Trio and Russell House organizer say goodbye together
The Russell House had to say two farewells last Sunday afternoon. When Nancy Albert, the organizing force behind this and ...
Arts & Culture
Feiffer and cast bring life to “Perversity”
The year is 1976, and in Chicago a liberal-minded man is contemplating the Equal Rights Amendment. "Equal Rights Amendment? I'll ...
Alice Notley shares unpublished works in intimate poetry reading
In the Russell House on Tuesday, poet Alice Notley gave more than just a reading. The author of over 25 ...
Film Serious: Coens, wheelchairs and Russkies
"Murderball" is not a film about futuristic death sports. Not to take anything away from the futuristic death sport genre, ...
“Wordplay” exhibit highlights use of text in contemporary art
"Romantic love was invented to manipulate women," artist Jenny Holzer declares in one line of "Truisms," a piece on display ...
Far from La Mancha: Puppets and actors overcome flawed script in “Celebrating Don Quixote”
Confession: I know next to nothing about puppet theater. Besides (secretly) belting along to "Avenue Q" in my car, my ...
In hypnotizing reading, Poet Laureate shares works
Wesleyan with enough acclaim to practically fill the University's Memorial Chapel. Avid students and reverent professors filed into the Chapel ...
Bulgarian Bebop ignites crowd
One of these names is not like the others: Ivo Papasov, Yuri Yunakov, Neshko Neshev, Salif Ali, Kalin Kirilov, Carol ...
Malian musician Neba Solo entrances World Music Hall
The hypnotic hum of Neba Solo's balafon reverberated through the World Music Hall, when the renowned Malian musician performed last ...
Film Serious: To Beat or Not To Beat; Don’t Skip It
Homecoming weekend has come and gone and it was a little bit awkward, was it not? I think so. Having ...