Ariana Blaustein can be reached at ablaustein@wesleyan.edu.
As dusk fell on Friday, April 5, I joined many other theatergoers in shuffling down the steps to WestCo Café, scanning a QR code to access a program, and sitting down to enjoy the student-written show “Dear Mommy.” It felt like sitting down to watch any other Spike Tape show. What I couldn’t predict, however, […]
“Exploding and Netting: A Somatic Archive of Transpacific Movement,” a student-curated exhibition, opened in the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies on Thursday, Feb. 29 and will remain open until Saturday, May 25, 2024. The exhibition features the work of Loren Yuehan Wang ’25 and was curated by Yijing Lai ’24 and Xiran Tan ’24. […]
Found Heaven, Conan Gray’s ’80s-inspired third LP, is a tour de force. Released on Friday, April 5, 2024, it’s also a major thematic and sonic shift from his previous two albums, Kid Krow (2020) and Superache (2022). Prior records focused on a yearning for romantic connection. For instance, in “People Watching,” a song from Superache, […]
The second installment of Art Studio theses was showcased at the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery this week, with an opening reception on Wednesday, April 3. A large audience of students, family members, and professors gathered eagerly to witness six captivating installations, each representing the culmination of a year-long journey, exploring and iterating in different mediums. […]
Ali Eckstein can be reached at aeckstein@wesleyan.edu.
Content warning: This article references mental health, suicide, suicide attempts, death, loss of a parent, and loss of a pet. When I took my seat at the beginning of “Every Brilliant Thing” on Saturday, March 2, I didn’t know what to expect. Normally, I would do my research and try to understand the concept of […]
The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery premiered the studio art theses of six seniors on Wednesday, March 27, all of them grand, floor-to-ceiling pieces. Viewers were encouraged to move through the work, examine it from all angles, and step gingerly. The six pieces, while distinct, seemed to invite comparison—not for the viewer to let them blur together, but to […]
When Beyoncé released her leading singles “TEXAS HOLD ’EM” and “16 CARRIAGES,” discourse surrounding her entry into the country genre quickly erupted. Many supported her leap into a style that has historically been linked to discrimination against Black artists. In fact, she herself faced censorship for her performance of her country song “Daddy Lessons” (2016) at the 2016 Country […]
Ali Eckstein can be reached aeckstein@wesleyan.edu.