Members of The Student’s Arts & Leisure staff ranked their top albums, artists and songs from 2021. Below, you’ll find recommendations spanning pop, rap, alternative and beyond to carry you into...
Note: Robby Haynos is the assistant arts and leisure editor of The Bates Student.
The Robinson Players’s production of “The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong,” which ran from Dec. 3 to 5, was one of...
Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor
• November 17, 2021
On Oct. 22, Lana Del Rey released her second studio album of the year, “Blue Banisters.” Overall, it’s less dialed back than her previous album, “Chemtrails over the Country Club,” but it lacks...
Sophie Mackin, Assistant Forum Editor
• November 17, 2021
Taylor Swift is someone who needs no introduction. A household name, she is one of the most successful and well-known artists of our time. My generation has grown up with her, experiencing each and every...
This past weekend, the Bates College Robinson Players brought a joyful celebration of student theater to the stage in the form of their annual One-Act Festival. The festival, which ran from Nov. 5 to 7...
Trigger warning: mention of domestic violence and abuse.
The underdog story is a powerful one. An archetypal use of pathos, the underdog story succeeds as audiences empathize and identify with struggling...
Robby Haynos, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor
• November 10, 2021
Commons is as full of hits as it is full of misses. We all know what’s good. Chicken nuggets. Vegan Pad Thai. Sundae Sunday. But everyone can use some more stuff to be excited about. Venture out of your...
Robby Haynos, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor
• November 3, 2021
In the era of COVID-19, I feel like life switches up on me every six seconds or so. It’s exhausting. One minute I’m lying on the beach in flip flops and no mask, next thing I know I’m being tested...
Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• November 3, 2021
Last Thursday, Assistant Professor of Theater Cliff Odle made his Bates College directorial debut with “Luck of the Irish” by Kirsten Greenidge. The show, which ran from Oct. 28 to Oct. 31, follows...
Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• October 26, 2021
The death on the set of Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” might be the first you’ve heard of it, but it hasn’t been a great week for film and television. When I sat down to write this article, it was just...
Since the announcement of its production, the immeasurable hype for “Dune” has been unreal. With strong source material, an accomplished director and a star-studded cast, “Dune” has easily been...
Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• October 13, 2021
On Wednesday, Oct. 6, the English department hosted their next installment of Literary Arts Live, a monthly series featuring writers reading and discussing their work. This month’s session was moderated...
