Members of Class IV presented a show of their artwork at the Deutches Altenheim nursing home on 23 January, as one of their regular visits with RL’s elderly neighbors. Over the course of the school year, the class shares music, conversation, and other entertainment with the residents. Classmaster Jim Ryan is the faculty advisor for […]
Winter term began with an English Convocation in Hall and the installation of Josh Cervas as the inaugural Joseph R. Kerner, Jr. Chairholder in English. The newly endowed chair honors recently retired RL English master Joe Kerner, who shared his passion for literature with generations of RL boys over his 36-year tenure at the School. […]
Roxbury Latin kicked off the holiday season on 4 December with a wonderful night of song in Rousmaniere Hall. The evening began with a Holiday Concert by The Sly Voxes, an all-male a cappella group featuring talented Roxbury Latin alumni, parents, and faculty, and directed by Headmaster Kerry Brennan. The group’s eclectic repertoire of sacred […]
We have officially entered a “post-truth” era, in which the line between truth and fiction blurs and conmen fool audiences with appealing tales and promises. Thus, Roxbury Latin’s 2016 Senior Play, Tony Kushner’s The Illusion,this past weekend seemed timely and apt. “Freely adapted” from Pierre Corneille’s 1636 meta-theatrical comedy L’illusion comique, The Illusion follows Pridamant, […]
