Music and the Cultural Politics of Change
M.I.A. is no stranger to controversy. The Sri Lankan-born rapper, whose professional name is an initialism of Missing in Action, ...
Arts & Culture
Fall 2026 Arts Roundup, Part 1: Theater
The University’s theater community is staging many exciting shows this semester. The University’s Theater Department, Spike Tape, and SHADES are ...
Spike Tape’s “Spelling Bee” Brings the Laughs While Challenging the Audience to Spell
You could feel the excitement building to a fever pitch before Spike Tape’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County ...
WesBurlesque Delights With a Fun, Flirty, and Fiery Spring Show
For many, ending up on stage in nothing but underwear in front of one’s classmates is a nightmare. But for ...
How “Sunday in the Park with George” Painted the Portrait of a Complex Man
Georges Seurat’s 1884 masterpiece “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grand Jatte” began with a dot. A single ...
Album Review: Why Let the Sun Talk by MAVI Is My Pandemic Album
Everyone, I can imagine, has at least one “pandemic album,” an album that got them through the isolation and uncertainty ...
Senior Thesis “Tears of Gold” Offers Us A New Kind of Fairytale
A staged reading of Senica Slaton’s ’26 “Tears of Gold” debuted at Ring Family Performing Arts Hall on Tuesday, April ...
So You Think You Can [Review] Dance? A Recap of Spring ’26 Performances
“I don’t dance” may be a common refrain, but it seemingly has no place at the University. This spring, campus ...
Didion vs. Babitz: Anolik Presents a Promising but Lopsided Biography
Lili Anolik’s joint biography “Didion & Babitz” follows the complicated relationship between two prolific Californian writers, Joan Didion and Eve ...
Artist Spotlight: Sophie Brusini ’26 Stages a Reimagined Glam-Rock “Richard III”
Like last semester’s “Pericles,” William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is not one of his more performed plays. Nonetheless, Spike Tape continued ...