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The Grape is Oberlin College's student news and culture magazine, published bi-weekly since 1999.
Sep 21, 2023
Jump for the Future!!!: Soul Glo at the Dionysus Disco
Sebastian Cruz, Contributor Has the Dionysus Disco ever had a mosh pit? Given Oberlin College’s penchant for alternative styles of music,...
Sep 21, 2023
Sweden vs. Beyonce
Luca Johnson, Staff Writer Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour has been an undeniable success by every measure. It’s set to be the highest...
Sep 21, 2023
Musical Event of the Century: The Eras Tour from Taylor Swift
Spencer Elkind, Contributor The world of music has been blessed throughout the decades with many a star. Once a culture dominated by...
Sep 21, 2023
Housetwinks and Tradwives: Parodying the Pastoralist Fantasy
Julian Crosetto, Editor-in-Chief The recent popularization of "tradwives," that is, traditional wives, appears as a feminine...
Sep 21, 2023
Bobby Witt Jr. is Blossoming Before Our Very Eyes: More Than a Mullet
Max Miller, Staff Writer On July 28th, 2023, Bobby Witt Jr. dug his metal cleats into the manicured ground. His eyes, highlighted by...
Apr 29, 2023
No Shoes, No Music, Just Prayer: On Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou and Jerusalem
by Raghav Raj Arts & Culture Editor In a nondescript car going down some nondescript highway, a besuited man tenderly speaks orders into...
Apr 29, 2023
Bodies are Fluid on Film: a Lush Kaleidoscope of Bodily Excess
by Saffron Forsberg Editor-in-Chief “I am neither a victim nor an executioner. I am a living work of art,” jeny, the subject of Laura...
Apr 29, 2023
The Sacramento Kings Are Awesome
Purple Beacons and Mid-Range Pull-Ups by Max Miller Staff Writer After every win, a Sacramento King lumbers over to a big purple button....
Apr 29, 2023
Wednesday’s Rat Saw God: A Coagulated Country Careener
by Sebastian Cruz Contributor In the eyes of many, country music has fallen from the state that it occupied “way back when” (the “back...
Apr 16, 2023
John Wick: Chapter 4 — More Than the Melee?
By Sebastian Cruz Contributor I understand the importance of a series such as John Wick a lot more intimately than some may think,...
Apr 16, 2023
Scaring the Hoes: A Chaotic, Creative, and Charismatic Collection of Songs
By Reggie Goudeau Features Editor Barrington DeVaughn Hendricks, more commonly known as JPEGMAFIA, is no stranger to making energetic,...
Apr 16, 2023
To Connect the Oscar-Verse: What the last three Best Picture winners mean
By Zach Terrillion Staff Writer It’s been about a month since the 95th Academy Awards, honoring 2022’s best in film. I’ve been following...
Apr 16, 2023
Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd: Lana Del Rey, Humanized
By Ollie Axelrod Staff Writer Lana Del Rey’s work is most memorable for its absurd caricature of Americana. In provocative early works...
Apr 16, 2023
Music and Memory: Sitting Down With Hailu Mergia
By Raghav Raj Arts & Culture Editor There’s something so spectacular, so sacred, so sublime in watching the great Hailu Mergia work his...
Apr 16, 2023
Black Country, New Road Pushes Forward on Live at Bush Hall
By Henry Boehm Contributor If I had listened to Live at Bush Hall two years ago, I wouldn’t have thought that it was a Black Country, New...
Mar 27, 2023
Young Nudy’s Gumbo: Fresh and Full of Flavor
By Reggie Goudeau Features Editor East-Atlanta rapper Quantavious Tavario Thomas, more commonly known as Young Nudy, has been on an...
Mar 27, 2023
Like A Good Armchair
By Skye Jalal Staff Writer In conversation with Sam Adams at the AMAM last Thursday, designer Norman Teague described an incident at a...
Mar 27, 2023
Kali Uchis Confuses Me
The Highs and Lows of Red Moon In Venus By Max Miller Staff Writer At her best, Kali Uchis is intoxicating. Her crooning vocals, over...
Mar 27, 2023
Confession: Good Will Hunting is (Still) My Favorite Movie
By Fionna Farrell Opinions Editor If there’s anything integral to the Obie experience, it’s becoming deeply ashamed of the normal things...
Mar 27, 2023
Chris Rock Refuses to Let a Dead Joke Rest
By Reggie Goudeau Features Editor One of the most exhausting but potent discourses that happened within the past year occurred on March...
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