Cross Talk: “BoJack Horseman” and What It Means to Move Forward
In a cross talk, two (or in this case, three!) writers sit down to discuss a book, movie, TV show, ...
Arts & Culture
Music, Faculty, and Students Come Together to Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th Birthday
Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the University Music Department will host “Beethoven’s 250th Birthday Bash,” in Crowell Concert Hall. The concert program ...
“I Lost My Body”: A Questionable Love Plot Mars a Triumph of French Animation
CW: Gore, stalking. A movie that involves both a severed hand and a love story seems destined for tonal havoc. ...
Cinefiles 2/19 – 2/22
This week’s films take us from 1932 to 2019, from Israel to New York, and from heists to heroes to ...
Wesleyan’s First Student-Run Opera Defies Genre—and Makes it Accessible
There’s a lot you might think of when you hear the term “opera,” whether it’s loud soprano women singing in ...
Q&A: Photography Professor Dannielle Bowman Discusses Her Work on NYT’s 1619 Project
Dannielle Bowman is a visual artist working with photography. After receiving a BFA from the Cooper Union, she acquired an MFA ...
From Lovestruck to Lovelorn: Our Valentine’s Day Picks
Happy Valentine's Day! It might be a polarizing holiday, but whether you’re shamelessly sentimental or sick of treacly love stories, ...
“WOODSLIPPER COUNTERCLATTER” Brings Auditory Complexity to Simpson Exhibit
Poet Susan Howe and musician David Grubbs performed “WOODSLIPPERCOUNTERCLATTER,” a collaborative piece blending piano, poetry, and field recording, on ...
Changing Guards: How Streaming Transformed the Music Industry
When Justin Bieber released his comeback single “Yummy” on Jan. 3, he expected the song to skyrocket up the Billboard ...
In “The Voice in the Headphones,” David Grubbs Listens to the Musician and Audience
David Grubbs, Professor of Music at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, conducted a reading from his upcoming book ...