The Bowdoin Orient

Theater veteran Trautman to teach art of clowning around to students

Although clowning around is not usually encouraged in an academic atmosphere, Bowdoin's student theater group, Masque and Gown, is giving students an opportunity to goof off.

Portland ‘Tinfoil Man’ opens first solo exhibition

Tinfoil has never looked so alive. Robert Wilson, also known as "The Tinfoil Man," a unique personality in the Portland art scene, has his first solo show opening tonight at the Coleman Burke gallery in Portland. The installation showcases his intricate insects crafted out of tinfoil.

DJ of the Week: Sally Ward '10 and Lindsay Luke '10

Delirium Tremens: Hoppy Beer, Part III: That explosion in your mouth was a hop bomb

Though I enjoy the smell of napalm in the morning, I do prefer waking up to the aroma of a fresh hop bomb. What's a hop bomb? Imagine a conventionally hopped beer, say an average India Pale Ale (IPA), taken to a whole new level of flavor, bitterness and potency, and you'd have the Double IPA, the beer world's equivalent of an air-to-ground missile. But this time, the target is your taste buds.

Our Artistic Footprint: Sculptor Kavanaugh ’01 shapes life around Bowdoin-influenced art

As a medium, an expression and a creation, sculpture provides Wade Kavanaugh '01 with a way of interacting with the world around him. Although Kavanaugh's interest in and passion for the visual arts existed long before college, he developed a relationship with sculpture while at Bowdoin, where he majored in economics and minored in visual arts.

Art Smarts: Distinguished DaPonte String Quartet to perform all-Mendelssohn program

The DaPonte String Quartet will bring its acclaimed sound to Bowdoin on Saturday, performing songs by sibling prodigies Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.

Art Smarts: Senior musicians introduce live hip-hop at Thursday-night bowling

Bowling and hip-hop may not have much in common, but the two collided last night.

Art Smarts: Student band Milkman’s Union went public with Portland performance

The Milkman's Union, the much-publicized Bowdoin student band, was honored with the opportunity to open for Lady Lamb The Beekeeper at SPACE Gallery in Portland on Wednesday.