At the Artists Town Hall in August 2018, more than 100 local artists gathered at MASS MoCA to share resources and network. Photo courtesy of Assets for Artists.
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A conversation with Winter Carnival performers OSHUN
Thandiwe and Niambi Sala performed in Goodrich Hall Saturday night. OSHUN’S debut album, bittersweet vol.
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“Queer Zines” workshop celebrates queer creativity, love in all forms
Students construct their own zines during the hands-on portion of Thursday’s workshop. Photo courtesy of Wilson Lam.
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15 Reasons you should have been at ‘Whack at 8’ last Saturday
Students attended a pop-up party dedicated to and modeled after rapper Tierra Whack’s project Whack World. Photo courtesy of Nasir Grissom.
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LOCAL Consignment & Boutique opens its doors on Water Street
Newly opened LOCAL Consignment & Boutique offers trendy thrift within walking distance of the College. Photo by Sabrine Brismeur. Specializing in women’s clothing, jewelry, unique trinkets and gifts, LOCAL Consignment & Boutique is the latest addition to Water Street.
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WCMA runs Winter Study course in curation, museum practice
An interestingly paradoxical trend describes museum quality: The more effort put into engineering the experience, the more invisible the effort becomes. The most clever, intuitive gallery designs match the visitors’ needs, like attentive parents anticipating their children’s demands, precisely so that they may be overlooked.
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‘Noises Off’ impresses with farcical flare
This past weekend, Cap & Bells put on a production of Noises Off – a famous comedy of errors. Students and community members alike were treated to a three-hour witty, slapstick comedy at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance.
The premise of the show is simple, albeit quite meta: A travelling theatre company is attempting to put on a comedy that focuses on the farcical interactions between numerous people who have all illicitly entered a house they each believe to be empty.
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Rafa Esparza: ‘staring at the sun’ breaks the MASS MoCA mold
Artist Rafa Esparza adds detail to one of the portraits exhibited in staring at the sun. Esparza works with adobe instead of canvas.
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Sawyer Thoughts blog encourages student musings
Members of the Sawyer Thoughts team include (from left) Grace Dailey ’22, Annie Miklas ’22, Sydney Pope ’22, Hannah Jackson ’22 and Sam Schraver ’22. Leslie Garcia/Staff Photographer.
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Curator Ben Ortiz to spin records, speak about archiving Hip-Hop on Claiming Williams Day
Ben Ortiz, an archivist from the Cornell Hip-Hop Collection, will DJ on Claiming Williams Day. Photo courtesy of Ben Ortiz.
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‘Vox Lux’ explores intersection of pop music, trauma, religion
Pop sensation Celeste (Natalie Portman), left, prays with daughter Albertine (Raffey Cassidy) in Vox Lux. Photo courtesy of Rolling Stone.