” dinner party on February 14 from…

(Sean J./Staff) Our choir and orchestra performed at the North Campus of the First Community Church in a combined presentation on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. First, the choir sang three songs, followed by two pieces from both choir and orchestra before four orchestra compositions. The evening’s theme was “Ode to the North,” with…

Word search puzzles are part of my childhood. I found them everywhere: inside magazines in the doctor’s waiting room, on the backs of kids’ menus, and even class worksheets. But despite the initial thrill of a word treasure hunt, these brain teasers can quickly get old and repetitive. The New York Times reignited my interest…

(CA Flickr) When you go to the administration building, the walls are anything but blank. The once plain, cream-colored walls hold vibrant artworks and stunning photographs. Every piece tells a story, whether produced by an Explorer or an upper school student. Head of School, Mrs. Soderberg, chooses artworks from the school’s divisions to decorate her…

(Abbey Z./Staff) As its image embodies, a dragon, the fifth of 12 zodiacs in the Lunar New Year cycle, represents charisma, power, ambition, and confidence. Families and communities around the world welcomed the Year of the Dragon on Saturday, February 10. Lunar New Year is also called the Spring Festival because it occurs on the…

(Audrey L./Staff)   Music swelled in the air in the Schoedinger Theater on Thursday, Feb. 8, as the Jazz Band performed their second concert of the year from 7:30 to 8:00 p.m.  The band’s twenty-seven members have been preparing a five-song program for the regional Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival held…

(Wikimedia) by Bittania T. The hum of a java pot filled my ears while the door jingled as new customers entered this serene Roaming Goat cafe. Buried in their computers and books, college students with headphones on zoned into their studies. Decorative leaves draped from the ceiling to the shelves gives this coffee shop a…

Misty Copeland and Edwaard Liang at MCA (Milana B./Staff) Copeland (Wikimedia Commons) On Tuesday, February 6, I arrived at the Jeanne B. McCoy Center for the Arts. Hosted by the New Albany Community Foundation, accomplished history makers share their experiences in New Albany’s Lecture Series. Edwaard Liang, BalletMet’s artistic director, welcomed Misty Copeland as the…

(Flickr) by Eesha T. Premiering four days before Christmas, Dunki, which means “donkey flight,” features the renowned Shah Rukh Khan as a Punjabi immigrant. Along with three friends, he illegally enters London after failing to secure student visas at home, engaging in a method of migration involving individuals entering a foreign country through a series…