Director Cynthia Bush Conducts Fall Concert. (Julia Gurevitz’19) Columbus Academy’s Upper School contemporary and chamber ensembles played a polished  Fall Concert on Thursday, November 9, under director Cynthia Bush. Sequined fabric draped on the music stands reflected the bright stage lights and the event’s joyful atmosphere.  The Middle School’s sixth grade began the concert, followed by…

Camerata. (Inji Kang’19/Media) Academy’s  Treble Choir and Camerata gave an outstanding and well-attended performance in our Schoedinger Theatre on November 7 at 7pm. Following Mrs. Brooks’ introduction to the choirs and their accompanist, Mrs.  Jennifer Kristoff, the evening was off to a superb start and a throughly praiseworthy event.  The all-women’s Treble Choir took the…

Claire Budzik’19 as Mary Warren during the trial. (Julia Gurevitz’19) A Voice In The Dark, the Upper School’s fall play, was brimming with lies, intrigue and plot twists on Thursday, October 26 and Saturday, October 28. Too many of the drama’s themes of injustice remain relevant today, despite this drama’s 17th-century setting in Salem.  Senior…

Lauren Fumi’18 during a live show of her art. (Inji Kang’19)   Students and faculty in the Dining Hall during lunch on Wednesday, October 25, were treated to a curious sight. Instead of lunch’s usual clamor, everyone was intrigued with the 2017 QUEST Art Fair. Academy’s QUEST, a group dedicated to student artwork, planned the event,…

Ending on Saturday, September 30, was the Columbus Museum of Art’s exhibit “Comics vs. Art,” sponsored in partnership with Wild Goose Creative (a Columbus art gallery) and Star House.  Local cartoonists reinterpreted well-known paintings in subjective styles, drawing inspiration from elements of the original piece. Some re-interpretations were similar to the original, while some showed…

Bollywood at Arts Mania, 2016. (Maggie McCann’17) All of Academy’s art classrooms were void of their teachers on Tuesday, September 12 because these teachers were at the Crane Outdoor Learning Center to plan the coming 2018 Arts Mania event. Taking place only every other year, Arts Mania is a celebratory day in which students can…

Red Skylark and the Westsylvanians perform at the South Stage.  (Abby Jeffers’18/Co-editor) At a small park on the Scioto riverfront, hundreds of local music lovers gathered to watch their favorite Columbus bands on September 16 and 17. The weekend is a community festival more than anything, with craft tents, artwork, food, and live music, but it’s…

(Courtesy/Wikipedia) Cinemark Movies 16, located in Stone Ridge Plaza, has been running a Studio Ghibli movie series since June that will continue into November. Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animated film studio based in Tokyo. Its extensive body of work from 1984 to 2014 is comparable to Disney movies in its elements of fantasy and…

(Flickr) The cast list for this year’s Upper School play was released Friday, and Academy audiences will be in for another great show. Since last autumn’s play was a comedy (The Odd Couple), director Scott Dillon has selected a drama for this time around. A Voice In the Dark centers upon the infamous Salem Witch Trials,…