The student news site of Hollis Brookline High School

The CavChron

The student news site of Hollis Brookline High School

The CavChron

The student news site of Hollis Brookline High School

The CavChron

The stage sits waiting to be filled with a magical set and talented students.

A Look Into The Woods

Maggie O'Hara, Assistant Editor January 21, 2016

The Hollis Brookline Theatre Department is at it again: learning lines, lyrics, and choreography that will make their upcoming production of Into the Woods come alive onstage March 18, 19, 25, and 26. After...

The sign at Regal Cinemas in Hooksett, NH on opening night of The Force Awakens.

The Force Awakens: movie review[spoiler free]

Bret Belden, Staff Writer December 22, 2015

Those hesitant to put their faith in JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens shouldn’t be concerned in the slightest. After the second trilogy was released in the early 2000s and failed to live up...

Poster for The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens to Break Records

Bret Belden, Staff Writer December 17, 2015

Come December 18th, flocks of crazed individuals will yield plastic lightsabers while trampling and stomping their way to the movie theatre. Scalped tickets riddle the market, becoming a most desired commodity....

Black Mass Movie Review

Black Mass Movie Review

Will Kingsley, Staff Writer December 15, 2015

Black Mass, an eerie tale of the ruthless and driven criminal known as “Whitey” Bulger, brings to light the violent and impoverished nature of South Boston in the 1960’s. The film is directed by...

The Visit: is it as scary as it seems?

The Visit: is it as scary as it seems?

Ben Lombardi, Staff Writer December 10, 2015

The Visit, directed by M. Night Shyamalan is a PG-13 thriller with a twist. Critics are raving that it is Shyamalan’s best film since The Village. Getting a high 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, maybe...

Host Mark Illingworth loves to shred on his guitar

Get Funky! Blues & Funk Night Friday, 12/11, @ 7:30

Evan Sutton, Staff Writer December 10, 2015

It’s that time of year again. No, not Christmas, but the annual fall music event, where both teacher and student musicians choose a specific genre of music to fill the auditorium with for a night. This...

Undertale Review

Curtis Newton, Staff Writer December 10, 2015

Every few years, the gaming community gets an RPG game (a “role-playing game” in which your character becomes part of a vast world of characters and cultures) that becomes wildly popular. The RPG trend...

A group of the improv students perform a game onstage.

Incredible Improvisation

Nicole Poitras, A&E Editor, Blogger December 10, 2015

On the evening of December 3, the Hollis Brookline improv classes held their first public performance of the year in the HBHS auditorium. As the small audience hushed, the troop’s director and teacher...

Nicole Poitras

Snapchat Shutdown

Nicole Poitras, A&E Editor, Blogger December 8, 2015

What has become one of the most popular social networking apps on the market is currently today’s social frustration. According to Down Detector, a site for detecting when websites and apps are experiencing...

Courtesy of Rachel Jiang

All In The Family

Nicole Poitras, A&E Editor, Blogger December 3, 2015

The Hollis Brookline Theatre Department delighted audiences on November 20 and 21 with two performances of the Pulitzer-winning play You Can't Take It With You. Ticket sales reached a record high for a...

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