Interview Column
This week, justArts spoke with Tres Fimmano ’18, who directed Tympanium Euphorium’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” that went up in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater this past weekend.
Soprano Arnold receives Creative Arts award at Rose
“You stupid kite, come down out of that tree!” The large crowd huddled in the top floor of the Rose Art Museum was completely silent as Tony Arnold echoed these words from the bottom of the stairs.
Audience eats up ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
I think it’s safe to say that no one at Brandeis has ever laughed so hard at a giant, fake, people-eating plant. This past weekend in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater, Tympanium Euphorium put on “Little Shop of Horrors,” a tragicomedy about a Venus flytrap hungry for human blood. The show features a lowly young man named Seymour (Nathan Schneider ’18) who works in a flower shop in a poor neighborhood.
MELA celebrates South Asian culture
A crowd packed into Levin ballroom on Saturday night to see “MELA 2015: Nazrana.” Presented by the South Asian Students’ Association, MELA is an annual celebration of South Asian culture and heritage.
‘Contest’ highlights family dysfunction
A young woman sits at a piano while her mother rapidly types the words she sings. It seems like the set-up of a sweet domestic scene, but it is anything but.
“Collision” looks at social issues through experiences
As the Frank Ocean song went silent and the house lights dimmed, a voiceover began to play. “This is a story about alcohol ... about church ... about race ... about oceans ... about returning and leaving ... this is a story about you.” According to its program, “Collision” was “a collaborative, artistic effort to enact social change through personal narrative.” Director Kesi Kmt ’16 said that the cast rehearsed for about three weeks before presenting “Collision.” Kmt, along with Sophie Warren ’18, Ashani Peterkins ’16, Sarah McCarty ’16 and Shakeria Hicks, who does not attend Brandeis, wrote the show’s script.
Interview Column
This week, justArts spoke with Lina Nurhussien, president of Brandeis African Students Organization, about their 5th annual Night for Africa.
Improv Collective creates musical spontaneity
On Sunday night in the Slosberg Music Center, the Brandeis Improvisation Collective’s fall concert made people tap their feet, nod their heads and laugh to the music. Brandeis Improv Collective is an undergraduate group that plays completely improvised music.
“Evolution of Dance’” covers all genres
The room hummed with excitement as performers lined the overhead balconies practicing their choreography, and spectators packed into Levin Ballroom on Thursday evening for the annual Fall Adagio Dance Company show, titled “Evolution Of Dance.” Adagio is the largest organization at the University dedicated to dance and is entirely student-run.
Pop Culture
We are currently in the fall box office season, which is the hazy time between summer blockbusters and big holiday releases.
BRIEF Salny promises gift of 48 works to Rose Art Museum
Henry and Lois Foster Director of the Rose Art Museum Christopher Bedford announced on Friday that collector, businessman and author Stephen M.
“Ruined” shows sexual violence in Congo
Despite multi-colored Christmas lights draped over the stage and set, “Ruined” is anything but a cheery play.
“Ruined” shows sexual violence in Congo
Despite multi-colored Christmas lights draped over the stage and set, “Ruined” is anything but a cheery play.
Rose Art Museum appoints MoMA's Kim Conaty as the new Curator
Kim Conaty has been appointed Curator for the Rose Art Museum. The announcement came last Tuesday in a press release, which stated that Conaty will begin her role in December.
“Tea of Oblivion” emits themes of nature through abstraction
The walls of the Kniznick Gallery of the Women’s Studies Research Center are now embellished with black-and-white photos of elements from nature and pedestals topped with earth-colored abstract sculptures. This past Friday was the opening of “Tea of Oblivion,” an exhibition encompassing the artwork of ceramic artist Heidi Lau and photographer Megan Ledbetter. The exhibition is based on an old Chinese folktale about Meng Po, the goddess of reincarnation.
“Nightingale” shows violence of Greek myth
Brandeis Ensemble Theater challenged patriarchal society and rape culture in their production of “The Love of the Nightingale” in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater this past weekend.
Azmeh’s residency features audio-visual “Home Within”
Kinan Azmeh, a Syrian composer and clarinetist, and Kevork Mourad, a Syrian-Armenian painter and visual artist, completed their weeklong residency this weekend.
“Letters” explores incarceration of women of color
Edna Sans had a 4.0 gpa in college, has served hundreds of hours of community service, is a dedicated worker and is passionate about her career field. But in job interviews, there’s only one thing that the hemming and hawing human resource managers are interested in talking about.
Comedian blogger Ortberg discusses portrayal of women in Lisa Yuskavages’ ‘The Brood’
On Friday night, a crowd gathered in the Lois Foster Gallery of the Rose Art Museum where the walls were adorned with several oil paintings depicting the female body.The audience was awaiting Mallory Ortberg, a writer and comedian who would review “The Brood,” an exhibition currently on display in the gallery that surveys the most defining creative moments from 25 years of painting by American artist Lisa Yuskavage. The program began with an introduction from Betsy Nelson, collections assistant at the Rose.
'As You Like It' sets Shakespeare in Boston
Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” was performed in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater this past weekend, put on by Brandeis’s Shakespeare and classical theatre company Hold Thy Peace.
Following February fire, Sherman's closure reshapes dining experience on campus
Letter to the Editor — Noah Baumann, Aaron Klein
Alysa Liu: Cultural Phenom
Faculty discusses revisions to Brandeis Core and debates reducing foreign language requirement
Letter to the Editor — Laura Limonic