The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

Rachel Cusks Outline

Renny’s Review

Renny Acheson, Staff Writer April 27, 2018

If you’re looking for a book that challenges the limitations of literature, Rachel Cusk’s Outline does that and more. Published in 2014, Outline follows the trip of a recently-divorced British author...

Penny’s Coffee Shop drums up major attention

Natallie Sabes, Staff Writer March 16, 2018

Penny’s Coffee has two locations, one on Washington Avenue, downtown, and the other on 44th street in Linden Hills. Penny’s is a relatively new addition to the coffee scene, with both locations opening...

Renny’s Review: The Crown Ain’t Worth Much

Renny Acheson, Columnist March 16, 2018

On the first Monday of May in 2016, I attended my first Button Poetry Live. Held monthly, these events unite the Twin Cities poetry community with live performances and friendly competition. The featured...

Frozen on Ice had performance from February 28 to March 4.

Frozen on Ice debuts at Target Center

Sarina Dev, Food Editor March 15, 2018

As a sixteen-year-old attending a performance targeted for toddlers, I was not expecting Disney on Ice presents Frozen to be as magical of an experience as it was. On Wednesday, February 28th at the Target...

G-Eazy performs at Roy Wilkins Auditorium on March 8th as part of his Beautiful and Damned tour.

G-Eazy stuns Minneapolis crowd

Asya Shogren, Features Editor March 15, 2018

  On the night of March 8th G-Eazy’s worldwide tour came to the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. Named after his most recent album, The Beautiful and Damned Tour brought all aspects of its...

The Original Pancake House has four locations in Minnesota.

Putting pancake reputations to the test

Allie Miller and Julia Abraham March 15, 2018

We visited three iconic breakfast hotspots and put their reputations to the test. Our mission was simple: discern the quality of these popular franchises based on their pancakes’ appearance, taste, and...

Reflecting on four years of English reading

Reflecting on four years of English reading

Josie Lagerstrom, Co-Editor-in-Chief March 14, 2018

I have read twenty-one novels, eleven plays, and three anthologies in my four years of Blake English classes. Now, as a near-alumni, I find myself reflecting on the stories I read, and wanting to read...

Rennys Review

Renny’s Review

Renny Acheson, Staff Writer February 7, 2018

Beyond J.D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield, Salinger published numerous other novels and short stories, and even combined the two genres. J.D. Salinger’s 1961 New York Times publication Franny and Zooey...

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