In the United States, we have a kind of music that, along with blues and jazz, is uniquely American. In country music, America is a wasteland and a sweet home, and Americans themselves are cowboys, honkey tonk guitar players, lady mule skinners, and families with a fast knowledge of “old world” ballads.
Read MoreWith no end to the tennis court lunches or plastic foodware in sight, students and community members must learn to recycle the plates, cups, clamshells and cutlery in the #6 labeled bins or risk sending recyclables to sit in the landfill.
Read MoreOn Sept. 23, 2019, the class of 2023 heard speeches from candidate pairs running for ninth-grade representatives to the Catlin Gabel Student Association: Grace Mueller with Aanna Farhang and Zoie Calora with Niah Sei.
Read MoreMary Medley knows where the bodies are buried on the Catlin Gabel campus. Within minutes of our interview out on the benches in front of the Creative Arts Center, I could have given you a list: dogs Columbine and Medea in the woods by the track, cats Willy, Casey, and Barnes on the hill overlooking the track, and even her two children’s placentas in the apple orchard.
Read MoreAs Grab n’ Go is dying down at the end of the day, Hen Troung is wrapping up his final remarks to Catlin Speak. He’s been the leader of food service in the Barn for 13 years: a whole generation of CGS lifers have known Hen’s legacy of banh mi sandwiches, a streamlined Grab n’ Go, and a dedication to locally sourced vegetables in the Barn.
As Grab n’ Go is dying down at the end of the day, Hen Troung is wrapping up his final remarks to Catlin Speak. He’s been the leader of food service in the Barn for 13 years: a whole generation of CGS lifers have known Hen’s legacy of banh mi sandwiches, a streamlined Grab n’ Go, and a dedication to locally sourced vegetables in the Barn.