The Chopin community erupted into debate on October 21 after the announcement of the final rankings for the 19th International...

When a book really piques my interest, I spend all afternoon reading it and finish it all in one sitting. If interrupted...

Tame Impala, often misunderstood as a band, is actually the music project created by Australian singer and instrumentalist Kevin...

When the season changes, the closet changes with it. One of the most drastic closet clean-outs is the transition from fall to winter.

K-pop fans across the globe are eating up Le Sserafim’s new single “Spaghetti,” featuring boy band BTS’s J-Hope. The collaboration...

Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is a classic Christmas movie that follows the story of a man named Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) as...

Nearing the end of the year, National Book Award finalists have been chosen. These books of various genres represent the pinnacle...

Color plays a ubiquitous and essential role in our daily lives, yet the riveting histories of some of the world’s most commonly...

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby vividly captures the essence of 20th-century America during the Jazz Age,...

Few shows bridge past and present as seamlessly as Hamilton. It recasts the nation’s founders through the lens of modern America...

For decades, the Peanuts movies and specials have held a cherished place in the childhoods of many. Based on a comic strip by Charles...

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is her most theatrical and upbeat album yet, full of bold pop production, sparkly showbiz...

As the use of artificial intelligence rises rapidly across a multitude of fields, one recent creation stands out: AI “actress”...

At 11:30 p.m. on October 20, the first episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL)’s 51st season aired on the National Broadcasting Company...

On October 2, the long-awaited International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition began in Warsaw. Over the next month, 84 pianists...

As COVID swarmed the globe in the summer of 2020, an album transcended the cities, departed from the neon-styled synthesizers,...

The 2025 Video Music Awards (VMAs) made history, as APT., sung by Rosé and Bruno Mars, won Song of The Year. This makes Rosé the...

At just 15 years old, Owen Cooper has stepped onto one of the world’s biggest stages, the Emmys, and made television history in...

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a book that I have returned to many times. I first read it in 5th grade, later at the end of 7th...

The game of Pachinko is a national obsession of Japan, a kind of vertical pinball game in which small steel balls drop randomly...

We live in a world obsessed with labels. We slap them on everything—products, ideas, even people. We do so neatly, quickly, and...

On July 11, 2025, Canadian singer and songwriter Justin Bieber released his 7th studio album, SWAG, without warning, catching fans...

Clicking into Netflix the night of June 20th, 2025, the screen was filled with a bright blue background featuring three animated...

On Monday, May 5, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held their much-anticipated Met Gala. This year, the museum’s Costume Institute’s...

Daniel A. Olivas’s Chicano Frankenstein is a work of postmodern literature that blends science fiction, political satire, and existentialism.

Eric Carle’s literary classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar tells the delightful story of a youthful insect striving to survive in...

Celebrating 10 years of the Tony Award-winning masterpiece—with the money raised from the $10 Chicago tickets—Concord Academy is...

At the 59th annual Super Bowl, award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar took the stage to perform at the halftime show. The event featured...

Captain America: Brave New World premiered on February 11 as the fourth film in the Captain America franchise and the fifth in...

The Concord Academy Visual Art department fosters empathy, skill development, individual voice creation, and respect for the creative...

Illmatic: Live from the Kennedy Center, Nas & The National Symphony Orchestra (2018)

Another hybrid album...

At no point in the thrilling 97 minutes of Companion can you possibly anticipate what is coming next. Centered around couple Iris...

After releasing a soundtrack album Harlequin as a companion to her supporting role in Joker: Folie à Deux just last October, pop...

On February 14, 2025, Sabrina Carpenter released the long-awaited deluxe edition of her Short N’ Sweet album. Originally released...

Fall is not only beautiful because of the foliage or the seasonal drinks, but above all, for the plethora of fashion trends that...

On October 25 and 26, Concord Academy hosted productions of this year’s fall mainstage: Radium Girls. This hour-long play retells...

As leaves on campus flush with red hues and thick sweaters once again make their annual appearance, music tastes at Concord Academy...

Robots aren’t supposed to make you cry, right? If that’s the case, The Wild Robot, released in theaters on September 27, 2024,...

As Patrick O'Neill settles in as the new director of Concord Academy’s dance program, Concord Academy Dance Project (CADP) is experiencing...

What do 15th-century Constantinople, contemporary Idaho, and a generational spaceship escaping Earth sometime in the future have...

Over the last week, the all-time Broadway classic “Mamma Mia!” played in the Citizens Bank Opera House in Boston. This year is...

It’s not often that you get the opportunity to watch a century-old film. Luckily for students of the Film History course, film...

Singer Charli XCX has taken the world by storm with her recent album, Brat. This album has received attention from people all around...

Amity Shao ’26 has been a vibrant part of the Concord Academy community for three years, during which time she has made many artful...

Gracie Abrams’ sophomore album, “The Secret of Us,” beautifully blends various genres, crafting a sound that resonates with a wide...

It was the night before the first day of senior year and I was looking for a movie to watch. As I was browsing, I came across Lady...

What gives literature its “true” meaning? Is it found in the speaker’s intent or embedded within the syntax itself? In vernacular...

Thrown in a background of time and space travel is the unique novel "This is How You Lose the Time War”. The story stretches out...

Olivia Rodrigo’s 2023 sophomore album GUTS earned a deluxe version called GUTS (spilled) in early 2024. Since then, it has not...

The Storied Life of A.J. Finkry is a book that catches you off guard. Set on a small Massachusetts island, the book takes you through...

