A line of students trek uphill through lush foliage in the Brazilian countryside. The sky is blue and dotted with clouds.

Bittersweet: A Global Pursuit of Sugar’s Past

Jul 09, 2024
Traveling to Cuba, Louisiana, and Brazil, 15 Grinnellians spent a semester studying the colonial legacy of sugar production.
A young man performs an interpretive dance while a choir performs.

Grinnellian Creates Interpretive Dance

May 15, 2024
Jadyn Al-Fatah ’27, who sings bass with the Grinnell Singers, has created an interpretive dance to accompany Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Caroline Shaw's “To the Hands.”
A man with short brown hair smiles in front of train tracks. He wears brown glasses and a teal shirt.

Writer Luke Bryson ’25 Receives Honorable Mention in 52nd Nick Adams Short Story Contest

May 14, 2024
Luke Bryson ’25 received an honorable mention for his short story, “The Last 2,500 Miles of Cataract Jack,” in the 2024 annual ACM Nick Adams Short Story Contest for his stories short story.
Eric McIntyre leads the symphony orchestra in a concert

A Day in the Life of the Grinnell Symphony Orchestra Conductor

Mar 12, 2024
As a professional musician, composer, farmer, and director of the Grinnell Symphony Orchestra, Eric McIntyre’s days are demanding and varied, and that’s exactly how he likes it.
A grainy, light beige bacground split into three sides. In the middle square, a shadow of a person in a huge dress being held by a shadow of a hand. On their left, a shadow of someone bowing in formal duke-like clothes.

All Aboard! ‘Songs of the Scarlet and Wayback’ Draws on Collective Grinnell History

Mar 08, 2024
The original play ‘Songs of the Scarlet and Wayback’ is a “throwback party turned time travel train ride,” inspired by Poweshiek County community interviews, student archival research, performances, pageants, and parties of Grinnell’s past. The production will officially premiere in the Flanagan Theatre on Friday, March 8, 2024.
A choir sings on risers onstage, led by a male conductor

Grinnell Singers Take to the Road for Spring Tour

Mar 01, 2024
The Grinnell Singers, under the direction of Conductor John Rommereim, will be traveling east for the group’s week-long spring concert tour, March 16–22.
A closeup view of ancient cave art depicting a red deer in Covalanas cave

Dazzlement: A Visit to the Covalanas Cave

Feb 02, 2024
John Rommereim, a Grinnell music professor, traveled to Spain to see the cave art and wrote an essay, “Connecting the Dots at Covalanas Cave.”
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Grinnellian Talks On-Set Experience in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Feb 06, 2024
In the Oscar-nominated film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” movie enthusiasts can watch out for Josh Waddell ’97, who blends seamlessly into the world of 1920s Osage County, Oklahoma.
A woman looks out the window of a city bus

Gibson Publishes Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel

Jan 22, 2024
Professor Emerita of Psychology Janet Gibson recently published her first novel, Jayel: Hands of a Healer, a science fiction book with elements of fantasy and mystery.
1.	William Villalongo, American, b. 1975. The Mothership Connection (detail), 2020. Acrylic, glitter spray paint on yupo, cut velour paper, pigment print, watercolor

William Villalongo Exhibition Opens Jan. 25 at Grinnell College Museum of Art

Jan 12, 2024
Myths and Migrations will present more than 30 paintings, collages, and signature velour paper cut-outs by Villalongo, who was a 2021 recipient of the Rome Prize in the visual arts, awarded by the American Academy in Rome. 

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