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...
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The Grape is Oberlin College's student news and culture magazine, published bi-weekly since 1999.
- Apr 29
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
- Mar 4
“This is Why” Paramore Still Matters: A New Album Reconciled
by Zach Terrillion Staff Writer How do you review your favorite band’s new album? It’s like when your artist best friend shows you their...
- Mar 4
Into the Oscar-Verse: Eat My Shorts
by Zach Terrillion Staff Writer The Film Academy last year decided to cut six awards from its annual telecast. Three of those were the...
- Mar 4
“A&W”: It’s Still Lana
by Catherine Gilligan Contributor Lana Del Rey has embodied innumerable personas throughout her career: troubled starlet, trailer park...
- Feb 18
Is Anyone Saving Cinema?
by Ben Burton Contributor I love a trailer. Getting to the theater early to watch new releases is like being gently held. It is to be...
- Feb 18
In Pursuit of Grace: An Interview With Mavi
by Raghav Raj Arts & Culture Editor Mavi chooses his words carefully. The Charlotte-based rapper — and Bachelors of Science candidate at...
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