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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

Smiley snowman at the Arboretum Light show Nov. 26. This snowman is located near a log cabin where you can purchase the ingredients to make s’mores at one of their fire pits.

Lighting up the gardens

Emma Egan December 2, 2023

Tis the season for holiday fun, and one way to celebrate this year is by visiting the winter light show at the Arboretum Gardens. Every year, they hold a light show from Nov. 16 to Dec. 31, where you...

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Cut Through The Noise: Tate Mcrae, Tim McGraw, Boygenius featuring Ye Vagabonds

Claire Williams November 27, 2023

Welcome to “Cut Through the Noise,” an entertainment column from the St. Louis Park Echo covering new music releases. Every week, a different Echo staffer takes on the role of writer, reviewing recent...

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‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ hits the theaters

Rylie Unangst November 25, 2023

The fourth book and the prequel to the “Hunger Games” trilogy has just been adapted into a film. With the release on Nov. 17, many have flooded theaters to see the book come to life.  The movie...

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‘The Marvels’ doesn’t live up to expectations

Paxon Myers November 23, 2023

The newest addition to the Marvel cinematic universe, “The Marvels,” was heavily anticipated by many fans and was finally released on Nov. 10. “The Marvels” is full of suspense, action and surprise....

It’s worth listening to the Beatles every Now and Then

It’s worth listening to the Beatles every ‘Now and Then’

Gabriel Fink November 14, 2023

“Now and Then” is the final song produced by the Beatles, released Nov. 2, and it’s been thirty years in the making. The Beatles are an English rock band that was famous for their psychedelic, soft...

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The promising premiere of ‘All The Light We Cannot See’

Anna Williams November 10, 2023

When faced with a bookshelf or a selection of films, I always chose the historical drama. In consequence, throughout my life, I have come across the novel “All The Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr....

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NHL 24 breaks ice

Fisher Christopher October 13, 2023

NHL 24 is the ultimate hockey gaming experience. The new release of NHL 24 on Oct 6 is already off to an amazing start. They already have had huge improvements to things such as the graphics, controls...

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‘The Royal Hotel’ perturbs theaters with nerve-wracking depravity

Nicholas Garrett October 12, 2023

“The Royal Hotel” released in theaters Oct. 6, a relatively indie debut that had only drawn a couple drowsy moviegoers. I hadn’t even watched promotional material for the movie, and I assumed it...

JSU (Jewish Student Union)meeting the week after Yom-Kippur. After a brief discussion of the holiday, attention turns to Sukkot, the next celebration of the High Holy Days.

Jewish holidays off: a step towards inclusion

Ted McCarren October 2, 2023

Starting this year, Park will have school off during Jewish holidays. In previous years, Jewish students have had to miss school to practice their religion during Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, but it all...

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‘Beetlejuice’: The musical, the musical, the musical

Rackam Walberg September 30, 2023

Ever since “Beetlejuice: The Musical” began touring in December 2022, Minnesotans have been anxiously awaiting for its arrival to the state. Written by Anthony Kin and Scott Brown, it retells the cinematic...

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‘Spy Kids’ isn’t a spy hit

Layla Mickelson September 29, 2023

12 years after the release of “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World,” it was announced that “Spy Kids: Armageddon” was coming out Sept. 22 on Netflix. This excited fans, as many of us have fond...

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Metro is always boomin’

Nafisa Kahin June 4, 2023

“Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse” just came out and it features an amazing soundtrack that plays throughout the movie. Metro Boomin created most of the songs on  the album because he’s the producer,...

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