Observing a “Beeutiful” Production

Maddie Wasser, Staff Writer
May 5, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase

On the weekend of April 28-29, Libertyville High School’s Fine and Performing Arts Department presented the “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a musical based on a book written by Rachel Sheinkin with music and lyrics by William Finn. The musical, you could call it, was unusual. Not...

Springing into “A Spring Concert”

May 4, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Libertyville/Local, Showcase

  On Tuesday, May 2, members of band and orchestra performed “A Spring Concert” in the Libertyville High School Butler Auditorium.   This concert was comprised of performances from Concert Band, Concert Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Symphonic Winds, and Chamber Orchestra. The Concert Band holds...

Nate’s Niche

Matt Smith, Staff Writer
April 27, 2017
Filed under Features, New Category, Showcase

While you are running the lake for P.E. or a sport at LHS, you can see a map of all the fish that are swimming around in Butler Lake. When you are ordering a hot dog while watching little league baseball games at Butler Park, you can see a mosaic of a baseball player sliding into a base. You might not rea...

Get Out and Watch ‘Get Out’

Lola Akinlade, Online Editor
March 10, 2017
Filed under Entertainment

I started writing this five minutes after I watched the indescribably profound movie “Get Out,” and my hands are shaking and my heart is racing. “Get Out” will definitely leave you with a bitter aftertaste but not without imparting a vital lesson on the subtle nature of racism — an element...

10 movies to watch in 2017

TJ Murbach, Staff Writer
February 23, 2017
Filed under Entertainment

Photos from the choir’s annual Holiday Music Fest

Rachel Dudley, Staff Writer
December 9, 2016
Filed under Entertainment, New Category

The Libertyville High School choir celebrates the holidays at the annual Holiday Music Fest on Wednesday night.

Reflecting on a Masterpiece

Maddie Wasser, Staff Writer
November 7, 2016
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase

On Nov. 3-5, members of the Libertyville High School Fine and Performing Arts Department performed “In the Heights,” a musical written by Quiara Alegría Hudes with lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The musical was based off of a Latino neighborhood, Washington Heights in New York, which enveloped L...

Behind the Curtain: ‘In the Heights’

Colleen Mullins and Allie Goldman
November 6, 2016
Filed under Entertainment, Features, Showcase

What’s Trending: Food Edition

Brianna Baez, Staff Writer
May 24, 2016
Filed under Entertainment, Features, International, Libertyville/Local, National

Raindrop Cake: Photo from @fyqamdn via Instagram First debuted in Smorgasburg, a food flea market in Brooklyn,  this dish is created by Darren Wong and made out of mineral water and agar, a jelly-like substance obtained from algae.  Raindrop cake is usually served with soybean flour and brown sugar. Raindro...

What Superlative Would You Get?

Grace Bloom, Staff Writer
May 23, 2016
Filed under Entertainment

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