Arts
WesTaiko Keeps the Beat for the End of the Semester
This Friday, WesTaiko, the end-of-semester performance of Wesleyan’s Taiko Drumming Ensemble had a mindblowingly cool show that featured probably some of the most epic drumming I’ve seen since Animal used to rock with Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem. For those … Continue reading
The Weekend in Theater: Three Directors on Why You Should Come See Their Shows
It’s reading week, and you have a lot going on. Five to seven pages on institutionalized something, an upcoming final on emerging infectious something something, that Kendall Lamond character coming on Thursday with Ab-Something and Anamanasomething...We get it: You’re busy. … Continue reading
Four New Student Plays Open in Beckham Hall
During my four years covering shows for The Argus, I’ve never ceased to be amazed by the vitality of our theater culture at Wesleyan, as well as impressed by the quality and the courage of the work seen on stages … Continue reading
Student Choreographers Find the S[our]ce of Their Inspiration
This weekend, student choreographers from the Dance Department’s Composition class debuted their original works from the semester in the Spring Dance Concert, S[our]ce. The dancers had the rare opportunity to sit still (a difficult task for students who were born … Continue reading
Gotta Kech ’Em All: Kech-ing up with KechPhrase
Rap game up-and-comer kechPhrase, known to fellow University of Pennsylvania students as Ikechi Nnamani, is fresh outta Philly and preparing Green Card, his official debut, due in August. Between track practices and fancy Wall Street internships, the promising rapper-slash-producer engineers … Continue reading
New Bay Film is More Pain Than Gain
It’s no secret that Wes alum Michael Bay ’86 has been critically maligned throughout most of his career. Some of this criticism is perhaps unfair—“Armageddon” and the first “Transformers” film are big and brash in the best way, even if … Continue reading
Idiot Box: American Horror Story
It’s pretty telling if, by the second episode you’ve watched, a show has managed to bring in aliens, demonic possessions, and leather-faced serial killers. If that sounds crazy, it’s because all this appeared in the second, most recent season of … Continue reading
Professor’s Playlist: Bernardo Antonio Gonzalez
As professor of a class titled “Performing Ethnicity in Spain: Flamenco, Gypsies, and the Construction of National Culture,” which focuses on the influence and role of music and dance in Spanish culture, Professor of Romance Languages and Literature Bernardo Antonio … Continue reading
The Crow Heads Home: A Conversation With Mel Hsu
This past Friday, the Wesleyan community packed the Memorial Chapel to support Mel Hsu ’13 in her senior recital, “Call Home the Crow.” Friends, family, alumni, and fangirls alike filled the seats of the Chapel to hear Hsu’s music and … Continue reading
Deerhunter Defines Punk On Monomania
What is punk? Is it the primitive, three-chord fury of the Sex Pistols? Is it the activist wit of Elvis Costello? Or is it the energy of the Ramones? In any case, punk is a style of music that critics … Continue reading