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(11/07/17 11:00am)
The Houston Astros won the 2017 World Series. By emerging victorious in this out-of-control seven-game series, the Astros took home their first championship in their 56-year franchise history. That’s a big deal; congratulations to them. In the immediate wake of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation and after years of extreme losing, the Astros have a fascinating and inspirational story that deserves to be told. Look elsewhere for that column. This is about the losers.
(10/31/17 10:00am)
Overlooking the wetlands behind Chapel’s Field, a newly designated corner sits in the Goldfarb Library honoring the recipients of two University awards, the Richman Distinguished Fellow in Public Life and the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize.
(10/31/17 10:00am)
Following private conversations with playwright Michael Weller ’65, the University’s Theater Department and Division of Creative Arts have chosen to run a course on controversial works of art next semester rather than premiere Weller’s contentious play “Buyer Beware.”
(10/31/17 10:00am)
Harvey Weinstein, a name once solely representative of Hollywood’s elite, is now marred with the taste of disdain and contempt. As the discouraging trend of powerful Hollywood men such as Bill Cosby and Bill O'Reilly being accused of sexual assault continues, Harvey Weinstein only adds his name to the growing list. The accounts of Weinstein’s alleged sexual harassment and assault distinguish themselves, as he is one of the biggest producers in Hollywood. Weinstein has launched the careers of some of the biggest actors of the 21st century through his acclaimed films such as “Shakespeare in Love” and “Chicago.” The ways in which he allegedly manipulated women, which many more are beginning to speak about, often put their careers in jeopardy.
(10/24/17 4:00am)
(10/24/17 10:00am)
It was an unusually warm afternoon on Oct. 19. The sun beamed in through the windows of Bethlehem Chapel, casting everything from the carvings of the cross adorned on the white walls to the various people, ranging from teenagers to seniors, in a golden hue. This scene was broken by applause as Alicia Suskin Ostriker stepped up to the podium.
(10/24/17 10:00am)
This week, justArts spoke with Marek Haar ’20 who directed “Blithe Spirit.”
(10/17/17 10:00am)
It all began with the simplest of gestures. At the beginning of the 2016 NFL season, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided he would kneel during the national anthem to draw attention to racial inequality and police brutality. On Aug. 26, 2016, Kaepernick remained seated during the national anthem, and on Aug. 27, 2016, he told NFL Media, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” He also said, “To me, this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave getting away with murder.”
(10/17/17 10:00am)
Recently, Dove produced an ad that featured a Black woman removing her shirt to reveal a fair-skinned white woman, and the white woman doing the same to reveal a third woman. However innocent the intention may have been, the advertisement was met with backlash over claims of racism and was eventually pulled, according to an Oct. 8 New York Times article. The article also states that Dove has since apologized for the ad, and that spokeswoman Marissa Solan stated that the commercial was intended to be a celebration of diversity and show that Dove body wash is meant for every woman. Regardless, this is not the first time that Dove has been accused of racial insensitivity. In 2011, the company released an ad, again with the intent to promote their body wash and show its beneficial effects on skin. However, the ad featured women standing in order from darkest to lightest, with a backdrop comparing clean and dirty skin. The word “before” was above the black woman and “after” above the white woman. According to a May 26, 2011 NBC News article, Dove responded to the controversy stating that all three women were intended to show the “after” effect. If Dove prides itself on “widening the definition of beauty,” per their website, why do they continue to perpetuate racist tropes and enforce colorist ideals?
(10/17/17 10:00am)
Daniela Marquez ’18 will graduate this spring with a major in Afro and African American studies. Born in the Dominican Republic, she migrated to the United States when she was nine years old, traveling back and forth between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic until she started high school. Recounting her time in the DR, where her father lives, she said, “When I lived with my dad it was a different rhythm. My mom was more laid back and my dad was more militarized. My mom also did not get to have a childhood, being the second oldest out of eight kids and having to take care of them was very tough. I was thinking the other day how my family has taken so much sacrifice, body and spirit wise for me to be in a position to be able to say ‘Okay, I don’t have to worry about what I’m going to eat.’ Now I understand when my mom says ‘Tu eres mi vida — you are my world.’ I never understood it because I used to wonder how can someone else be your life? How can you put others in front of you? And it’s because that’s her way of dealing with trauma. And sometimes I complain about her attachment, but she and her siblings are the foundation of my family.”
(10/17/17 10:00am)
REVIEW— A handful of theater students put on a show called ‘Mud’ this past weekend. The play, written by Cuban-American Maria Irene Fornes, revolves around a man and a woman living in what I assumed to be the 1920s. Mae (Sophia Massidda ’20), a hard-working woman trying to educate herself to achieve a better life, works on a farm maintained by Lloyd (Yair Koas ’19), a man with whom she has an unspecified relationship. Both impoverished, Mae learns to read and do math while the illiterate Lloyd taunts her for it in his state of deteriorating health. While the two are at each other’s throats, Mae brings home Henry, a friend who aids in the purchase of Lloyd’s medication yet has a secret desire to steal Mae and his home away from him. The three violently butt heads in fits of rage and vengeance, as each get in the way of the other’s desires.
(10/10/17 10:00am)
Focused on Judaism, gender and the confluence between the two, poetry reading “Spiritual Sisters” demonstrated issues close to the values of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute’s heart on Tuesday.
(10/10/17 10:00am)
The 1988 to 1989 men’s tennis team and five additional alumni athletes were inducted into the Joseph M. Linsey Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, celebrating the occasion with a nostalgia-filled reception.
(10/10/17 10:00am)
This week, justArts spoke with Sivan Spector ’18, who directed Steven Berkoff’s adaptation of Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.”
(10/10/17 10:00am)
REVIEW — The original “Blade Runner” from 1982 is controversial yet unanimously accepted as a modern sci-fi classic. The film has been modified into several different cuts over many decades to satisfy either the production executives or director Ridley Scott but never both. Fans detest the narration-riddled theatrical cuts and praise the subtler final cut.
(10/10/17 10:00am)
REVIEW — A dark, minimalistic stage, lit only with a dim greenish hue, set the tone for an ominous “Metamorphosis.” Despite the Free Play Theatre Collective production’s adherence to minimal elements from set to actors to lighting and music, the overall effect was gripping and conveyed a poignant message about how today’s capitalist society does not leave room for humanity toward those who are unable to work.
(10/03/17 10:00am)
“The phone call at 5:10 this morning destroyed my circadian rhythms,” Prof. Michael Rosbash (BIOL) joked of the phone call telling him he had won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
(10/03/17 10:00am)
At first glance, the faces of Sachiko Akiyama’s statues stare blankly, their compositions simple — but that illusion vanishes as one realizes the emotional and symbolic power coursing beneath her statues’ surfaces. University alumna Akiyama gave listeners a glimpse into those depths when she returned to her alma mater on Wednesday to present a lecture on her journey as an artist and the process of creating her current exhibition of sculptures and prints, “Long Hand Poem.”
(10/03/17 10:00am)
The shamelessly underpaying, obesity-encouraging establishment Americans know and love, McDonald’s is known for many things: low prices, quick food and unmatched elegance — or that is what the people behind the Big Mac want us to think at least.
(10/03/17 10:00am)
Since my transition into the Student Union presidency this spring, the Union team and I have spent dozens of hours per week on the question of what can be done to make Brandeis University — and the Student Union — better serve the student community.
