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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Latino Art Show honors children held in detention centers

Latino Art Show honors children held in detention centers

Kyle Smith, Staff Reporter September 21, 2018

Students studying in Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) on Friday, Sept. 14 may have noticed the four foot tall walls of faces around the library. The faces belong to black and white portraits by artist Mark Krieger....

“Urinetown” cast commands stage

Julia Knight, Staff Reporter April 27, 2018

As the title suggests, “Urinetown” is a musical that depicts a world where urination is a privilege, not a right. The Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater’s rendition of the renowned...

Third-year IMPROVment member Oliver Ruhl performing at Lake Effect earlier this month. The improv troupes April 14 show featured Speakeasy, an all-male CWRU a capella group.

Speakeasy takes center stage at IMPROVment

Julia Knight, Contributing Reporter April 20, 2018

A quiet gasp escaped the crowd as the packed Eldred Black Box went completely dark. Rhythmic claps arose from audience members as a well-known theme song rang out in the almost claustrophobic space around...

Theater debuts musical, “Urinetown”

Weiwei Kong, Staff Reporter April 20, 2018

On April 13, the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Theater Department unveiled the musical “Urinetown,” its final production of the season. Directed by Jerrold Scott and Brad Wyner, “Urinetown”...

World War I Anxieties Reflected in “Graphic Discontent”

Ann Marie Smetona, Staff Reporter February 9, 2018

The Cleveland Museum of Art’s latest exhibit, “Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper,” opened on Jan.14 and will remain until May 13. Featuring works from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s...

“Justice League” screened pre-release

Smruthi Maganti, Arts & Entertainment Editor November 17, 2017

On a rainy Wednesday night in the middle of November, students and community members packed into Strosacker Auditorium on the Main Quad. But this was no class lecture. Instead the audience sat eager...

Students talk Mahler’s Sixth Symphony

Weiwei Kong, Contributing Reporter October 13, 2017

Thursday, Oct. 5 and Friday, Oct. 6, The Cleveland Orchestra performed Gustav Mahler’s Tragic Symphony, composed in the early 20th century. Mahler was strongly influenced by the Romantic movement...

In the mind of an artist

Anmol Nigam, Photography Editor March 31, 2017

What takes nature thousands of years to form, Natalie Lanese has created in a week. Engulfing the Immersion Zone in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Lanese’s creation—“Cavern”—was born. Staffed...

Education, food and booze at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Isabel Torres-Padin, Staff Reporter September 2, 2016

https://www.cmnh.org/calendar/birds-beasts-brats-beer Friday September 2 from 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Tickets are $30 (members) or $35 (nonmembers) If you are over 21 and enjoy beer, bratwurst,...

Art Book + Zine Fair Preview

Sanjana Singh, Staff Reporter August 26, 2016

Bound: Art Book + Zine Fair will arrive to MOCA on August 26th to 27th. Although it is the second annual exhibition, the inspiration is different from last August’s Mimeo Revolution theme. After last...

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