Bernstein’s Birthday Party

by Isabelle Truong | 04/24/2018

 The Great Lawn hosted a large birthday party on Thursday evening to commemorate Leonard Bernstein’s lasting impact on both the Brandeis community and the arts at large. 

Coffeehouse spotlights Jews of color

by Isabelle Truong | 02/06/2018

SEPHARDIC SISTERS: Twins Selen and Deniz Amado ’18 wowed the audience with their acoustic cover of three songs.

Hamilton Morris on high (quality) filmmaking

by Isabelle Truong | 01/30/2018

  The speaker for the event was journalist and filmmaker Hamilton Morris, who shared season two, episode six of his show, “Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia on Vice.” The episode was titled, “A Clandestine Chemist’s Tale.” In his show he explores the history and process of making various psychedelic drugs, from mushrooms to hallucinogenic frog venom. 

2017 holds many underrated albums

by Isabelle Truong | 01/16/2018

 Plenty of our favorite artists released instantly iconic albums in 2017. From Jay-Z’s “44:44” to Taylor Swift’s “Reputation,” we were blessed with new music. Most “Best of 2017” pieces released from music websites and blogs across the internet praise the big and obvious choices: Kendrick Lamar, Sza and Tyler the Creator. While those albums were certainly defining sounds of the past year, here are three underrated albums released in 2017 which deserve some attention and hype as well. 

New Rose exhibition is introspective and inviting

by Isabelle Truong | 09/12/2017