The French Film Festival – an annual event at Calvin – offers an opportunity for students and others in the community to appreciate the arts through the lens of a different culture.
This year's...
Natasha Jayaputra, Arts and Entertainment Reporter September 30, 2024
On Sept. 21, a few minutes before the clock struck 8 p.m., a grand piano, an electric keyboard, an acoustic guitar and a drum pad waited patiently on the stage of the CFAC Recital Hall under a circular...
The soon-to-be-released independent documentary Leap of Faith deals with a question that will likely be familiar to many members of the Calvin community: “whether we can disagree and still belong to...
Natasha Jayaputra, Arts and Entertainment Reporter September 23, 2024
Rangeela, Calvin’s annual intercultural showcase, is pushing their 2025 timeline a week later than last year, from kickoff to show date.
Last year, Rangeela committees and act leaders met over the...
Chimes' general assignment reporter Elisabeth Stevens spoke with Rine Wakeman (Class of 2024), artist-in-residence at the Calvin Ecosystem Preserve, to learn more about the program and how students can...
Natasha Jayaputra, Arts and Entertainment Reporter September 9, 2024
Chimes’ arts and entertainment reporter Natasha Jayaputra spoke with Jack Droppers, director of the Student Activities Office (SAO), to get a taste for what’s coming this fall.
Chimes: Can you share...
Ashley Hamons, General Assignment Editor January 22, 2024
The theater minor will return to Calvin next fall for the first time since it was cut in the spring of 2020. Students will be able to declare the minor starting this summer.
The minor will entail 22...
A panel hosted by Calvin’s Gender Studies program will follow the Student Activity Office (SAO)’s showing of Barbie on Friday, Oct. 20. SAO often plays movies that have done well at the box office,...
On Sept. 8 2023, after a two-year break, 20-year-old Olivia Rodrigo released her sophomore album, “GUTS.” Since its release, “GUTS” has become Rodrigo’s second No.1 album, having sold over 302,000...
Maya Oeverman, General Assignment Editor September 12, 2023
Over the summer, the Gezon Auditorium –– located in the Spoelhof University Center –– had to be closed for all use after a failure in the lighting system.
Lighting systems like the one in...
Ezra Craker, General Assignment Reporter September 11, 2022
Earlier this year, the indie pop band Bleachers appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and performed sold out shows at iconic venues like Radio City Music Hall in New York City. This Saturday, they'll be...
If director Baz Luhrmann is known for anything at this point, it is a tendency for spectacle. From colorful musicals like Moulin Rouge! (2001) to gaudily dressed-up takes on the most grounded stories like...
