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On April 13, director Sam Ho ’20, visited the University to screen his documentary, Hero Camp!. The screening took place in Mandel G03, and was followed by a brief Q&A with a couple of the documentary’s primary subjects and part of the production team alongside Ho. The event was part of the 2024 Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts.
In the dystopian world of Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” the thought of books going up in flames and being forbidden to the public felt like a chilling work of fiction. Yet little did I know, it’s a reality echoing louder today and not a once-fictional scenario.
Women’s Conference
As we enter the Final Four of March Madness, Brandeis women’s basketball has garnered unprecedented attention. A historical Monday night on April 1 featured matchups between University of Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers and University of South California’s JuJu Watkins and between Louisiana State University’s Angel Reese and University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, with the latter duel attracting record-breaking viewership of women’s college basketball. 12.3 million viewers tuned in to watch the Reese vs. Clark showdown in the Elite Eight, and ESPN reported that 14.2 million viewers watched the UConn vs Iowa Final Four matchup. The electric game garnered the most views of any basketball game — college or professional. Thanks to these college superstars, there are arguably more women’s basketball fans now than ever before.
You may have walked past it when hunting down a quiet study spot on the second floor of the Goldfarb Library: the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections. Right past the reference desk, down the stairs to the second floor of Goldfarb, it lies behind the glass door: the past of Brandeis summarized in glass displays, featuring a picture of the first graduating class to previous school merchandise from the 1980’s.
After opening locations in San Diego and Chicago, WNDR (pronounced as “wonder”), a chain of interactive art museums, opened its doors in downtown Boston, inviting student journalists to explore and document its 21 exhibits on April 3. These exhibits combine artistry with breakthrough technology, shifting reality through unique lighting and sound techniques to immerse visitors within their respective themes. WNDR enlisted independent artists as well as its own creative team to generate these interactive attractions.
From its inception, the Folk Festival is a Brandeis tradition that has amazed audiences and impacted the future of folk music while still honoring the past. The first festival in 1963 was at the Ullman Amphitheater, Brandeis’ outdoor theater that existed until the 1980s, and it included iconic performers like Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, The Lilly Brothers — who were credited for bringing bluegrass to New England — the “Mother of Folk,” Jean Ritchie as well as other famous voices. This year’s festival happened in conjunction with the Create@Brandeis Craft Market at the Sherman Function Hall on The Festival of the Arts’ “Super Sunday” from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. As the musicians were playing, you could hear vendors discussing their products with customers and see children running around, playing on the colorful inflatable shapes set up for seating. The unity and love of the Brandeis creative community felt palpable in that room.
Founded in 1952 by Leonard Bernstein, the Festival of the Arts, named in his honor, has become an annual showcase of talent. Composer, pianist and educator, Bernstein was not only a member of the Brandeis faculty but a renowned musician and conductor. His goal was to make art visible and accessible to all and thus the Festival of the Arts now aims to continue his dream. Everything from performances and selling art to sustainability tours and exhibitions, the Festival is a great way to bring the Waltham community and Brandeis closer. The Festival features a wide range of artists, performers and vendors, making it an ideal engagement for people of all ages.Debuting in 2021, the Create@Brandeis Craft Market is one of the more innovative events which attracts students and community members alike. The Market is held semesterly but particularly in the spring, gaining so much traction as a space where students and community members can sell their various handmade arts and crafts. However many events, talks and exhibitions receive a low-turnout. This is shocking considering how numerous the Brandeis student body is and just how many students have a passion for the arts.
Across
At any Broadway show, the rustling of programs is a familiar sound. Audiences read cast member biographies, excited to learn about their past performances and accomplishments. These paragraphs are commonly littered with impressive resumes, but in some cases, the one most read looks a little different than the rest.
“Reclaiming Folk: Celebrating People of Color in Folk Music” is a free music festival taking place from Feb. 29 to April 21. The festival is organized by Naomi Westwater, a “queer, Black-multiracial singer-songwriter from Massachusetts.”
Now that housing selection for the 2024-25 school year has passed, Brandeis students may be wondering what the next year will look like depending on where they’re living. This week, the board would like to provide the student body with an honest take on what the available housing options are like, as well as some advice for rising sophomores. A lot of housing options on campus are not always as bad as people say.
According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's official website, 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 is the probability that one creates a perfect bracket for March Madness. The NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament features 68 teams in a single-game elimination style. These teams are ranked accordingly by a committee on “Selection Sunday,” which took place on March 17, 2024 this year. The teams are then split off into four regionals: South, East, West and Midwest. Here, we take a look at how teams have fared thus far in the first round of the men’s tournament.
The Irish musician and singer-songwriter Hozier recently released a new extended play entitled “Unheard” as an extension to his August album “Unreal Unearth.” The poem Dante’s Inferno inspired “Unreal Unearth” and takes the listener through the circles of hell: limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, wrath, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery. Hozier revealed that over the pandemic he was hard at work making songs for this next album. Ultimately, he decided on 16 songs for the album, with one additional song, “Through Me (The Flood),” featured only on the “Eat Your Young” EP. This new EP, “Unheard,” features songs that were originally going to be on “Unreal Unearth” but were unable to make the original release.
Every year, the Women’s Studies Research Center and the Department of Music hold the “Alfredo & Demitra DiLuzio Annual Concert.” Rosalie Repaldi Shane ’66, started the concert series in honor of her aunt and uncle who raised her and her brother after they were orphaned. Her aunt, Demitra was a dramatic soprano, and her uncle, Alfredo was a music teacher. When they passed away, Rosalie and her brother started an endowment for concerts in their honor.
Last semester, the Brandeis community celebrated its 75th anniversary, which included the official grand opening of the Alumni Art Gallery in the Wien Faculty Center. “Sponsored by the Brandeis Alumni Association, the Office of the President, and the Division of Creative Arts,” the Gallery’s website states, “the exhibition features a different group of alumni artists every six months.” The current exhibit, which opened in October 2023 and runs until the end of March, is titled “Then and Now,” featuring eight alumni artists of each decade since the university's founding.
The Justice published its first issue in March 1949, a six-page spread telling the stories of the very first year at Brandeis. Page five held a column created by Sports editor at the time, Lou Lindauer.
This past Wednesday, March 13, an exciting new post-baccalaureate art exhibition opened in the Dreitzer Gallery. Titled “Visceral Reflections,” the exhibit features four artists and a variety of art mediums. The four featured artists are Brianna Howard, Kelly Mangan, Pavol Roskovensky and Noelle Ventura. Each artist explored different themes, often drawing on their own backgrounds to help influence their work. At both entrances to the gallery there is a table with a black binder on it which contains information on each artist, the themes within their work, and their artistic process.
Content warning: This article includes mentions of rape.
In celebration of International Women's Month, the Business Department partnered with the Hiatt Career Center's Rise Together Mentor Network and Forté Foundation, a female leadership program, came together to present a Women In Leadership Alumni Panel on March 7 at the International Business School. Six influential female alumni joined students to share their experiences in leadership positions and how to navigate male-dominated fields.