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Bringing house to the Hill: an interview with Group Project MN

Bringing house to the Hill: an interview with Group Project MN

Katherine Stoneman, Contributing Writer March 26, 2025

If you have ever been to the Contented Cow in downtown Northfield, there is a good chance that you have heard the work of Group Project MN, a group of St. Olaf student DJs who formed with the goal of bringing...

Community through music: Philharmonia’s collaboration with the Northfield High School orchestra

Lucy Call, Copy Editor March 19, 2025

On March 15, Philharmonia, St. Olaf’s resident ensemble orchestra, performed in a collaboration with the Northfield High School Camerata — Northfield High School’s orchestra — in the Skoglund auditorium. In...

COMPANYDANCE's Spring Concert highlights thought-provoking student performances

COMPANYDANCE’s Spring Concert highlights thought-provoking student performances

Kathryn Looney, Opinions Editor March 13, 2025

This past week, from March 6-8, COMPANYDANCE performed their Spring Dance Concert in Kelsey Theater. Their varied performances encouraged the audience to consider relevant topics of our time, from the...

EMPTY Theater presents "Big Fish"

EMPTY Theater presents “Big Fish”

Juliet Stouffer, A&E Correspondent March 5, 2025

On March 13-15, EMPTY Theater will grace the Art Barn with a production of “Big Fish.” After a year of outstanding plays by the St. Olaf Theater Department, EMPTY Theater Company — one of St. Olaf’s...

Bad Bad Hats energizes St. Olaf crowd at live outdoor performance

Bad Bad Hats energizes St. Olaf crowd at live outdoor performance

Lila Graham September 23, 2021

Minneapolis indie-rock band Bad Bad Hats arrived at St. Olaf on Sept. 10 for an outdoor concert on the steps of Boe Chapel. The concert was hosted by the Student Government Association’s Music Entertainment...

Illustration by Aimi Dickel

Are we there yet, Joan of Arc?

Madeline Everett March 25, 2021

In Jan. 1922, an unnamed St. Olaf student writing for the Olaf Messenger — then the Manitou Messenger — decided that “now that the prudish conventions which previously limited women to the home...

Thinking about death with “I and You”

Lila Graham March 25, 2021

“I and You” is a strange play. The earnest, sardonic, critically-ill Caroline, played by Maycee Klein '23, and the successful, sensitive, turtleneck-wearing Anthony, played by Eugene Sandel '22 comprised...

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Chapel Choir celebrates LGBTQ+ voices

Caroline Peacore February 25, 2021

In recent years, the St. Olaf Chapel Choir has been working to create an expanded repertoire of music, focusing on LGBTQ+ composers of color. This repertoire has been in process for years, as the choir...

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