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Shorewood Ripples

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Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

Spotify’s commodification of your music

Aiko Levick December 23, 2023

Anybody who is invested in a music based subculture would be very quick to call me a poser. They’d be right. Yes, it’s true. I’ve been caught on more than one occasion saying that I “don’t listen...

The Urban Ecology Center hosts second Fungi Film Fest

The Urban Ecology Center hosts second Fungi Film Fest

Audrey Jenkins December 23, 2023

On December 6, community members, families, and individuals with an interest in art, mycology, and science gathered in the basement of the Urban Ecology Center. Spread across the room, sitting in rows...

Don’t let the movie dissuade you: the book is always better

Ana Pheister December 23, 2023

If you were a kid who liked to read in the early 2010s, you probably had a Hunger Games phase. Published in 2020, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins dives into the backstory of the infamous...

The Hunger Games is back on the big screen

The Hunger Games is back on the big screen

Masha Malinkine, Andrina Roberts, and Jenna Abu-Zahra December 23, 2023

On November 17, a frenzy filled the theaters as The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes was released. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film is based on Suzanne Collins’ prequel to her...

WITCH makes a comeback with Zango album

WITCH makes a comeback with Zango album

Sam Diliberti December 23, 2023

“Like the story of the Phoenix, the bird from the ashes, Zamrock has resurrected from its decades of slumber,” Emmanuel Chanda sings on the final song of his first project in 46 years. With the release...

Drama prepares complex additions for Pippin

Jillian Beaster December 23, 2023

As the SHS drama department prepares Pippin, the winter musical, the technical theater and ensemble group have worked to present a unique show with complex new additions.  The recent Broadway rendition...

Student talent flourishes at AFS Showcase

Student talent flourishes at AFS Showcase

Lucy Kuhnen-Grooms December 2, 2023

AFS Showcase returned for its annual performances on November 10 and 11. Showcase is a fundraiser for the American Field Service Intercultural Programs (AFS). 50% of the proceeds go towards AFS opportunities...

Drama opens with The Government Inspector

Sophie Hanna, Esme Kleban, and Masha Sizova December 2, 2023

Shorewood’s Drama Department’s first play of the season was the 19th century rendition of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector. The classic Russian farcical play features a corrupt provincial...

The Beatles drop a surprise in “Now and Then”

The Beatles drop a surprise in “Now and Then”

Jillian Beaster and Andrina Roberts December 2, 2023

Thanks to a late John Lennon (and maybe a splash of modern technology), we in the 21st century can finally listen to a newly released Beatles song, something never thought possible. What was once a scratchy,...

Priscilla Presley’s story highlighted in new film

Priscilla Presley’s story highlighted in new film

Claudia Talarczyk and Ben Weisse December 2, 2023

Have you ever sat in a diner sipping on a Coke in the late 1950s? Well, neither have we, but Sofia Coppola makes you feel like you have in the opening scene of Priscilla, a biographic of Priscilla Presley’s...

Hugo Awards highlight recent gems in fiction

Hugo Awards highlight recent gems in fiction

Aiko Levick and Ana Pheister November 13, 2023

It’s that time of year again-- when we swap out our tank tops for flannels, and our careless summer fun for anxiously awaiting important news. About what, you ask? Why, for the winners of the Hugo Award...

Farmers Market wraps up successful season

Audrey Jenkins and Lucy Kuhnen-Grooms November 13, 2023

This year’s Shorewood Farmers Market came to a close on September 29 after more than four months of providing fresh produce, food products, and weekly entertainment. The market aims to foster a sense...