Category: Arts & Culture

2025-2026, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Uncategorized

Stranger Things Finale: What happened?

By Elisabeth Palacios  Over winter break, the Duffer Brother’s hit-show Stranger Things on Netflix aired its season and show-finale on December 31st, right before 2026. The preceding episodes of season 5, its final season, was released in two volumes: episodes 1-4 on November 26th, and episodes 5-7 on December 25th.  Stranger Things is Netflix’s most-viewed show ever, accumulating over 1.2 billion views across the five … Continue reading Stranger Things Finale: What happened?

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2025-2026, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Uncategorized

The Behind the Scenes of McCaskey’s Stage Crew!

McCaskey’s fall play and spring musicals are always amazing productions because of our extremely talented directors and cast. But when they bring the talent, who brings the set, the lights, the props, the stage? Obviously, it’s our stage crew in McCaskey’s stage design and production class. But what does the whole process look like, and what do we actually do for our biggest production of … Continue reading The Behind the Scenes of McCaskey’s Stage Crew!

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2025-2026, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Uncategorized

MCCASKEY’S HIDDEN TALENT: THE ART DEPARTMENT

By: Eleni King Martin McCaskey is known for having a fantastic performing arts department, and great athletic teams, including the track and field and wrestling teams. However, the lesser known art department, though just as accomplished, is another amazing part of our school. For the students who don’t wish to be limited to the required 0.5 credits of art, there is a whole world of … Continue reading MCCASKEY’S HIDDEN TALENT: THE ART DEPARTMENT

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2025-2026, Arts & Culture, Campus Life

McCaskey’s Fall Production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

By Eleni King Martin Along with the excitement of fall sports and the start of the new school year, the fall play is rapidlyapproaching! Our very own theater department is getting ready to perform a hilarious retelling of theclassic, spooky tale of Dracula. Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors is a combination of the tale of Dracula and the humor of classic comedies.It follows the story … Continue reading McCaskey’s Fall Production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

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Arts & Culture

Haim’s new singles spark anticipation for fourth album

By Nora Schindler Made up of three sisters from the San Fernando Valley, the rock band known as Haim is back from a four year release drought and we’re ready. Two singles have arrived on the scene and have started the anticipation for their fourth studio album expected later this year.  No official announcement has been made regarding a new record, but fans are fair … Continue reading Haim’s new singles spark anticipation for fourth album

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Arts & Culture

Was Lucy Dacus’ new album ‘Forever is a Feeling’ worth the four year wait?

By Ada Kessler Lucy Dacus’ new album, Forever is a Feeling, is like nothing she’s ever done before. This album is Dacus’ fourth studio album, but it is distinctively different from her other releases, exploring themes and sounds previously untouched. This album comes after Dacus’ four year hiatus from solo music, which led to very high expectations of the album from fans, but was Forever … Continue reading Was Lucy Dacus’ new album ‘Forever is a Feeling’ worth the four year wait?

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Arts & Culture, Campus Life

From Peru to Lancaster: Ramon’s journey

By Sofia Escudero Born in 1972 in Lima, Peru, Ramon Escudero was the 4th child born of a family of 7. Growing up, he didn’t have much in his life. Whenever his family ate, it was a race for food, never knowing when they would next eat. But he knew that he wanted to make a change in Peru. He worked hard throughout all of … Continue reading From Peru to Lancaster: Ramon’s journey

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Arts & Culture, Campus Life

Annika Locke’s illustrious theater career

By Gabriel Brogan Sitting at a dining room table on a Sunday morning, McCaskey senior Annika Locke retains only traces of her larger-than-life stage persona. This year, she took on the lead female role of Julia in McCaskey’s ambitious production of The Wedding Singer.  She smiles wistfully. “I only auditioned for Julia. I knew Mrs. Wolanin (the director) would find a place for me no … Continue reading Annika Locke’s illustrious theater career

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Arts & Culture

Did Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ deserve album of the year?

By Ada Kessler On Sunday, February 2nd, the 67th annual Grammys took place. The Grammys, often called music’s biggest night, are the most prestigious music awards there are. These awards are unique in that they are the only music awards in which nominees and winners are decided by other musicians from singers to producers to instrumentalists. There are over 75 awards, but the major awards … Continue reading Did Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ deserve album of the year?

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Arts & Culture, Opinion

How is technology changing the way we love?

By Kordell Booth Love is dead…Or maybe it isn’t?  In our culture Valentine’s day is celebrated by getting your significant other gifts and flowers, and spending money. Nowadays, the way we show love and find love is very different than it was 20-30 years ago. Back in the 80’s and 90’s people found love by actually mustering up the courage to talk to the person … Continue reading How is technology changing the way we love?

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Arts & Culture

Go see the Bob Dylan biopic: ‘A Complete Unknown’

By Nora Schindler The Oscar-nominated Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown released in theaters late last year and is bringing that folk-rock scene back to younger audiences everywhere. It’s not just the face that’s pulling people towards the film, although it doesn’t hurt to have Timothee Chalamet at the height of his career as that face. It’s all about the music. The film is heavily … Continue reading Go see the Bob Dylan biopic: ‘A Complete Unknown’

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Arts & Culture, Campus Life

What is ‘Burning Glass’? An introduction to our school’s literary magazine

By Mitchell Copeland Before you get confused by the name, no, this isn’t a welding club. McCaskey’s literary Magazine, Burning Glass, started at McCaskey in the 1960’s, before it changed its name in the 70’s. The name comes from the large lens used to place light on a small area in order to heat up a subject. The name describes how the magazine sheds light … Continue reading What is ‘Burning Glass’? An introduction to our school’s literary magazine

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Arts & Culture, Campus Life

All about Lunar New Year

By Eh Kri Say As many know, Lunar New Year, which can also be called the spring festival, is a holiday that happens every year between January and February that many students here at McCaskey celebrate. It is rooted in an ancient Chinese tradition that ties in with the Lunar Calendar, which basically follows the directions and phases of the moon. It has vastly spread … Continue reading All about Lunar New Year

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Arts & Culture

I read 25 books in December—here are my top 5 picks

By Gabriel Brogan If you’re reading this article, you probably enjoy reading on some level. I sure do. So much so that I challenged myself, somewhat misguidedly, to read 30 books in the month of December. While my final tally was only 25, I still came away with some great recommendations for your next read.  For the historical fiction fans, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart … Continue reading I read 25 books in December—here are my top 5 picks

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