(Vivian Bradner-Young/Staff) The crowd exploded as Shawn Mendes burst onto the stage. Everyone was clapping and cheering, which set the rest of the concert up to be full of energy. At any point you could hear the song lyrics being screamed by the crowd. Mendes encouraged the audience to participate by having them clap to…

Queen + Adam Lambert perform live at Nationwide Arena. (Cole Leis’21/Staff) Among the classic rock bands that characterized the ‘70s and ‘80s was Queen, a group that I have become familiar with and come to love over the past year or so. As such, when I learned from my parents on my birthday in January…

Max’s grilled chicken. (Max Walker’22/Staff) With school sports in full swing, our athletes require the best postgame or practice dinner to recharge  for the following school day.  Some students’ games are late and don’t allow them the time to prepare a nutritious dinner. A chicken recipe usually does the trick when the need to prepare…

(Wikimedia Commons) Directed by Justin Baldoni and starring the well known Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson from Riverdale and The Edge of Seventeen, Five Feet Apart hit theaters on March 15.The film’s title comes from a six-foot separation from rule that two patients with cystic fibrosis must follow because they could risk catching each…

Lucien Greaves, cofounder of the Satanic Temple. (Image via Wikimedia Commons) Every year, aspiring filmmakers and art students flood to southern Ohio for the Athens International Film and Video Festival (AIFVF) boasts short films, worldwide premieres, experimentals, and documentaries. The event takes place over a week in the Athena Theater.  Among this year’s selections was…

Kittie’s Cafe at the Bexley location. (Tara Alahakoon’21/Staff) From their international travels, former professional golfers Mollie and Kelly Fankhauser tasted worldly cuisine, cultivating their avid passion for baking. Following the end of their golf careers, they founded Kittie’s Cakes in Columbus, with a goal of creating a one-of-a-kind cake experience. Voted best cinnamon roll in…

Upper School Orchestra plays with experience. (Riley Hennessy’20/Media) The Orchestra Concert on Wednesday, May 1, was the culmination of all the hard work the middle and upper school orchestra members have put in this school year. The 6th grade orchestra group kicked off the night with a piece written by Béla Bartók, a prominent Hungarian…

Jordan Dearing-Harmen’19 receives the Louis Armstrong Jazz award and the John Phillip Souza award, the first student in Academy history to receive both. (Riley Hennessey’19/Media) Friday, May 3, marked Academy’s annual All That Jazz concert. The theme, “Jazz by Moonlight,” fit well with the mood of the night. Consisting of an array of pieces featuring…

Senior Liam McCann plays Jimi Hendrix’s “Angel.” (Kayla Podgurski’19/Media)   On April 26, at 7:30 pm, Treble Choir and Camerata put on their annual Cabaret concert in Academt’s Dining Hall. The seniors get to pick the theme: this year’s was Masquerade. While performing the song “Cabaret” from the eponymous musical and “Masquerade” from Phantom of…

(Wikimedia Commons) In its eleven years of existence, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (colloquially known as the MCU) has become a cultural experience of unprecedented magnitude.  To date, the MCU has released 22 movies, earned close to 19 billion dollars, and witnessed a generation of kids grow up alongside the country’s favorite superheros. It is an…