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You’ve probably had an encounter with some of our new campus-mates by now. They’re hard to miss with their boxy shape, gentle rumbling wheels, and little waving flags. They’re … the Kiwibots.
Charli XCX’s new album “Crash” came out this week on March 18. It’s an electro-pop confection that is designed to bridge the gap between Charli’s experimental side and the music that might actually be played on the radio. In that regard, it’s probably a failure.
A group of scholars and artists came together on Friday, March 4 to run an event titled “The Arboreal Humanities: Trees, Art, and Activism.” The event consisted of interviews, discussions, readings, and workshops from various professors and artists from multiple institutions around the world.
The transition back to in-person learning has hardly been an easy one. This board congratulates these students, and any others new to campus, on their ability to adapt quickly to the ever-changing conditions of a university running in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Judges 51, Carnegie Mellon 66
The Razzies! nominations came out last Monday, February 8, leaving me with an impossible question: why should I care about The Razzies!?
A straight man has been cast on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” so, hooray for representation.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, put on a visual feast for the lovers of Impressionist art in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. Impressionism is an artistic movement developed by a group of French artists during the 19th century in pursuit of spontaneity and immediacy. The exhibition displays the artwork created by two of the most prominent French Impressionist masters, Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). The two artists were born two days apart and grew up to be friends and mutual supporters. By juxtaposing Monet’s paintings with Rodin’s sculptures, the exhibition creates an engaging visual dialogue between the two creative minds, inviting the viewer to contrast and compare their distinctive styles despite their selection of different artistic mediums.
This semester, Brandeis Pre-Health Advising launched several initiatives that incorporated student contributions and institutional collaboration in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work for the department. These initiatives included releasing an anti-racism statement in addition to an amendable Black Action Plan (both of which were based on student feedback) and forming a discussion group on social justice in healthcare in collaboration with the Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students.
This past weekend, Brandeis University’s music department organized a Chamber Music recital—for the first time in over a year—that allowed a live audience to join in appreciating the performing arts. “Wonderful” would be an understatement when describing the performances. Students shared their hard work by performing pieces from the likes of Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Felix Mendelssohn as well as two jazz pieces. The recital enticed audience members from various walks of life. The students, music department and recital clearly demonstrated the mastery of the performers, drawing the audience with a euphony of instrumental duets and trios.
Red dresses hang from the trees on campus. Empty, they move with the wind like flags that draw attention to the missing and murdered Indigenous women and children who have been lost to violence. The “REDress Project” is an art installation created by artist Jaime Black. Black, who is of mixed Anishinaabe and Finnish descent, creates art that is representative of Indigenous experiences. She describes her art as being “engaged with memory, identity, place and resistance, and grounded in an understanding of the body and the land as sources of cultural and spiritual knowledge,” according to her bio on the Women’s Studies Research Center webpage.
The Waltham Public Library hosted Prof. Chad Williams (HIS, AAAS) on Wednesday, Nov. 10 as the speaker for the last event in their “Year of Black History” series. Williams gave a virtual talk on Zoom about Black veterans in the context of the Nov. 11 Veterans Day holiday.
Brandeis University’s South Asian Student Association (SASA) hosted a phenomenal cultural show that highlighted the diversity of South Asian culture through dance, song, presentations and food. Set against a colorfully painted set, the show was presented for the first time in two years. The hilarious MCs played well off each other, amusing the crowd throughout the night. As a guest said about Siddhant Moily, one of the emcees, “Sid is enigmatic and hilarious, his charisma and chemistry with the other emcees is off the charts.”
The popular Instagram account @afffirmations, which currently has over 839,000 followers, took social media by storm in January of 2021. The account posts satirical self-affirmations, which they advertise as “global self hypnosis.” Parody accounts of this style became popular soon after the creation of the affirmations page, including Brandeis’ own affirmations account — @Deisaffirmations.
Waltham Mills Artist Association hosted their open studios this past weekend from noon to 6 p.m. The event included in-person showings at buildings four and 18 at their location at 144 Moody Street where visitors could explore the open workspaces of over 80 community artists as well as purchase art to support the creators.
Starving Artists kicked off their season with a “Newbie Debut” concert, to introduce the newest members of the a cappella group. It was the first time the group has performed live since the winter of 2020, and the room was packed with fans and abuzz with excitement. The newest members of the group are Leila Haller ’25, Sarah Kim ’25, Sam Newman ’24 and Rachmiel “Rocky” Klein GSAS ’22.
Brandeis hosted a melange of Hebrew-speaking professionals through the Hebrew Language and Arts Festival from Oct. 27 to Nov. 1. The Hebrew program and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies department host the annual festival, which includes events both in Hebrew and English to showcase new projects in film, music, food and writing. This year, events ranged from talks on fixed topics to interactive demonstrations.