Pop Culture
A few weeks ago I wrote about the upcoming fall television season. Now that most new and returning shows have premiered, I’m seeing the most diverse lineup of main TV characters to date.
Interview Column
This week, justArts spoke with Prof. Adrianne Krstansky (THA), who directed Brandeis Theater Company’s latest production, Dead Man’s Cell Phone.
Indie film explores perceptions of self
Life is full of changes, and how we react and handle these changes defines who we are as individuals.
MFA shows rarely exhibited ancient Jain artwork
Tucked away in the Art of Asia section of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the South Asian department is highlighting a beautiful collection of Jain art in the exhibition Pure Souls: The Jain Path to Perfection. In the 6th century, Jainism developed in India as a religion with a strong emphasis on nonviolence.
“Fishing in the Sky” reveals a new age of digitalized artwork
“Fishing in the Sky” is truly an art piece of the digital age. Located on the Lawn on D in South Boston?a recently built public entertainment space?the augmented reality art piece is available to the visitor through the use of technology.
Glowing swings light up South Boston
Imagine a playground?but not one containing the familiar bright yellow slides and blue monkey bars on a sand-covered ground.
University offers new interdisciplinary joint BA/MA program in Comparative Humanities
Last year, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences introduced a new program?the Master of Arts in Comparative Humanities, which “explores major themes of human experience using comparative and cross-cultural approaches,” according to the description on the MACH website.
Berkeley professor lectures on revenge
The Mandel Center for the Humanities Reading Room was buzzing with literary chatter as the English department?professors, graduate students and undergraduates?awaited the arrival of Catherine Gallagher, a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.
Interview Column
This week, justArts spoke with Carol Eliel, the curator of the John Altoon exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Pop Culture
Animation is not just for children anymore. While television shows directed at adults, like The Simpsons and Family Guy have been successful, animation geared toward children is drawing an older audience as well.
Rose Art Museum Opening
The Rose Art Museum’s four new exhibits inspire a variety of questions, emotional reactions and an overall sense of awe at the creations on display.
Campus gathers for lighting of sculpture
Louis D. Brandeis famously said, “If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold.” This quote has also served as the inspiration for artist Chris Burden’s installation, “Light of Reason,” which now sits, completed, in front of the Rose Art Museum, free for all to look at and enjoy.
Interview Column
SCRAM Coordinator discusses programs
‘Soft Vengance’ tells tale of struggle in revolution
On Thursday, the Wasserman Cinematheque in the Sachar International Center screened Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa, sponsored by the International Center for Ethics Justice and Public Life and Jules Bernstein ’57, head of the Louis D.
Comedian confronts societal realities
In comedy, there’s a fine line between making your audience squirm as they are forced to confront hard topics and actually offending people.
Pop Culture
Everyone loves free things. In today’s digital world, almost everything can be downloaded for free, legally or not.
Students perform ‘Grease’ in 24 hours
If you stopped by the Shapiro Campus Center at any point over the weekend, you would have seen 135 Brandeis students singing, hand-jiving and sleeping on any available surface.
WSRC portrays the female experience
Currently on view at the Women’s Studies Research Center’s Kniznick Gallery, Juanita McNeely: Indomitable Spirit, represents “a woman’s life from a woman’s point of view,” as the artist says in her audio introduction to the exhibition.
The Rose Art Museum has received funding from two grants
This week, the Rose Art Museum announced in a press release that it has acquired two first-time grants of $100,000 each from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Andrew W.
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