Author: pbenson

Molly Lopkin: As we pushed through the cold, crowded streets to the Met opera house, one of my fellow Lemons, quoting the movie “Pretty Woman”, explained that there were two types of people. Those who force themselves to the opera long enough to appreciate it and those who hear one aria and have a love… Continue reading The Met Opera: Rigoletto

Kenya Ripley-Dunlap: I thought Ipsita was going to kick me out of Edwards when I told her I hadn’t read or watched the Harry Potter series… However, I did force a Harry Potter fan to explain the entire series to me for two hours the night before watching Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I’m… Continue reading Broadway: The Cursed Child

Kenya Ripley-Dunlap: The smell of strawberries wafts through the air, Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life” plays in the background, and I can’t help but stare at the beautiful pasture through the window as Kerstin, Rosy, and I flip crepes. Is there a better way to spend a morning? I miss cooking on campus, so making breakfast… Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills

At the end of each academic year members of the Edwards Collective write a short reflection on their time with the community. As this year’s cohort makes their way back to campus, we thought it would be a good time to share what two of our Lemons* had to say about last year: Cassy James… Continue reading Looking back as a new year begins.

As the days get colder and the academic calendar turns away from classes and towards exams, the beginning of December often brings more solitude than it does company.  I suspect I’m not the only one who experiences the seemingly paradoxical cocktail of retrospective wistfulness and a sense of gradually impending doom that defines the end of… Continue reading Why Latkes Can Be Considered a Form of Art: A Short Manifesto

Danielle Samake: On December 3, I went to see the New York City Ballet perform George Balachine’s version of The Nutcracker with the Edwards Collective. It was the second time I’ve seen the ballet performed. The first time I saw it, I was about eight years old, and that performance exists in my head as… Continue reading Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker”

Last Sunday, I caught the closing performance of the Princeton University Player’s The Mushening, an original comedy musical written by Ed Horan and Nate Perlmeter and directed by Asher Muldoon. It was half YA fiction parody and half college satire, and all incredibly enjoyable! The jokes had a wonderful specificity – I never saw the end… Continue reading The Mushening

I was lucky enough to get to help organize this trip to the Joyce Theater in NYC and share my love of Martha Graham dance with my fellow Collective members. It was a great experience all around. Here are my thoughts on a few of the dances we saw! Diversion of Angels I love pretty… Continue reading Martha Graham Dance Company

Theatre Intime’s interpretation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing opened to the sound of swing jazz. It was great to see the creative work of fellow Lemons and enjoy a classic story reimagined in a post-World War I setting. While not typically a Shakespeare fan, I found the more modern setting, twenties-era clothes, and… Continue reading Theatre Intime’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

Casey Beidel: Porgy & Bess left me in awe when it ended and had me sitting on the edge of my seat. As a theater kid, I’ve seen plenty of shows in New York, and I’ve actually performed in operas before! However, I had never seen a professional opera performance in such a grand space,… Continue reading An Evening at the Met: Porgy and Bess