This article contains spoilers for three films. Read at your own risk. We’re back for the second part of our summer watchlist cross talk! In this part, we’ll be covering “Twisters” (2024), a belated sequel to the 1996 action classic “Twister,” the 2022 romantic comedy “Fire Island” (2022), and blockbuster psychological thriller “Trap” (2024). These […]
As the University welcomes students back, the arts are already thriving on campus. In today’s issue, we will preview all the sensational theater events planned for this semester, scheduled by the University’s Theater Department, the Center for the Arts (CFA), and various student groups. To start the fall season, the CFA will be hosting a […]
This article contains spoilers for four films, most of which are new releases. Read at your own risk. Kat and I spent this summer living and working in Middletown, so, naturally, we decided to make the most of Metro Movies 12 on Main Street. We watched seven movies together—five of which we saw in theaters—and […]
“Pippin”—a Noisy Visuals production co-directed by Henry Owens ’25, Owen Wiley ’25, and Norman Slate ’25 and produced by Lily Goldfine ’25—was filmed in front of a live studio audience on Friday, April 26, Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April 28 in the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall. Combining a production of the 1972 musical […]
The highly anticipated and talent-packed Students of Color (SOC) Fashion Show returned with a vengeance for another year on Saturday, April 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Olin Memorial Library. Before COVID-19, this event was open to attendance by prospective students during WesFest, but since the pandemic, it has become its own occasion. This […]
The Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism ended its “The Critic and Her Publics” programming on Tuesday, April 16. The series invited 11 guest critics—Andrea Long Chu, Sophie Pinkham, Carina Del Valle Schorske, Hannah Goldfield, Anahid Nersessian, Moira Donegan, Jo Livingstone, Lauren Michele Jackson, Doreen St. Felix, Maggie Doherty, and Christine Smallwood—to converse with the […]
In a cross-talk, two writers sit down to discuss a book, movie, TV show, or piece of art they both feel strongly about. Sometimes they disagree; other times, they’re in perfect harmony. Here, Executive Editor Elias Mansell ’24 and Arts & Culture Editor Caleb Henning ’25 sat down to talk about Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s […]
Content warning: this article describes depictions of gun violence and suicide. “Gloria”—written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Vincent Langan ’24 and Hadassa Garfein ’24 with assistant director Lexi Radziner ’25, and produced by Spike Tape—went up in WestCo Café on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. […]
The University has many eccentric traditions, but the 24-hour comedy show, run by the student improv comedy troupe Desperate Measures (DM), is especially extreme. Over the past weekend, from Friday, April 26 to Saturday, April 27, DM performed their annual 24-hour show, during which they improvised for a full day. The show took place in Exley […]
In the week following Tuesday, April 23, the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery saw the final spread of senior art studio theses, an inspired compilation including paintings and sculptures, as well as vast displays and compact media. What becomes apparent through the extremely diverse directions taken by seniors within the University’s art studio program is the variety […]