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 SERVANT ENSEMBLE: The servants all gather to take orders from Grace, Mr. Warbucks’ secretary and household manager.  

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Opener, New York based artist, Abir, wowed the crowd with her charming personality, her entertaining performance and, most of all, her powerhouse vocals.

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Kiiara headlined the Fall Flex concert, entertaining the crowd with a medley of her many chart-topping hits including crowd-favorite, Gold.

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In a move that left many disappointed, Kiiara opted to sing over the studio tracks for some of the songs in her set. This decision detracted from what was an overall entertaining performance. 

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Campus Activities Board hosted Fall Flex featuring Abir and Kiiara on Aug. 15, 2018.

A summer-y of 2018 summer films

This was a year of box office records. “Black Panther” became the ninth-highest grossing film of all time with a $1.3 billion take; “Incredibles 2” became the highest non-PG-13 grosser of all time besides a list of box office records in the animation genre; “Avengers: Infinity War” conquered theaters worldwide with a claim on the $2 billion milestone. Additionally, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” the deep dive into the life of beloved children’s entertainer Fred Rogers, became the top-grossing biographical documentary of all time at $20 million. Average per-screen grosses were also very impressive with the releases of “Eighth Grade,” “Sorry to Bother You,” “BlacKkKlansman,” and the 50th anniversary re-release of “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

Back to school with Bo Burnham

How do we connect organically in a world dominated by technological barriers? They are everywhere: in the classroom, at the dinner table, and are even guilty of disturbing the tranquil relationship between head and pillow. In his directorial and screenwriting debut “Eighth Grade,” stand-up comedian Bo Burnham explores this question through the eyes of a socially anxious middle schooler, Kayla.

‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’ misses the mark

When I first saw the trailer for “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” in February, I was thrilled to see that in their sixth installment the franchise had decided to go in a more mature direction. Based on the preview, Impossible Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt, once again portrayed by Tom Cruise, must again beat impossible odds to save the world. This time, however, he must defeat not only the villain from the previous film, but also his former allies. “If the vision can be executed thoroughly,” I thought, “this movie may elevate the Mission: Impossible series from summer blockbusters to the classics.”

'More Weight' surprises and intrigues

Rachel Stern’s exhibition, “More Weight,” points a satin-gloved finger at both the ideal of justice and its subjectivity. While Stern is not a Brandeis alumna, her display at the Kniznick Gallery in Brandeis’ Women’s Studies Research Center perfectly resonates with Brandeis students;  it holds justice as a core value and features gavel imagery, both of which permeate Brandeis’ culture. The title, “More Weight,” is taken from the famous last words of Giles Corey during the Salem witch trials, during which he was put to death for refusing to confess to practicing witchcraft.

Interview with Emily Bisno '19

JustArts: What are your responsibilities as UTC president?

Interview: Rebecca Myers '18

justArts: What was the first production you took part in at Brandeis?  Did it impact you in any lasting way?

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AMERICAN HERO: Captain America, a popular figure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is featured in the most recent Avengers film. 

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2017-2018 Year in Review

Critic loves this season's films Kent Dinlenc While the past few months have been devoid of the indie films I was anticipating, I was pleasantly surprised by what has been released. I have spouted enough praise for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and thoroughly reviewed 2017 as a whole, so I’ve decided to solely cover the films that came out during the spring semester.

A$AP Ferg makes his Brandeis debut

For the first time in my four years at Brandeis, Springfest actually felt like spring! On Sunday, April 22, Brandeis students had more to celebrate than just the end of the school year. Students flooded the Foster Mods and Chapels Field to soak up one of the first warm and sunny day of the semester. This year’s headliner was A$AP Ferg, first known for his song “Plain Jane,” which is frequently played at campus parties. Brandeisians who knew of A$AP Ferg before Springfest and liked his music “rode with the mob” and had a fantastic time in the mosh pit in front of the stage. Those who wanted to be a part of the action by indulging in the food trucks and free pizza or by taking advantage of the other giveaways parked themselves on the other side of Chapel’s Field opposite the stage, where they could get a good view even if they didn’t want to be part of the action. 

‘Vagina Monologues’ empowers and entertains

If your vagina could talk, what would it say? If your vagina got dressed, what would it wear? These are some of the questions posed in Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” which Brandeis students performed on Thursday, April 19 and Saturday, April 21. 

Boston Lyric Opera does Bernstein

On Sunday, the Boston Lyric Opera kicked off the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts in Slosberg Music Center, setting a high bar for the student performances to come. The first three pieces in this nine-piece set went perfectly and flowed well into one another. The first solo performance was by Vincent Turregano; his performance of “A Simple Song” from “Mass” was incredible. The title of this song vastly undersells the rich complexity both of the music itself and of this actor’s performance. It was a semi-staged performance with movement direction by Nicola Bowie, but the underwhelming and confusing staging and choreography only detracted from wonderful acting and vocal performance, as it would for the entire performance. 

Vaskrik impresses audience

On Sunday, April 15, Ridgewood Commons served as a stage for several student groups to showcase their talent for admitted students and their families. One of these groups was Vaskrik, a Korean hip-hop dance group featuring first-year students Chenxi Dai ’21, Yaxi Huang ’21, Yimeng Huang ’21, Yuning Liu ’21, Yuechen Ta ’21 and Zhixin Tan ’21. This group performed three pieces and displayed some of the most remarkable coordination I have seen in a dance group. The first piece was a more traditional hip-hop group style, making use of jerking and breaking moves with quickly changing formations. The second piece was solo-based, which gave individual members a chance to demonstrate talent in solo pieces that featured slower moves. For the third piece, they invited young members from the audience to come onstage and dance with them. In addition, the outfits that the troop members wore complemented their moves well. Each member wore a red top and black bottoms, but the types of tops and bottoms they chose were all different, expressing their personal fashion choices and highlighting each of their dance styles. Hopefully, Vaskrik will continue to perform at more events in the future and show us their unique style of dance.

Folk Fest is a great chance for a picnic

This past Saturday afternoon, on-campus folk a cappella group Too Cheap For Instruments held their annual Folk Fest on the Great Lawn. With the sun shining brightly, many attendees spread  out blankets on the grass and held picnics to enjoy the long-awaited spring weather and the tinkling folk tunes. Too Cheap For Instruments organized five sets to play throughout the afternoon, in addition to a set of their own. These musicians included Molly Pinto Madigan, Lauren Pratt, Crowes Pasture, Walter and the Night Owls and headliner crowd favorite Cold Weather Company.