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Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

Move over Nicki Minaj, new Barbs rule the world

Jenna Abu-Zahra and Masha Malinkine September 24, 2023

She's everything. He’s just Ken.  With its exploding theme of pink, Barbie has already made a lasting impression through its production and message. Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, the Barbie...

Oppenheimer: the idea that destroyed the world

Maya Schmaling, Jillian Beaster, and Andrina Roberts September 24, 2023

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”  Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, a chilling rendition of American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin dominated the box office this...

courtesy Brownstone Productions

Indie film Bottoms satirizes high school drama genre

Sophia Levitas-Goren September 24, 2023

In a summer filled with blockbusters, as well as controversy surrounding those blockbusters’ producers, one movie stands out. That movie is Bottoms, an indie comedy produced by the same people who brought...

courtesy 4AD Records

Big Thief releases “Vampire Empire” single

Aud Jenkins September 24, 2023

Indie folk band Big Thief sent shockwaves through the music world with the release of their highly-anticipated single, “Vampire Empire”, this summer on July 19. First teased in live shows nearly a...

AP Art students celebrate year with event

AP Art students celebrate year with event

Sonia Bendre June 8, 2023

This year, on May 24, AP Art students presented their yearlong investigative portfolios about a topic of their choosing. Over the course of the school year, students worked on 15 pieces of art, plus two...

The novel Everything I Never Told You reflects a crushing society

The novel Everything I Never Told You reflects a crushing society

Jenna Abu-Zahra and Masha Malinkine June 8, 2023

Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You, contains merciless depictions of soul crushing society and how a Chinese-American family copes with the suffocating tradition of the 1970s.  Right off the...

Enjoy a short story: The Mechanical Sunflower

Enjoy a short story: The Mechanical Sunflower

Aud Jenkins June 8, 2023

And by the seventh day, the silver bullet had grown into a beautiful sunflower. It was fantastical in more ways than one. The yellow-petaled plants, heralded for their modified carbon-capturing abilities,...

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, a review

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, a review

Aiko Levick June 8, 2023

Whoopi Goldberg, gross medical malpractice, and even terrorist attacks. What on Earth could these things possibly have in common? The answer is that they are all aspects of Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2018 novel,...

42nd Street concludes, Jerry Awards for Little Shop of Horrors

42nd Street concludes, Jerry Awards for Little Shop of Horrors

Jillian Beaster and Tyndall Talley June 8, 2023

This spring, Shorewood Drama performed 42nd Street, Mark Bramble and Michael Stewart’s flashy Broadway musical. With the show winning Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography, the theater department...

New film “Air” addresses real life issues

Noa Biener April 27, 2023

Shoes. We don’t think about them too much, probably only the little price tag located on the side of the box. But then again, I can’t speak for everyone. Though one thing is for sure; we never pick...

Lana Del Ray’s new release: let’s talk about it

Ben Weisse, Claudia Talarczyk April 25, 2023

Just this March, Lana Del Rey graced us with her new album Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. Her ninth studio album is just two years out from her last, Blue Banisters. The album is...

SHS members share their vivid dreams

Aud Jenkins March 20, 2023

We may think we know the people around us – our friends, peers, teachers, colleagues – well, but could looking at their dreams tell a different story? And are our adventures under the moon symbolic,...