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 […]
Ali Eckstein can be reached at aeckstein@wesleyan.edu.
“Oh, Muffy!”—one of two original plays performed during the Spring Festival of New Theater Works—follows a group of parents in New York City’s Upper East Side as they grapple with the fallout of their children starting a white supremacist organization in their high school. The biting drawing-room comedy forces people to look in the mirror […]
Since it was set up on the evening of Sunday, April 28, the ongoing Palestine solidarity encampment in front of Usdan has grown into a lively scene of art-making and community building. From a capella singing, film screenings, and spoken poetry to painting, chalking, and calligraphy, a vibrant mix of creative expressions has invigorated the lawns between North […]
Ariana Blaustein can be reached at ablaustein@wesleyan.edu.
The second-to-last week of the art studio theses kicked off on Wednesday, April 16, following the champagne pop on the steps of Olin Memorial Library. Each of the vastly different pieces focused on the interaction between space and the things that occupy it. Some exhibits were entirely sculptural, featuring massive structures that invited viewer interaction, while […]
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, News Editor Rose Chen ’26 and Editor-in-Chief Sam Hilton ’24 discuss The Tortured Poets Department, the 11th studio album of international superstar […]
This article covers sexual assault as portrayed in a campus theater production. On Sunday, April 21, my friends and I made the trek to Russell House under Middletown’s endless gray sky to see two of the student-written plays produced by Spike Tape this semester. Taking refuge from the biting wind inside the historic venue, I […]
Ali Eckstein can be reached at aeckstein@wesleyan.edu.