CA Performs The Cradle Will Rock

CA Performs The Cradle Will Rock

On April 29 and 30, the Concord Academy Performing Arts Department staged The Cradle Will Rock. This “play in music” was written in 1937 by composer Marc Blitzstein as part of the Federal Theatre Project, a New Deal program during the Great Depression to fund artistic...
The Utopias Expo: CA History Class Explores American Utopian Movements in an Interactive Community Event

The Utopias Expo: CA History Class Explores American Utopian Movements in an Interactive Community Event

On the evening of December 2, students in Kim Frederick’s American Utopias history course transformed the SHAC atrium into an expo for 19th-century utopian communities. As members of the CA community meandered through the various booths, they received food and gifts—...