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After 20 years on the American rock scene, Foo Fighters still continues to attract and enchant their listeners. In honor of their 20th anniversary, the band released an HBO documentary series and an album on Oct. 17 and Nov. 10, respectively—both titled Sonic Highways. Fronted by lead singer Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters once again proves their artistic strength.
What do medicine and art have in common?—Leeza Meksin’s exhibit Big Bounce at the Women’s Studies Research Center. On Wednesday, Damiana Andonova ’15, who is also the arts assistant at the WSRC, hosted and led an interactive discussion at the WSRC that explored how the field of medical humanities unites art and medicine. She used four of the Big Bounce pieces displayed in the WSRC to promote discussion on the topic, allowing attendants to actively share their thoughts and feelings.
Starting with the release of her single “Shake It Off” on Aug. 18, Taylor Swift’s latest album release, 1989, landed heavily on the pop music scene. And from the start, we see that this isn’t the same singer who only needed her voice and a guitar to capture the hearts of teenage girls everywhere. Instead, 1989 is a strange hybrid of Swift’s voice and synthetic tones and drums.
After serving the city of Boston for 20 years, former Mayor Thomas Menino passed away on the morning of Oct. 30 at the age of 71.
A group of Massachusetts researchers at the United States Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center, including Brandeis alumnus Dr. Christopher Doona MA ’89 Ph.D. ’91, have developed “a next-generation disinfectant system that kills the Ebola virus on surfaces,” according to an Oct. 21 Army press release.
After Gone Girl’s reign on the literary scene, fans eagerly awaited the release of the movie version of Gillian Flynn’s novel on Oct. 3 and the movie had rather large expectations to fulfill. Starring Ben Affleck and former Bond girl Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl takes a captivating novel and expertly transforms the text into a shocking dramatic thriller. In addition to the thrilling plot, the acting displays a level of expertise and well-thought out casting.
As part of the You Can Play project—a national campaign which aims to combat discrimination in sports based on sexuality—Brandeis Athletics released a video on Oct. 17 supporting students’ right to participate in sports regardless of sexual orientation. The video also emphasized the need to discourage discrimination of any kind in sports. The video was posted on BrandeisNOW, as well as the University’s YouTube page.
Life is full of changes, and how we react and handle these changes defines who we are as individuals. In Swim Little Fish Swim—a charmingly introspective independent French film—a young couple deals with their strained marriage while raising their young daughter as they deal with changes and challenges in their lives.
Last year, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences introduced a new program—the Master of Arts in Comparative Humanities, which “explores major themes of human experience using comparative and cross-cultural approaches,” according to the description on the MACH website.
For the fall semester, the Brandeis Theater Company will present two plays: Dead Man’s Cell Phone and The Conference of the Birds. While Dead Man’s Cell Phone was originally written as a play, The Conference of the Birds was originally a long-form Persian poem, written by poet Farid ud-Din. It was adapted to a play by Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carriere. Dead Man’s Cell Phone, written by Sarah Ruhl, will be directed by Prof. Adrianne Krstansky (THA) who frequently directs productions at Brandeis. Hafiz Karmali, an international theater artist, will direct Birds.
To wrap up the summer and usher in the fall, the City of Boston, in collaboration with the State Street Corporation, produced the eleventh annual Boston Arts Festival—more simply known as “ähts.” The festival took over at the Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, near Boston’s North End, on Saturday, Aug. 30 and Sunday, Aug. 31.
LOCALLY GROWN: Along with the other installations, the festival included many art vendors, including these men selling small hand-painted, colorful artwork.
PAINT IT UP: A member from The UP Truck, the mobile art initiative, creates a new piece as festivalgoers watch on, just one of their many demonstrations.
SHAPESHIFTERS: Tsahe Diablo Glass Company demonstrated how glass is made in an oven.
ON THE FENCE: Festivalgoers of all ages contributed to this colorful fence painting project.
Board of Trustees member Sylvia Hassenfeld passed on Aug. 15 in Manhattan at the age of 93. Hassenfeld served on the board from 1996 to 2014, including six years as vice chair. Hassenfeld was born in Pennsylvania, graduated from Cedar Crest College with a bachelor’s degree in 1944 and married Merrill Hassenfeld. She is survived by her two children, Alan Hassenfeld and Ellen Hassenfeld Block, as well as three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Former Brandeis Board of Trustees member Arthur Cohen passed away on Aug. 9 at his home in King’s Point, N.Y. Cohen served on the Board from 1973 to 1988, when he was named trustee emeritus.
Sam Hunter, the founder and inaugural director of the Rose Art Museum, passed away on July 27 in Princeton, N.J.
Sept.
Saturday night, students streamed into Levin Ballroom in anticipation for the first show of the Student Events Fall Concert Series, featuring pop/hip-hop singer Mike Posner. The show actually marked the second time Posner performed at Brandeis—he was last here to perform in 2010. Posner, who is famous for his 2010 Billboard Hot 100 single “Cooler Than Me,” performed an energetic 50-minute set to an energetic crowd.