Producing two full-length shows per year (one straight play in the fall and one musical in the spring), AHS Theatre has reached noticeable accomplishments in the 2000’s, including multiple Kelly Award winners, sellout show runs, and graduates who continue into professional careers. However, due to auditorium renovations which started late spring 2024, there are some…
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Into The Woods Wins 6 Gene Kelly Awards
Avonworth’s spring musical production of Into the Woods swept the Gene Kelly Awards for High School Musical Theater on Saturday, May 25th at the Benedum Theatre, winning 6 awards. Photos are from an in-school assembly performance in the high school auditorium on March 18th, featuring selections from throughout the show. Best Musical IMG_5201 Best Vocal Ensemble…
What’s On Your Earbuds, 2024- Day 2
Today, we find out what kind of music students are enjoying nowadays and what they might be listening to on their earbuds. We’ve got 5 students who shared their music tastes “I like to listen to electro music. I’m not a huge fan of lyrical music, so I just listen to the actual music parts…
What’s On Your Earbuds, 2024- Day 1
No matter where you go around Avonworth, you’ll more than likely see people listening to music with their earbuds in. But have you ever wondered what they were listening to? Well, you’re about to find out what 3 students listen to when they listen to music. Let’s see what they had to say “Right…
Skipping Pittsburgh Concert Venues – The City All Artists Hate?
Living in Pittsburgh if you are interested in art has always been an interesting experience. Andy Warhol totally put Pittsburgh on the map if you are interested in physical art. And you would think with more recent singers like Christina Aguilera and rappers like Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller, Pittsburgh would hold its own in…
2024 Shakespeare Monologue Scene Contest Includes Avonworth Winners
On the 30th anniversary of the Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest, 5 Avonworth students have been recognized for outstanding performances. For the Middle School monologue competition, ranging from 4th to 7th grade, Kate Jeon has qualified as a finalist and won within the Lower Division category. The Avonworth student represented Helena, a character from Shakespeare’s…
Star Wars Phantom Menace Rereleased In Theatres for 25th Anniversary
25 years after starting what we now know as the Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace will be celebrating its 25th anniversary on May 3rd, 2024. The Phantom Menace marked the return of the Star Wars saga after a 16-year break from the previous installment, Return of the Jedi in 1983. Audiences excitedly received…
Movie Previews: Looking Ahead To The Fall Guy
With April’s cinematic journey flying by and gradually coming to an end, the spotlight shifts towards May and what it will have to offer. I did not think there was anything special about any of the April 2024 movies so far, which is why I am especially excited about this next month. As we look…
2023 Spotify Wrapped Top Podcast Topics: Could Artificial Intelligence Destroy Humanity?
The 2023 Spotify Wrapped was released last week, and alongside it, a collection of data from Spotify’s users has become available on the internet. As part of the collected information, the most streamed podcasts and their respective most listened-to episodes become valuable instruments to track trends and notorious topics across the web. As pointed out…
Spotify Wrapped 2023: Taylor Swift Dominates
J1 students paused at the end of November to find out about what AHS students listened to, how they felt about it, and their thoughts about students Spotify Wrapped for 2023 and the Spotify Artist of the Year, Taylor Swift. Attitudes ranged from full fandom to not that interested and over to angry. “I…