Harold!' impresses crowd
For this year's Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, artists from all over the world gathered to celebrate music, theater and studio and public art.
Joyce Wang
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BTV screens new films
BTV has come a long way from Slice 'N Deis, the sitcom that first premiered in 2007 and that offered, with its own Brandeisian twist, a fairly conventional look at college life.
Paradise' lost in translation
Having seen the American Repertory Theater's productions this season of Gatz and Sleep No More, the first a wildly successful experiment in theatrical form, the second a slightly less-successful experiment in theatrical form, I expected its production of Paradise Lost to impress and astound.
Monologues' mull over female plights
I admit it. I was skeptical about The Vagina Monologues. The premise is promising-author Eve Ensler interviews over 200 women of all backgrounds about their vaginas, writing a series of monologues inspired by their stories-with the goal of removing that last taboo of openly discussing and even celebrating women's sexuality.
Ushering in the Lunar Year
Although Brandeis Chinese Cultural Connection puts on a Lunar New Year show every year, some years are decisively more successful than others.
Gatz' is a great retelling of classic
The Great Gatsby is one of those books on everyone's assigned reading list in high school. It may also be one of the few they actually read.
Favorite places inspire Hechtman's film works
Part of the appeal of the Fine Arts department at Brandeis is the opportunity to work with practicing artists.
Zanois shows the filial love
Last Wednesday, I spoke to Justice McDaniel '12 on the phone about his band Zanois. Composed of McDaniel, his younger brother Zane, his father and Zane's friend Kyle O'Dowd, Zanois offers an eclectic mix of pop and '70s guitar rock as well as an indie aesthetic.
Cultures meet at Mela
The South Asian Students' Association flagship event for the year, Mela, took place last Saturday night to an enthusiastic audience.
The Books prepare to play at Brandeis
On Nov. 12 justArts spoke with Nick Zammuto, guitarist and vocalist for the band The Books, which also includes cellist Paul de Jong.
Klein: Unrelated; AK’s Waltham’s pizza
A critical look at finals-induced academic stress
We may need fewer days off in the fall
Forum, Unfiltered — Brianna Earle
Letter to the Editor — Micah Rothkopf