When I flew into Iceland, it felt like I traveled to a different planet. Sprawling mountains covered with daring sheep grazing at high altitudes, exploding geysers erupting with boiling water, and swerving...

New York City is a towering metropolis known for making and fulfilling dreams. Expansive and diverse, New York City is a hub for tourism, finance, and innovation, always staying at the forefront of progress. ...

Mentor High School's 2025 Spring Musical, "9 to 5," ran from April 9th to the 13th. The cast members worked immensely hard on this project since November. The cast consisted of students from all grades...

It’s a brisk autumn afternoon, the stage lights dim in Mentor’s auditorium. A young actress stands just behind the curtains, the center stage humming to her with potential. Her heart pounds, perhaps...

You forget how you're meant to live When you live without a name.  You spend your life watching from afar   It’s when your skin feels foreign,  Clinging to you like a stolen fabric.    When...

The crushing blows of biting waves against towering monsters of ice. The harsh chills of a wintry Nordic landscape clash with the piercingly quiet nature of this setting. Dark and polar, the meritorious...

Introduction: Bad Bunny is a well-known reggaeton, trap, and pop artist from Puerto Rico who, since his beginnings in the mid-2010s, has continued to grow in fame and popularity. Through his rise,...

Cold   Cold, so cold. My skin freezes, clinging to bone.  It’s taut and stretched, pulling as if it might tear,  Leaving my knuckles almost visible.  Help!    My...

A Humble Treasure   The sun beams down on my skin.  The rays tingle,  warning of the burns to come,  but at this moment I don't care.    My Nonna walks parallel to me.  We...

I recently braved winds upwards of 25 miles per hour, creating a daunting wind chill of 4 degrees Fahrenheit below 0. Where was I? The Headlands and Fairport Beach. Why? Lake Erie is frozen! For the...

You are on vacation, walking around the city, exploring a museum, or attending an event, and you find yourself in a large group of people fighting for a spot to take what they think is the best photo...

Redefining the field of classical music and sending shockwaves through the musical community, the man who illustrated what symphonic sound could and should be was Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). A Russian...