“Night Fishing with Ancestors”: Karrabing Film Collective Sheds Light on Australia’s History of Settler Colonialism

February 8, 2024, by Anna Thomas, Assistant Head Copy Editor. 4 Comments

As a part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Center for the Arts, the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery hosted a viewing of the Karrabing Collective’s latest film, “Night Fishing with Ancestors,” on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The collective, which is based in Australia, describes itself as “a grassroots indigenous filmmaking group,” for whom filmmaking provides an avenue […]

“Sum of Its Parts” Gallery Opens in Olin, Highlighting the Interdisciplinary Nature of the Center for the Arts

February 8, 2024, by Caleb Henning, Ting Tsai, Arts & Culture Editor, Contributing Writer. Leave a Comment

The “Sum of Its Parts,” a gallery focused on art exhibitions that feature a collaboration between multiple artistic disciplines, opened on Thursday, Jan. 25 in Olin Memorial Library. Altogether, the exhibit posits the question: What are the best spaces of creation on campus? In Fall 2023, four students—Ellie Salinas ’24, Marina Cañedo-Argüelles MA ’24, Emerson […]

Cross Talk: Meet Me at Midnight To Talk SZA, Celine Dion, and Other Celebrated Artists at the Grammys

February 8, 2024, by Lyah Muktavaram, Zara Skolnik, Opinion Editor, Assistant Features Editor. 2 Comments

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, Opinion Editor Zara Skolnik and Assistant Features Editor Lyah Muktavaram sat down to talk about the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, which […]

Tuesday, Feb. 6 Comic

February 8, 2024, by Ariana Blaustein, Staff Comic Artist. 1 Comment

Ariana Blaustein can be reached at ablaustein@wesleyan.edu. 

Friday, Feb. 9 Comic

February 8, 2024, by Ali Eckstein, Staff Comic Artist. 4 Comments

Ali Eckstein can be reached aeckstein@wesleyan.edu. 

Sorry, Fans: A Review of New Blue Sun by André 3000

February 5, 2024, by Carter Appleyard, Contributing Writer. 1 Comment

In André 3000’s first solo album, New Blue Sun, he does something unexpected. Widely regarded as one of the best rappers of all time for his hip-hop duo, Outkast—which is known for hits such as “Ms. Jackson” and “Hey, Ya!”—André 3000 forfeits this title to explore a new lyric-less ambiance in his new record. Mindful […]

How Do They Write Like They’re Running Out of Time: A Director’s Perspective on One Day Plays

February 5, 2024, by Oluchi Chukwuemeka, Sports Editor. Leave a Comment

One Day Plays (ODP) returned to the Patricelli ’92 Theater on Saturday, Feb. 3, marking its second appearance this academic year as well as the first Spike Tape show of this semester. In typical ODP fashion, students collaborated to produce 6 short plays within 24 hours. Writers wrote their plays and cast the actors from 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2 to […]

Zilkha Gallery Hosts Exhibition “Always Being Relation” Celebrating the Center for the Arts’ 50th Anniversary

February 5, 2024, by Nicki Klar, Staff Writer. Leave a Comment

In the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 30, I bolted from Downey House across High Street and past Crowell Concert Hall to catch the Center for the Arts’ (CFA) kickoff event of the year—an exhibition opening party hosted at the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery celebrating the 50th anniversary of the CFA, titled “Always Being Relation: 50 Years […]

Arts Roundup Part Two: Dance and Visual Arts

February 1, 2024, by Caleb Henning, Arts & Culture Editor. 2 Comments

On Tuesday we brought you an incredible list of the upcoming theater productions on campus, and today we’re going to introduce you to the world of dance and visual arts!  Dance Dance kicks off with a workshop led by Urban Bush Women on Friday, Feb. 9, at 4:30 p.m. in the Bessie Schönberg Dance Studio. […]

One of the Most Unusual, Yet Impactful, Movies I’ve Seen: “Poor Things” Review

February 1, 2024, by Maggie Smith, Archivist. Leave a Comment

The word which best describes the newest Yorgos Lanthimos movie, “Poor Things” (2023), is unusual. Very unusual. Best known for his themes of twisting social conventions and power dynamics, as exemplified in his earlier films “The Favourite” (2018) and “The Lobster” (2015), director Lanthimos has done it again in “Poor Things.” Based on the novel of the […]

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