Books, Movies, and Plays
Tuesdays With Morrie is a non-fiction memoir where the author, Mitch Albom, recounts his friendship with his old college professor, Morrie...
This year, Concord saw many celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary, from parades and poetry readings to quilting and coins...
Noah Kahan writes and sings songs that make listeners feel like they are inside his mind — relatable, honest, and raw — his new Netflix documentary...
“When I begin to paint, it’s like leaping suddenly into deep waters, and I never know beforehand whether I will be able to swim” - Gabriele Münter...
In 1958, Michael Young wrote The Rise of the Meritocracy, a satirical essay that examines the shift from aristocracy to meritocracy...
American singer and songwriter Noah Kahan’s fourth studio album, The Great Divide, was released on April 24th and features...
On February 1st, 2026, musicians, producers, and industry leaders gathered at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.
Concord Academy’s drawing teacher, Ashley MacLure, recently launched the Visiting Artist Series, which brings local artists to speak about their artwork.
On January 22, 2026, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards.
Schitt’s Creek, created by Dan and Eugene Levy, is a Canadian sitcom. It follows the Roses—a formerly wealthy family that loses their fortune—to a motel in the town of Schitt’s Creek...
Netflix’s drama Bridgerton is back for its fourth season, continuing its reign as one of the platform’s most talked about shows. Adapted from Julia Quinn’s...
After reading the three books that make up R.F. Kuang’s The Poppy War trilogy—The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, and The Burning God—I believe Kuang’s strengths lie...
On October 24, 2025, Daniel Caesar released a new album titled Son of Spergy, with a main theme of family reconciliation, faith, self-discovery, and reconciling...
Would you erase all your memories of someone who caused you pain?
Katseye is a global girl group formed on November 17, 2023, on the reality survival show The Debut: Dream Academy. The members include...
What does it mean to live like time is limited? How do you tell someone’s life story without letting the ending define everything that came before it?
Entertainment label ADOR has provided an update regarding the status of NewJeans, a five-member K-pop group that debuted in 2022, most widely known for...
The third installment in James Cameron’s saga, Avatar: Fire and Ash, was released in December 2025. The production of the film began in 2017, when...
What's on Your Mind? That is the question that the playwriting club asks the community with each meeting.
As a puppeteer in Concord Academy’s Winter Mainstage, The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons, I’ve noticed that many people didn’t know what I was referring to...
In his journals, renowned American writer John Steinbeck wrote that everything he had written in his life was in preparation for East of Eden.
Janjay Lowe, widely known by his artist name, Mon Rovîa, has come a long way from the violence and brutality he witnessed as a child in Liberia amidst a civil war.
The Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition was arranged for a full orchestra by Maurice Ravel, a famous...
What happens when someone decides to step outside of the story written for them? This is the question Madeline Miller explores...
Each December, the audio streaming app Spotify drops Spotify Wrapped. Some may assume it’s simply for the entertainment of their...
After nearly a decade we’re finally hearing back from our favorite bunny and fox duo. Zootopia 2, a fast-paced and entertaining...
Concord Academy's Performing Arts Department presented its winter chamber concert in the newly built Centennial Arts Center this...
Coming back from Thanksgiving break, the hallways of CA are abuzz with talk about the release of the fifth and final...
In November 2024, NewJeans, a notable K-pop girl group, started their heated legal battle against their label, ADOR. NewJeans claimed...
After a year-long intermission, the Wicked saga continues with Wicked: For Good, released on November 4, 2025. Based on the fantasy...
A major concern with the recent development of artificial intelligence in many industries is the risk of losing jobs to AI, which...
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,...
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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...
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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...