Issue: Vol. 3 – Spring 2026

Dripping Through Space with the Semiosis Quartet If you can imagine dripping through space, each drop a fiery star, swirling quickly past your field of vision and into a great overwhelming unknown, then you can imagine the sensations brought about by Voyager performed by the Semiosis Quartet in Brooks Music Hall. The full program, Florescence,… Continue reading Voyager, Tessa Zafon-Whalen ’26

Into the Woods: What Can We Learn? “Be ready for the journey”:  these were the words on posters around campus advertising Holy Cross’s recent production of Into the Woods, put on by the Department of Theatre and Dance in the Luth Concert Hall of the Prior Performing Arts Center. As a friend of many of… Continue reading Into the Woods, Lauren Mlicko ’26

SW!NG IN! Connecting Through Dance As I walked into the Luth Concert Hall at the Prior Performing Arts Center on March 19, 2026, the amount of collective joy and human connection was already palpable amongst the audience members, chatting and dancing with one another. What unfolded in SW!NG OUT was more than a dance performance;… Continue reading SW!NG OUT, Catherine Rigoli ’26

Wild Wild East and the Character of the Cowboy A lonesome road stretches ahead, a perfectly-timed tumbleweed passes by. The snuffle and shuffle of a horse rocks the dust on the ground. What sort of music is on the wind? Sunny Jain, a Brooklyn-based percussionist and bandleader, offers one answer. The son of Indian immigrants,… Continue reading Wild Wild East, Tessa Patti ’26

The Arms and Armory Galleries: New and Old Memories Over the past ten years the Higgins Armory Museum, an iconic institution in Worcester housing thousands of medieval arms and armor, has felt like a distant memory for the city. Like many of the ghostly buildings around the city—abandoned factories, offices, stores—another beloved space fell into… Continue reading Higgins Armory, Tessa Zafon-Whalen ’26

College Choir in the Emerald Isle Over this past Spring Break, the Holy Cross College Choir completed a weeklong tour of Ireland, performing in some of the most historically and culturally significant venues the Emerald Isle has to offer. The Choir took twelve pieces—ranging from spirituals to movements from Vivaldi’s Gloria to traditional Irish songs—on… Continue reading College Choir in the Emerald Isle, Lauren Mlicko ’26