WesTaiko Keeps the Beat for the End of the Semester
This Friday, WesTaiko, the end-of-semester performance of Wesleyan’s Taiko Drumming Ensemble had a mindblowingly cool show that featured probably some ...
Arts & Culture
The Weekend in Theater: Three Directors on Why You Should Come See Their Shows
It’s reading week, and you have a lot going on. Five to seven pages on institutionalized something, an upcoming final ...
Four New Student Plays Open in Beckham Hall
During my four years covering shows for The Argus, I’ve never ceased to be amazed by the vitality of our ...
Student Choreographers Find the S[our]ce of Their Inspiration
This weekend, student choreographers from the Dance Department’s Composition class debuted their original works from the semester in the Spring ...
Gotta Kech ’Em All: Kech-ing up with KechPhrase
Rap game up-and-comer kechPhrase, known to fellow University of Pennsylvania students as Ikechi Nnamani, is fresh outta Philly and preparing ...
New Bay Film is More Pain Than Gain
It’s no secret that Wes alum Michael Bay ’86 has been critically maligned throughout most of his career. Some of ...
Idiot Box: American Horror Story
It’s pretty telling if, by the second episode you’ve watched, a show has managed to bring in aliens, demonic possessions, ...
Professor’s Playlist: Bernardo Antonio Gonzalez
As professor of a class titled “Performing Ethnicity in Spain: Flamenco, Gypsies, and the Construction of National Culture,” which focuses ...
The Crow Heads Home: A Conversation With Mel Hsu
This past Friday, the Wesleyan community packed the Memorial Chapel to support Mel Hsu ’13 in her senior recital, “Call ...
Deerhunter Defines Punk On Monomania
What is punk? Is it the primitive, three-chord fury of the Sex Pistols? Is it the activist wit of Elvis ...