C.I.A. completes art contest
Patrick Kearney, Arts Editor
April 14, 2015
The winners of the Compassion In Action art competition were announced last month. Compassion in Action is a new club that was founded by the counseling office as a way for students and teachers to promote compassion towards one another. “I wanted students to think about what compassion looks like,...
‘Fully Committed’ Review: LB’s Laboratory Theatre performs a show with only one character, but plenty of voices
Jake Gold, Staff Writer
April 14, 2015
In a laboratory, scientists use experimental methods to cut into the bleeding edge of scientific innovation. In Lake Braddock’s Laboratory Theatre, thespians stage nontraditional productions that defy theatrical standards. This season, Lake Braddock Theatre (LBT) put on Fully Committed, a comedy about...
Band and chorus take show on the road
Devon Lee, Staff Writer
April 14, 2015
Spring time is the time LB music branches decide to take trips to other places in the country to compete with other schools and to get even closer with their fellow musicians. Last month LB’s symphonic band took a trip to Indianapolis to perform at an exclusive national festival. “There is...
Tiny dancers learn from Golden Girls in clinic
Devon Lee, Staff Writer
March 9, 2015
After a long day of learning new dances and meeting other girls who have the dream of being on the LB varsity dance team, future Golden Girls excitedly performed a routine during a girl’s varsity basketball game against West Springfield on Feb. 1. “[My daughters] both get very excited about the...
Harper Lee returns with new novel
Bunyamin Sevim, Staff Writer
March 9, 2015
In the world of literature, the “one-hit wonder” is rare; most authors, especially famous ones, release multiple novels, barring death or illness. So it was something of a mystery that Harper Lee, author of the renowned novel of racism in the South, To Kill a Mockingbird, retreated from public life...
‘Fully Committed’ To Putting On A Great Show
Jake Gold, Staff Writer
March 9, 2015
Lake Braddock Theatre’s Laboratory Theatre puts on a show every winter that is, like the name suggests, experimental. This year’s production, Fully Committed, is just that. Fully Committed follows a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, the man (or woman) who works behind the reservations line of a...
Final Curtain Call: Levi Meerovich
Daniel Jarris, Staff Writer
March 9, 2015
After a captivating performance as O’Brien in Lake Braddock Theatre’s 1984, senior Levi Meerovich has returned as Lennie in LBT’s one-act rendition of Of Mice and Men. This play has already won the VHSL Patriot Conference Championship, earned second place in the VHSL Northern Region Championship and...
The Main Thing is still the Main Thing
Nathan Zelalem, Staff Writer
March 9, 2015
The Main Thing is making a return to Lake Braddock. Led by English teacher Bill McCabe and a clever advertising campaign, last year’s event showcased great performances of the collaborative arts. Everything from dance to writing to even choral and instrumental performance was presented, and McCabe...
Winner Take All: Ranking the Best Picture Race
February 22, 2015
It’s been a long and winding road to the Oscars. Only eight films remain in contention for the night’s most prestigious award—Best Picture. And of these eight films, most Americans admit to having seen a grand total of....none of them. I’ve watched all eight contenders--starting in March and ...
LBT sets up for spring with comedy “Rumors”
Jake Gold, Staff Writer
February 19, 2015
Lake Braddock Theatre (LBT) puts on two mainstage productions a year, one in the fall and one in the spring. Normally, the “Cappies” show—the show that is judged by a group of student critics, the Cappies—is performed in the spring; however, LBT’s fall show (1984) took on that role. For th...
Grammys 2015: Highs and Lows
Thomas Kendziora, Copy Chief
February 9, 2015
At last night’s Grammy awards, there were 23 live performances, and nine different prizes were handed out. However, it seemed as though a single song dominated the entire evening: Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me.” The ballad won Song of the Year and Record of the Year, and the British singer also took...
LBT takes second in Regionals; moves on to States
Jake Gold, Staff Writer
February 8, 2015
After unanimously winning the Patriot Conference One-Act Play competition on Jan. 31 with its production of Of Mice and Men, Lake Braddock Theatre (LBT) again impressed judges, earning second place in the VHSL 6A Northern Regional One-Act Play competition. With second place, LBT qualified for the st...