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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]