Quilters: Intersectional issues through a historical lens
By Maggie O'Hara and Rachel Davis
December 23, 2019
The MTHS drama department’s first production of the 2019-2020 school year was “Quilters,” a musical based on the book “The Quilters: Women and Domestic Art” by Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley. The musical itself was written by Molly Newman, with lyrics and music composed by Barbara Damas...
Favorites return and freshmen debut at Jazz Collective concert
By Amy Harris, Hawkeye Staff
September 9, 2019
On the evening of August 29, students from the MTHS Jazz program came together for an intimate, hidden gem of a concert. The standard format, in which performers are segregated into their classes -- Jazz 1, 2 and 3-- was cast aside in favor of The Jazz Collective. Made up of a series of combos, it ...
“Leading Ladies” finishes the school year
By Marianne Nacanaynay, 2018-2019 TEMPO Executive Editor
June 1, 2017
“English girls are a whole other thing,” senior Hannah Marshall’s character, Audrey, says in the last play production of the year, “Leading Ladies”. It’s in “Leading Ladies” where that quote is taken to a whole new level. It starts sounding like a common con plot: Two men hear of an el...
Review: SIFF film “Bad Day For The Cut” presents unconventional take on revenge
By Gavin Norley, Audio-Visual Editor
May 30, 2017
"Bad Day For The Cut" is an Irish thriller/comedy directed by Irish filmmaker Chris Baugh that was shown at the Seattle International Film Festival. The film’s premise consists of farmer Donal who lives with his mother in Ireland. One fateful night, she is murdered and Donal happens to see a man walk...