Dan Nolan, Author at The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Arts

Dinner and a Movie to feature Buena Vista Social Club

Ibrahim Ferrer was shining shoes on the streets of Cuba in 1997 when Ry Cooder hired him as a lead singer for the… Read More

by Dan Nolan
April 12, 2018
Section: News

Goat roast, bands and the farm

The Kenyon Farm hosted its second annual Goat Roast on Saturday, attracting almost 200 students to taste fresh food and hear student bands… Read More

by Dan Nolan
April 12, 2018
Section: Arts

Four new exhibitions open in the Buchwald-Wright Gallery

Smash the Control Images: Idiosyncratic Visions in Late Century American Art Setting the tone for the whole exhibition, David Gilhooly’s sculpture… Read More

by Dan Nolan and Kevin Crawford
March 29, 2018
Section: Arts

Classical ensemble provides adaptive live score for video game

At the outset of the 2012 video game “Journey,” players find themselves alone at the base of a hill in the desert. Music… Read More

by Dan Nolan
February 15, 2018
Section: Arts

Sunny location in Tomsich threatens Roy Lichtenstein print

Rendered in the graphic style usually reserved for superheroes, a chemist peers down into their test tube. A microscope, beakers and gears surround… Read More

by Dan Nolan
February 8, 2018
Section: Arts

Peterson Toscano merges faith, gender and environmentalism

Peterson Toscano voluntarily spent over $30,000 dollars on conversion therapy and faith-based “ex-gay programs” to try to change his same-sex orientation for 17… Read More

by Dan Nolan
February 1, 2018
Section: Arts

New archival exhibition dismantles indigenous stereotypes

Chief Wahoo may be the most vivid example of the disconnect between stereotypical representations of Native Americans and their lived experience. Wahoo is… Read More

by Dan Nolan
January 25, 2018
Section: Arts

In spite of lead-hungry squirrels, sculpture returns to campus

Outside the Gund Gallery, students sit on the base of a sculpture: A reclining nude woman places her left hand to the side… Read More

by Dan Nolan
December 7, 2017
Section: Arts

On the Record: Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín is an Irish writer. His books include The Blackwater Lightship, Brooklyn and, most recently, House of Names. He was the recipient… Read More

by Dan Nolan and Kevin Crawford
November 16, 2017
Section: Arts

A century of jazz evolution

Professor of Music and Director of Kenyon’s Jazz ensemble Ted Buehrer quipped that Albert Einstein once claimed jazz was so bad it would… Read More

by Dan Nolan
November 9, 2017