For two nights this February, the Nonesuch Players’ production of 9 to 5: The Musical whisks audiences back in time to the 1970s, when the grind of office life meant typewriters, landlines, lots of paper—and keeping to the status quo in which women were treated as less than their male counterparts. With a tagline of “Nothing’s gonna change if you don’t change it,” the show tells the story of three women taking charge of their own lives to make a difference—with plenty of humor, heartfelt songs, and flashy dance numbers along the way.

This winter, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of Massachusetts recognized 24 Rivers students for their creative work in a variety of art mediums. Rivers students earned gold key, silver key, and honorable mention awards in the sculpture, mixed media, ceramics, editorial cartoon, photography, film, drawing, poetry, personal essay, speculative fiction, and writing portfolio categories.

This year’s guest in the Visiting Artist Series, ceramics sculptor George Rodriguez, spent a day at Rivers in February to speak at an assembly, work with ceramics students, and attend the closing reception for an exhibition of his work, which has been displayed on campus since December.