Articles by: Sirman Sachdeva '19

ArtPod: Where Visual Art Meets Community Service

September 29, 2018 at 11:07 am Comments are Disabled

It is no secret that Choate is both an artistic and giving community. At this year’s Club Fair, students could sign up for long-time clubs Teach Music and Teach Wallingford, as well as ArtPod, an entirely new community service club created by sixth-formers Jeanne Malle ’19 and Josephine Hong ’19.Read More

Makeup Club Exentuates an Underrated Form of Visual Arts

February 23, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Makeup is a beautiful and awe-inspiring art form. It is a tool in which one’s body is a canvas. Choate’s opportunities for visual artistic creativity such as Art Club, In Moda, and of course the visual art classes are treasured among the visual artists. What about those whose medium isRead More

The Dressing Room is located at the corner of Main and Center Streets, just under a mile away from Choate.

The Dressing Room Brings New Styles to Wallingford

February 23, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

A student could easily go through four years at Choate without really getting to know Wallingford and the impressive small businesses that lie within it. This would be an opportunity missed, as Wallingford, though not the largest of towns, has a vibrant assortment of restaurants, shops, and other establishments. OneRead More

Krystal McCook ’20 and Medina Purefoy-Craig ’20, communications officer and junior editor, respectively, of Misstique, a magazine that allows women to share their views on feminism.

Misstique Magazine LAUNCHES

December 15, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

  The shocking statistic that every woman makes 80 cents to a man’s dollar in the United States shows the stark inequality that still exists. In regards to women’s voice through publications, Abi Drummond ’18 felt that gender inequality existed for females at Choate. And instead of accepting the problem,Read More

Annika Chang-boeckman ’19 stuns at Singing recital

November 17, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Throughout a student’s time at Choate, it would be almost impossible to not either perform or attend a musical performance. This past Sunday, extremely talented Choate students participated in the Piano and Voice Recital in the Chapel to singing music from a broad range of styles, genres, and languages. ForRead More

The Theater of the Oppressed hosted a workshop at Choate on Sunday, October 8.

Theater of the Oppressed Comes to Choate

October 20, 2017 at 6:01 am Comments are Disabled

While many would look at the colossal and daunting condition of New York City’s housing crisis with defeat, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, a group of actors from Brooklyn, responded in a an inspiring way —by creating and performing a new play, Apartment Complex. Theatre of the Oppressed is aRead More

The Wisdom House Retreat Center in Litchfield, CT, was a center for inspiration and activity for Chamber Chorus.

Working in Harmony: Chamber Chorus Retreats to Wisdom House

October 6, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

  The vast amount of talent at Choate, specifically in the arts, is not a secret to anybody in the community. One example of this is the Chamber Chorus, a choral group for which members must audition. The group not only performs for the Choate community, but also travels internationally.Read More

This year, many Emmy Awards went to shows that revolve around women, like “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

A Win for Actors, A Win for Society

September 29, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The Emmy Awards flashed across television screens on September 17, and the underdogs prevailed and crushed records left and right. Women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community of actors finally received recognition at the award ceremony. How ironic yet beautiful it is that progress has been made in theRead More

Campus Prepares to Transform Art Spaces

September 22, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Students at Choate are fortunate enough to be able to have an extraordinary building like the new St. John Hall Student Center. Yet, many still look to the future and ask, “What’s next?” Currently, Choate’s arts building, the Paul Mellon Arts Center, designed by a world-renowned architect I.M. Pei, servesRead More