Culture Archives - The Nueva Current

Steel drum band plays for NAIS and Disneyland

Posted by Jordan M | Mar 29, 2019 | Culture, Inside the Bubble, Music, News

D eparting the San Mateo campus at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27, the steel drum band rode down to...

Two new films about Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveal her continued impact on pop culture

Posted by Mira D. | Mar 29, 2019 | Culture, Drama

“How do you justify taking a spot from a qualified man?” In 1956, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was at...

Art and artists: can and should we separate them?

Posted by Beatrice S. | Feb 27, 2019 | Culture, Events, Features, Music, Opinion

A t the first dance of the school year, a song begins to play and the room goes quiet. It happens...

Finding the perfect pitch

Posted by Mira D. | Feb 27, 2019 | Culture, Music

O n a Saturday afternoon, sunlight shines through the clear glass window placed 15 feet above the...

Coffeehouse celebrates art and music

Posted by Elizabeth B | Dec 7, 2018 | Culture, Events, Features, Music

The warm glow from garlands of glass globe lights and the scent of hot chocolate welcomed attendees to the first-ever Nueva Coffeehouse in the WRC on Friday, Nov. 30. An intimate audience of 30–40 students and faculty members settled into couches and armchairs to watch creative performances from members of the upper school community.