Whenever the phrase “the artist” is followed by a serious and universal declaration of some sort in my English class, it would...

On April 20, a group of musicians traveled to Benchmark Senior Living at Robbins Brook to perform music for the residents.

As the school year draws to a close, the Concord Academy Ensembles had their end-of-year performances. These performances allowed...

Erykah Badu recorded her first album, Baduizm when Badu dropped out of university and decided to pursue music full time. Live delivers...

If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? This is the question that Chloe Benjamin’s 2018 novel, The Immortalists...

Every year when the weather begins to warm up, the sun starts to set a little later, and the quad is littered with students on...

Over the last few days of break, I was lucky enough to snag a ticket to the new A24 “killer romance,” Love Lies Bleeding. The film...

Since her rise to fame in the 1960s, Joni Mitchell has completely redefined the folk music genre and has made a name for herself...

Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” has been the talk of the town, capturing the world’s attention for quite some time. After Swift wrapped...

Later this Spring, audiences will be whisked away on the journey of a lifetime. The members of the Concord Academy Cabaret are...

With stunning visuals, a brilliantly deep soundtrack, and immersive world-building, Dune: Part Two, the second movie of the Dune...

The 2024 Oscars award ceremony took place on March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. A chaotic mixture of solemnity...

On a chilly February afternoon, I picked up a book titled Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Instantly, I was captured.

The “+-=÷× Tour,” or the “Mathematics Tour,” is a world tour comprising 116 shows in support of Ed Sheeran’s 5th and 6th albums...

2023 was an exciting year for films with smash hits at the domestic and international box office, including Barbie, Oppenheimer...

The reason we care about acting is not just that theatre classes are great or that Shakespeare is a must-read classic, but that...

On February 4th, 2024, musicians gathered in Los Angeles for the historic 66th Grammy Awards. On a night when countless musical...

Just three days after concluding their year-long international tour, boygenius took home three Awards at the 66th Annual Grammy...

Imagine if four different realities converged in one city, intertwining magic and mystery with truth. This scenario is precisely...

Given that they share one-course title, the variety of 9th-grade English classes may come as a surprise, with current reads ranging...

On Saturday, February 10, the junior class hosted the annual Semi-Formal Dance, an event often overlooked in favor of the more...

On an evening in December, I sat down to read a book called This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and...

“THINK LATER,” a captivating blend of multiple genres of music, is Tate McRae's second studio album. The album, newly released...

On January 7, the 81st Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place in Beverly Hills, California. It streamed on various television...

On Friday, January 12, Mean Girls (2024) was released in movie theaters across the U.S. This beloved story began as the book Queen...

Halfway through this past winter break, my family and I found ourselves on a mad dash across Times Square to catch one of New York...

On Friday, December 1, Concord Academy’s Poetry Club hosted its first Open Mic event of the school year. With the support of English...

First published in Japan in 1994 by Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police is translated by Stephen Snyder. It is a dreamlike dystopian...

The lights dim, and the curtains open as audience members scramble to their seats. For the next two hours, dancers rush across...

The curse of live-action adaptations has become infamous to so many fanbases. The Lion King, Death Note, Avatar the Last Airbender...

How do you portray the past? It is a question that informs—and, at times, haunts—Ridley Scott's historical Napoleon, which first...

Nightcrawler was released on October 31, 2021, and was directed by David Gilroy. The movie follows the adventures of Lou Bloom...

To continue the festive cheer of winter, the Performing Arts department has organized both a Holiday Concert and a Chamber Concert...

Imagine a stage where the art of dance meets the magic of technology, where graceful movements are illuminated by majestic light...

I have always loved Donna Tartt's writing—one of my favorite books is The Secret History—but I was unsure this book would live...

The new album The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We by artist Mitski has stirred up lots of attention on the internet, as Mitski...

On June 18, 2023, Boygenius arrived in Boston and played an hour-and-a-half-long set at The Stage at Suffolk Downs. The band has...

There is an air of excitement about the Concord Academy campus: the sound of students practicing their lines, trying to get their...

Halloween is quickly approaching, and so too are opportunities for Concord Academy students to show off incredible cosplays and...

I read Ariadna Efron's memoir in Chinese and soon discovered that there is no English equivalent of this book. The edition, which...

The 1984 A24 Talking Heads documentary Stop Making Sense has recently returned to theaters for its fortieth anniversary. Dubbed...

While many Concord Academy students have been busy with sports, the Concord Academy Dance Project (CADP) dancers have spent their...

Hollywood is on pause. You can see it in the daily pickets in front of major studios and how nearly every movie and TV show has stopped production.

Bright colors jumping out of the screen, tunes that will run through your head all day, and talking birds–that’s what to love about Rio.

The new season of critically acclaimed anime Jujutsu Kaisen, adapted from the manga of the same name by author Gege Akutami, began airing in July 2023...

On the Bordone Room gallery bench of the Kunsthistorisches museum in Vienna, Reger, a pensive and negative music critic, stares at Tintoretto's White Bearded Man.

Here at Concord Academy, we are very proud of our performing artists. With two mainstage productions a year, a new building in progress, a lively...

Last school year, Whiteboard Girl ’26, the individual who created whiteboard art in the hallway of first floor labs, certainly made a name for herself...

The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff is a young adult science fiction novel that follows the main characters, Kady Grant and Ezra Mason. At the start of the story, the two are living on the planet Kar...

While many Concord Academy students are involved in the arts, it is rare for disparate art disciplines to collaborate on an interdisciplinary project. When the opportunity does arise, it is a great learning experience of whic...