Interview Column
Alum performs in Speak About It
Pop Culture
Welcome back, fellow Brandeisians. As we are getting back into the swing of things, one major event that resonates with me from this summer is Robin Williams’ death. Williams was one of Hollywood’s most admired actors, with a career spanning decades and genres.
JustArts 2013-2014 Year in Review
The past year has been a whirlwind of arts events. From comedy shows to romantic plays to slam poetry, this is a reflection of the 2013 to 2014 academic year in Brandeis arts.
Boston Calling to bring positive changes
This weekend, Boston Calling, a music festival right in the heart of the city, returns to Boston’s City Hall Plaza.
Pop Culture
Welcome to summer. The weather is hotter, the drinks colder and you have a lot more free time. In pop culture land, this means blockbuster movie franchises, music festivals and often mediocre television.
Interview Column
Sabrina Dieudonne ’14, creator of Boston Marathon Memorial
Pop Culture
Various “challenges” have been circulating Facebook, including one for which I was recently nominated: list 10 books that have impacted me.
Mike Posner kicks off the Fall Concert Series
Saturday night, students streamed into Levin Ballroom in anticipation for the first show of the Student Events Fall Concert Series, featuring pop/hip-hop singer Mike Posner.
Interview Column
This week, justArts spoke with Heleena Mathew ’15 and D’Andre Young ’15, representatives from the Campus Center Team.
Black Keys performance exhilarates TD Garden
Walking into TD Garden on Sunday night, crowds rambled up the escalators, tickets in hand, eagerly awaiting the start of the performance.
U2 album hearkens back to familiar sounds
To be a fan of a long-running music group or artist is to live with perpetual disappointment. The newest album will never match up to that first hit that made you fall in love.
Play skillfully explores Holocaust experiences
Love is often the last thing one would have expected to find in the Dachau Concentration Camp. But in Martin Sherman’s Bent, directed by David Miller, it is exactly what Max, the protagonist played by Victor L.
Exhibit showcases Hollywood glamour
Upon entering Hollywood Glamour: Fashion and Jewelry from the Silver Screen at the Museum of Fine Arts, one is immediately transported to the luxurious, opulent world of 1930s and ’40s Hollywood.
Scholars lead discussion on “Light of Reason”
If you can identify the message or moral of the Rose Art Museum’s newest sculpture, Prof. Chris Abrams (FA) asks that you not tell him.
Prof lectures on Roman women’s health
Who knew that gynecologist appointments in ancient Rome resembled much of what they do today? Doctors used specula to examine the cervix, prescribed cures for ailments such as breast cancer and menstrual cramps and advised women about sexual health and abstinence.
Puppet show gets laughs in the SCC
Over 50 children sat on blankets on the floor of the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium on Friday afternoon, watching eagerly as Bonnie Duncan performed her self-written one-woman puppet show: Squirrel Stole My Underpants. The public atmosphere of the bustling atrium allowed students, faculty and visitors passing by to catch snip- pets of the lively, funny and slightly silly show in between lunch or classes.
Boston Typewriter Orchestra taps out catchy beats
The Lois Foster Wing in the Rose Art Museum this semester has featured Mika Rottenberg's sparse Bowls Balls Souls Holes exhibit.
Icona Pop headlines for this year's rainy Springfest
Students filled Chapel's Field on Sunday armed with beach towels and sunglasses for Springfest 2014 despite the rainy weather.
Twelfth Night; Or What You Will' takes an outside forum to shine
Mixed-up twins. Physical comedy. Drunk knights.
Pop Culture
Can you believe that it's the last day of class, Brandeis? It's been a whirlwind year for all celebrity news and this week's pop culture headlines only add to the excitement.
Fighting Authoritarianism Brandeis holds May Day protest
Examining the March 24 ICE misidentification on campus
New damages found at Polaris lounge