Injuries through instruments
How to save your musical future
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor If you have a passion, it can be hard to put the brakes on
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Poetry gets personal
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor Everyone has varying interests, goals and opinions. However, people can unite on a common
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Choirs and community sing for remembrance
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor There is a power behind joining together, as well as singing together. On Wednesday
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Expression through demonstration
KSC students participate in the national art project "For Freedoms"
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor Love, happiness, freedom. These were some of the words written on signs all across
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Creativity shines at KSC
Students, staff and faculty read their original work
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor While many people have a passion for writing, creative writing brings it to a
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Changing her focus
Logan Symonds' photography journey
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned, but it can lead you in a direction
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Keene brings music to Boston
Chock Full O'Notes performs in a competition at Faneuil Hall
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor Singing with instruments is one thing. Becoming the instruments is another. On Saturday, October
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Encouraging political activity
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor With the November Election less than a month away, social media users are being
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Rocking on Oya hill
Rocktoberfest returns to Keene State College
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Music could be heard all over campus on Sunday October 14, as Keene State College’s
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Dancing together
A look into the KSC Dance Team
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor Dance is one of the few things that brings people together all around the
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KSC at the Emmy’s
Alumna Aimee Athnos receives a nomination
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor Just 10 years after graduating from Keene State College, 2008 alumna Aimee Athnos received
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Thursday nights at the NOC
Students come together to play Bingo
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor If you walk into the Night Owl Cafe on a Thursday, you will
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The Redfern welcomes 18 new pianos
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor Lily Ayotte Equinox Staff On Tuesday Sept. 18, the Redfern Arts Center welcomed 18
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Facing the challenges of college music programs
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor The transition from high school to college can be a difficult one. Having to
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Honoring a legacy
How the death of an artist impacts the music industry
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor With the rise of the opioid crisis, Americans are seeing the number of deaths
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Looking at society through music
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor For centuries now music has been one of the most universal forms of expression.
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The cost of art
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor At Keene State College, students are able to pursue their desired field of study
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‘Hey, let’s be friends’
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor For as long as I can remember, I have always hated change. I like
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Moving to your own beat
The benefits of listening to music while working out
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor In Bob Marley’s song, Trenchtown Rock, he sang “one good thing about music, when
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Keene Music Festival
Erin McNemar Arts & Entertainment Editor Music filled the air in Keene on Saturday, Sept. 1 as the city celebrated
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Actors and directors in Play-a-Palooza
For students in the Keene State College directing class, ten minutes is all it takes to tell a story. On
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Taking a bow
Music seniors look toward graduation
Musician Tina Weymouth once said,“If you have this passion for music, you don’t stop doing it – it chooses you
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Dancers capturing expression
Students perform in ‘An Evening of Dance’
From April 18 through 21, the Keene State College Theatre & Dance department presented their annual production of An Evening
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Opera workshop performs in ‘The Fairy Queen’
Singing, dancing and acting. On Friday, April 20, students in Keene State College’s Opera Workshop class performed in their
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Performers giving back
Chamber singers host a benefit concert
On Sunday, April 15, the Keene State College Chamber Singers performed in their spring recital featuring the String Ensemble. The
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Senior artists showcased: Graphic designers present the Prime Exhibition
As John F. Kennedy once said, “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” Over the past four years, 11
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Percussion ensemble keeps the beat
It all began with a bang. On Sunday, April 8, the Keene State College Music Department presented its next installment
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Shout-out against sexual violence
When trying to break a stigma, it requires a wave of people shouting out against what’s right and what’s wrong.
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The concert experience
The lights go out. The crowd livens. You begin to hear the introduction to one of your favorite songs. As
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Figures of art
Peter Roos discusses his work with figure drawing
On Tuesday, March 27, Associate Professor of Art Peter Roos gave a discussion on the large gallery installation of his
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Traveling back in time
In small towns, such as Bellows Falls, VT, community is an important concept. On Wednesday, March 28, the Mason Library
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KSC welcomes ‘Secret of the Seasons’
Not one person alone can stop climate change. It requires teamwork and cooperation, which encompasses the idea of the “co-opera.”
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Senior Recitals
On Saturday and Sunday, two Keene State College students performed in their senior recitals. Eric Dill (left) performed a series
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Treating anxiety with music
As Keene State College students look towards the final full month of the semester, and the workload only seems to
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The creation of music
‘Chock Full O’Notes’ prepares for the future
Creating music without instruments is a daunting task that one group at Keene State College does not shy away from.
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Taking the Stage one last time
KSC students’ thoughts on the final Vans Warped Tour
It’s the end of an era. Music lovers across the country are saying goodbye to the now 23-year summer tradition
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Tapping into feminism
Students learn how tap dance ties into feminism
On Thursday March 1, Keene State College students gathered in Centennial Hall to attend a lecture titled, Critical Race Feminism
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Recycling and music
Johnny Fireseed and the Junkyard Dogs play their own way at the Redfern Arts Center
On Saturday, Feb. 24, the band Johnny Fireseed and the Junkyard Dogs taught an audience full of children the importance
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Communication through dance
KSC dancers explain how the art brings people together
Dance is more than just movement, it’s a universal language. On Wednesday, Feb. 14, seventeen people lost their lives in
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The impact of online streaming
We are currently living in a world of instant gratification. With a click of a button, or a tap on
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Former Voice competitor comes to KSC
The Night Owl Café at Keene State College filled with music on Thursday, Feb. 15, as country singer and former
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Music, mugs and more
SAC transforms the NOC into a coffee house
Free mugs, coffee, food and music. What else could you ask for on a Sunday night? On Feb. 18, the
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Neil Hilborn brings poetry to the NOC
Whether it’s slam poetry or a simple Haiku, poetry has been a form of expressing emotions for centuries. On Saturday,
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Women empowerment
KSC students perform in Eve Ensler’s ‘Vagina Monologues’
Vagina. It’s a word you don’t hear casually thrown around in everyday conversation. But what if it was? On Friday,
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The Thorne opens for spring semester
On Friday, Feb. 2, Keene State College’s Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery had its’ public opening for the 2018 spring season. Community
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From college to middle school
Students are educated to teach music in middle schools
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, music students brought their instruments into the Alumni Recital Hall for a presentation given by Keene
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: a mother’s search for justice
On Jan. 21, Kirsten Bell hosted the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. The show honored the outstanding achievements in
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Christopher Swist performs in recital
On Sunday Jan. 28, interested students, faculty and community members piled into the Alumni Recital Hall to see Resident Artist
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Time marches on
Resident Artist Christopher Swist celebrates his 15th year as a percussion instructor at KSC
After teaching at several other schools in New England, Resistant Artist Christopher Swist is celebrating his 15th year at Keene
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Ladybird: A not so typical coming of age story
Ladybird starring Saoirse Ronan is a classic coming of age film told through the eyes of a young millennial girl
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