Arts & Culture
Belle and Sebastian has entered maturity; feverish early acclaim has cooled to comfortable critical appreciation and their fan base remains ...
Celebrating the Big 2-0-0: Chopin @ 200
This fall, the Center for the Arts (CFA) is putting on a series of five concerts to celebrate the bicentennial ...
Idiot Box: Say Yes to the Dress
In honor of Parents’ Weekend, I would like to share a charming anecdote about my own parents, who faithfully read ...
In Defense of Screaming Music
The scream has been a crucial part of society since the dawn of time, signifying danger, excitement, outrage. But today ...
Student Poets Slam Down Rhymes at WeSLAM’s Inaugural
Personal stories, wild performances, and energetic fun: all three filled the air late Wednesday night. The venue was WestCo Café, ...
One Con to Rule Them All: NY Comic Con 2010
This past weekend I was one of the lucky few (thousands) to attend New York Comic Con—not as epic as ...
Singing Bowl Fest on the Horizon
Interested in experiencing transcendence while staying completely still? Do you run a wet finger around the edge of your water ...
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Explores Sustainable Science
Last Friday and Saturday, the CFA Theater featured the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange as the first event of the Breaking ...
In Defense of Collector’s Items
The Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter. Pokémon. What is it that makes all of these phenomenons so great? Is ...
Bear in Heaven Rocks Eclectic Saturday
This past weekend, the student group Radical Performance Machine brought Brooklyn-based Bear in Heaven to Eclectic, where they performed at ...
