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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

Footlighters merrily roll along

Ellie Rambo, Staff Reporter November 15, 2013

Student actors step onto the blue stage and gather on the tiered set. The Case Footlighters are preparing to present “Merrily We Roll Along,” and will soon know it well enough to perform it backwards...

NYT bestseller Cheryl Strayed to talk about how Wild writing can be

Jessica Yang, Staff Reporter November 15, 2013

Popular author Cheryl Strayed, best known for her New York Times bestseller novel, “Wild,” is coming to Cleveland on Nov. 19, as a part of the Writers Center Stage series, where writers are invited...

The Observer’s Playlist of the Week: 11/15

Jason Walsh, Staff Reporter November 15, 2013

Peter Gabriel - “Courage” “Courage” was originally supposed to be on Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album “So,” but it didn’t make the cut. Then, just in the last few weeks, Gabriel decided to finish...

Portrait miniature exhibit

Maria Fazal, Staff Reporter November 15, 2013

The Cleveland Museum of Art recently compiled its vast collection of approximately 170 portrait miniatures into an exhibition, “Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives.” Although...

These are not still waters

Jamie Van Doren, Contributing Reporter November 8, 2013

Eleven women in black dresses are on the stage. Slowly, carefully, they help one another up onto the line of chairs that flow across the stage. The dancers walk, crawl and stretch in languid, yet carefully...

Sex guru to speak at CWRU

Anne Nickoloff, Staff Reporter November 8, 2013

Dan Savage brings a lot to the table. His rise to fame sprang from a sex advice column titled “Savage Love.” He currently holds the editorial director position of popular Seattle alternative weekly...

Your words, alive on the page: Week 1

Anne Nickoloff, Staff Reporter November 8, 2013

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is upon us, and even at Case Western Reserve University, a few students have taken up the challenge. The goal is simple: write a novel in the span of 31 days that...

Drake’s and Pusha T’s albums drop: Add them to the “best of 2013” shelf

Jason Walsh, Staff Reporter November 8, 2013

Artists: Drake / Pusha T Albums: Nothing Was The Same / My Name Is My Name Ratings: 4/5 / 4/5 Here we have two of the most anticipated hip-hop albums of 2013. Besides “Yeezus” and “Magna Carta...

The Observer’s Playlist of the Week: 11/8

Jason Walsh, Staff Reporter November 8, 2013

Drake - “Come Thru (James Blake Version)” There is a story floating around the internet that the only decoration on the walls of Drake’s studio is a vinyl copy of James Blake’s debut album. I...

UK’s “Misfits” approaches superpowers differently than American television shows

Lily Korte, Staff REporter November 8, 2013

Due to their shared language, if not exactly a shared culture, television programs have frequently been imported and exported between the United States and the United Kingdom for almost as long as television...

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