Most Celebrated Magazine at CASE Last year Bennington Magazine transformed from a publication that told stories to readers to one that solicited stories from readers by asking questions and publishing the selected and edited responses in the feature section. In doing so, it became the first and only alumni magazine […]
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From The Editor
FROM THE EDITOR It is a strange thing to be an editor of an alumni magazine at this time. Alumni magazines aren’t made to break news, and yet covering anything other than breaking news seems so misfit. Alumni magazines aren’t made to challenge or confront, and yet challenges are all […]
LIZ SWADOS
A Tribute Album This spring, The Liz Swados Project was released, an album of 14 songs from 10 of her works for stage. Sung by some of the most influential performers and composers in theatre today, they celebrate a legacy of work by Liz Swados ’73 in musical theatre that […]
FANNY PEREIRE
Faking Fine Art for Film When The New York Times featured the work of Fanny Pereire ’82 in May, she summed up her role on film and tv in one sentence: “I create art collections for people who don’t exist.” Pereire is the curator for movies and TV shows, responsible […]
DR. MICHAEL COADY
Beethoven & Aortic Dissection Forbes featured Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Stamford Hospital Dr. Michael Coady ’89 in a report published this past December. The article explored links between art, finance, law and science—the focus of the After Arts Group, of which Dr. Coady is an inaugural member. After Arts […]
Jonathan Mann
Behind the Song This past year, Jonathan Mann ’04 announced the launch of his new podcast, As it Happens: Song a Day. Mann’s YouTube Channel, Song A Day Guy, publishes a new song every day that is written, performed and produced by Mann. After he published his 4,0000 song, he […]
JASON MOON
True Crime Hit True crime podcasts are enjoying a heyday. Following the hit, groundbreaking podcast Serial, hundreds of serialized crime podcasts have sprung up on public radio stations and online. There is even a new Pulitzer Prize category for audio reporting. Helping readers find the best of real time, true […]
AMELIA MEATH
Concert/Documentary NPR favorite, Sylvan Esso (Amelia Meath ’10 and Nick Sanborn) performed another Tiny Desk Concert in May, this time at home. NPR wrote, “The Durham, N.C., couple gives us three songs from their home couch using modular synths, a rhythm machine and Amelia’s heartfelt vocals. This home concert stands […]
ELLEN ANN FENTRESS
Segregated Academies Last summer, journalist Ellen Ann Fentress MFA ’08 penned an essay for The Bitter Southerner about her experience attending a segregated school—a reality more than an estimated 750,000 white children experienced in the 1970s. She traced the impact segregation at school had in shaping her life, as well as […]
BEN MANKOFF
Queer Coming-of-Age Cubby, a “quirky queer coming-of-age comedy” co-directed by Ben Mankoff ’11, made the rounds of the international queer film festival circuit since its release last year. And this past fall, it caught the attention of critics from The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. Reviewing the film, […]