Poignant performance
Kelly Snawerdt, Print Editor
November 5, 2018
Brought to you by the Falcon nest’s very own Liddy auditorium, this year’s 2018 play is... drumroll please …Romeo and Juliet! This performance was shown from November 2-4. Director Nic Anderson wrote his very own script while also adding a few parts from the original Shakespearean writing. Most...
Musical review: “Oklahoma!”
Emma Day, Social Media Manager
May 7, 2018
West Falcon Theatre presented the musical “Oklahoma!” Apr. 4-6 in the Liddy Auditorium at West High School. This was director Nic Anderson’s first time directing a musical at West. Anderson and the cast most definitely did a stellar job. “Oklahoma!” is set in Western Indian Territory just...
Movie review: “A Quiet Place”
Danielle Stevens, Reporter
April 14, 2018
On Apr. 6, the newly anticipated thriller movie "A Quiet Place" hit theatres. It made 50 million dollars in the box office once it was released and rated a 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. "A Quiet Place" highlights a family that is coerced into being silent because of blind creatures in the forests that hunt ...
Play Review: “Wicked”
Hanna Seago, Reporter
December 31, 2017
“Wicked: The Untold Stories of the Witches of Oz” (commonly referred to as “Wicked”) is a darker retelling of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by Lyman Frank Baum. The play itself is based off of a book of the same title by Gregory Maguire. According to “The Wrap,” Wicked is Broadway’s...
Book review: “How to Hang a Witch”
Hannah Myers, Reporter
November 20, 2017
“How to Hang a Witch” was written by Adriana Mather, published July 26, 2016, and is set in present time. Samantha Mather and her stepmother Vivian travel all the way from New York City to live in Samantha’s deceased grandmother's house in Salem, Massachusetts. In the city of Salem, there is a g...
Album Review: Reputation by Taylor Swift
Haley Newcomb, Assistant Media Editor
November 16, 2017
Popstar icon Taylor Swift released her sixth album with Big Machine Records titled “Reputation” on Nov. 10. “Reputation” is available at Target for $14.99, and sold 700,000 copies in the U.S. on the first day. 1.05 million copies have been sold to date, and has already been claimed as 2017’...
“Arsenic and Old Lace” play review
Emma Day, Social Media Manager
November 8, 2017
West Falcon Theatre presented “Arsenic and Old Lace” on Nov. 3 and 4 in the Liddy Auditorium at West High School. This was director Nic Anderson’s first time directing a play at West. Anderson and the cast most certainly hit it out of the ballpark. “Arsenic and Old Lace” is about Mortimer...
TV Show Review: “The Good Doctor”- Season One
Zack Misner, Reporter
November 2, 2017
As a person who watches tv shows--some might say too much--I have come to have high standards for shows which were all met by "The Good Doctor". It is a drama but it also spins together romance and comedy to deliver a feeling of renewed interest after each episode. As you can guess from the name of...
Local haunted house review
Hanna Seago, Reporter
October 25, 2017
Haunted housing is a Halloween tradition that has steadily grown more popular, with the frightening attractions either matching or surpassing horror movies in popularity. The Quad Cities and surrounding communities host a number of haunted attractions, including haunted houses, corn mazes and hayrides...
Book Review: “We Were Liars”
Brooke Netcott, Reporter
October 25, 2017
If you like a book with lots of twists and turns then “We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart is the book you need to read. It is about a family named the Sinclairs. No one in the family is a criminal. No one is an addict. And no one is a failure. While reading this book, I thought it was very dark and mysteri...
Book Review: “They Both Die at the End”
Alyssa Vick, Reporter
October 23, 2017
Spoiler alert: In Adam Silvera’s newest novel “They Both Die at the End”, readers are forced to evaluate their own decisions as the main characters’ mortality catches up to them. Right from the beginning, there is no holding back. The book opens up with the main characters, Mateo Torrez and Ruf...
TV Show Review: “Riverdale”-Season One
Emma Day, Social Media Manager
September 25, 2017
As a person that enjoys binge-watching TV shows on Netflix, “Riverdale” was obviously the perfect choice for me and my interests. The show is a drama, but involves romance, mystery and comedy. The show is based on the Archie comics but based in modern times. The small town of Riverdale is divided into ...
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