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(03/29/16 1:31am)
Janet Mock, a contributing editor for Marie Claire, a transgender rights activist and the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir “Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, & So Much More,” came to campus last Tuesday for a conversation with Professor Jasmine Johnson (AAAS) about her memoir. She spoke of the challenges she faced while writing and the important questions her memoir poses about growing up multiracial, poor and trans in America. “Redefining Realness” addresses the process in accepting oneself while at the same time understanding how to coexist with and accept others.
(03/22/16 6:45am)
Philanthropist Catherine Filene Shouse was the only woman who could claim to have met every U.S. president from Calvin Coolidge to Bill Clinton and document friendships with Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt and Edna St. Vincent Millay. She was also the subject of Ann W. Caldwell’s lecture at Brandeis on Thursday. Caldwell is President Emerita of the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and is currently working on a biography of Shouse’s remarkable life.
(03/22/16 6:08am)
*Correction appended
(03/22/16 5:56am)
This week, justArts spoke with Lilly Hecht ’18, director of the Tympanium Euphorium production “The Last Five Years.”
(03/22/16 5:45am)
Tympanium Euphorium’s production of “The Last Five Years” was not a conventional musical. Written by regarded composer Jason Robert Brown, this show depicts a relationship that progresses over the course of five years from two different perspectives. Cathy (Becca Myers ’18) tells the story from the end of the relationship and moves backward in time, while Jamie (Derek Scullin ’18) tells the story in chronological order. Though they sing about shared moments, Cathy and Jamie perform their songs alone and mime the other one’s presence. The only time the two of them sing together or even touch is when they meet in the middle of their narratives — their engagement and also the wedding.
(03/22/16 1:46am)
In 1998, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute created its 26 word mission statement: “The mission of the HBI is to develop fresh ideas about Jews and gender worldwide by producing and promoting scholarly research, artistic projects, and public engagement.” They’ve yet to make any changes, “which means we’re either stuck in the mud, or we came up with a good one,” said Prof. Shulamit Reinharz (SOC), laughing as she addressed the crowded Rapaporte Treasure Hall on Sunday night.
(03/15/16 7:07am)
Filiality — the relationship between a parent and child — is undergoing a resurgence in modern China, argued Angela Zito, associate professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at New York University in her lecture, “China Dreams: Of Filial Values in the Persuasive Form of Social Propaganda,” on Friday.
(03/15/16 5:34am)
On Sunday evening, the Lydian String Quartet performed in Slosberg Recital Hall, along with assorted guests, for a performance titled “Gabriel Fauré: A Chamber Music Retrospective,” as part of Fauré Festival Weekend. The Lydian performance was the culmination of a two-day celebration of renowned French composer Gabriel Fauré.
(03/15/16 5:29am)
Anyone walking past Levin Ballroom on Saturday night would have been staggered by what they would have seen. A line of over 200 students — and a few proud parents — were eagerly jostling to get inside for the Brandeis Korean Student Association’s annual K-nite stage show. This year’s presentation, titled “Heart and Seoul” (get it?), featured a loving salute to Korean culture, including everything from Tae Kwon Do demonstrations to K-Pop dancing.
(03/15/16 5:22am)
As the curtains open, the stage is revealed to be embellished with some very familiar set pieces. On the right side is a brick wall. In the middle, a piano. And on the left side is a red doghouse with “Snoopy” written across the top. In the middle of the stage, Dylan Hoffman ’18 sits writing in a notebook, wearing a well-known yellow t-shirt with a brown zigzag pattern.
(03/15/16 5:57am)
Donald Trump will build a wall. It will not be a physical one. Assuming the real estate magnate clinches both the Republican nomination and the presidency, he will isolate America from every nation he offends. He will wall us off with a barrier of ignorance and hate that few will dare climb. The true danger of a President Trump is not as a politician but as an ambassador.
(03/15/16 3:01am)
“The play is titled ‘Intimate Apparel’, which is an indicator that costumes are going to be very important,” Mary Hurd (TA), the costume director for the Brandeis Theater Department, said in an interview with the Justice.
(03/08/16 8:45am)
In continuing to celebrate the legacy of Justice Louis D. Brandeis during the year that marks the 100th anniversary of his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1916, several scholars gathered to discuss his economic influence on Monday in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall. At the event, titled “Citizenship and the Economy: Labor, Inequality and Bigness,” panelists Richard Adelstein, Alexis Goldstein and Jeffrey Rosen spoke about Brandeis’ legacy in the economy and his effect on their work. Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life Prof. Daniel Terris (PAX) moderated the panel, and Prof. Elizabeth Brainerd (WGS) was the Brandeis Commentator at the event.
(03/08/16 6:38am)
Actor Jackie Cruz started her speech on a somber note. She said it was hard speaking to Brandeis students after the tragedy of losing a peer within that same week. But she reflected that the story she was about to tell might be especially pertinent in this trying time.
(03/08/16 5:18am)
“She’s worth standing for,” laughed Kerry Washington as the packed Wasserman Cinematheque rose to their feet for the second time, welcoming University Professor Anita Hill (HS) into the room.
(03/08/16 4:53am)
Often, a fine line exists between forgiveness and acceptance of someone’s wrongdoings at one’s own detriment. On the one hand, as a proverb frequently attributed to Buddha goes, “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” On the other hand, holding people accountable for their actions is often necessary.
(03/01/16 7:22am)
“#FordHall2015”
(02/26/16 5:14am)
This article has been updated in the March 1 issue of the Justice.
(02/09/16 7:02am)
Three screens flashing facts about the United States’ involvement in wars over the past two decades. A bar with audience members seated behind it. Cast members wandering through the aisles, offering drinks to the 40 or so attendees. From these details alone, the audience could tell that “Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?” would not be a typical play.
(02/09/16 6:50am)
On Thursday, several students and faculty gathered in the International Lounge in Usdan. David Hackett Fischer (HIST) and Paul Jankowski (HIST) came to give a discussion about the process of historical writing. This event was an installment of the “Writers @ Work” series and was co-sponsored by the English Department. Lisa Pannella, the academic administrator of the department, joined them in their discussion.
