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Ocean Vuong, a poet who teaches at UMass Amherst, sits for a portrait Nov. 14, 2017 in his Florence home.

Ocean Vuong delivers quiet charisma

Lily Goldberg November 14, 2018

“It’s strange getting used to your own voice,” Ocean Vuong mused, stepping onto the podium and bringing the microphone in closer to his melancholy smile. “You are born with it, after all.”...

Indian, Pakistani stand-up comedy duo bring laughs to the College

Indian, Pakistani stand-up comedy duo bring laughs to the College

Nandini Seetharaman November 14, 2018

This past Friday night was dark and dreary outside, but the inside of Paresky Auditorium was warm with non-stop laughter. Stand-up comedians Akaash Singh and Danish Maqbool graced campus for a couple...

Hasan Minhaj expands the late-night genre with Patriot Act

Hasan Minhaj expands the late-night genre with Patriot Act

Yasmina Cabrera November 14, 2018

“Look, I’m not gonna get my humanity from Bill f*cking Clinton,” Hasan Minhaj said. “He’s just not gonna understand where I’m coming from, my point of view, the things my community has had...

Extreme Nature! considers the Sublime

“Extreme Nature!” considers the Sublime

Mae Burris-Wells November 14, 2018

  How exhilarating it would be to stand at the edge of a cliff, wind whistling around you, with the terrifying thought in your mind that the glorious view in front of you could easily be your...

Alex Honnold leaves audience spellbound in Free Solo

Alex Honnold leaves audience spellbound in “Free Solo”

Cecelia Messbauer November 7, 2018

Horror films weren’t the only option for experiencing vicarious terror on the big screen this Halloween. The opening shot of Free Solo, the National Geographic-produced documentary about superstar...

Anicka Yi employs biofiction, blurs sensorial limits in recent WCMA purchase

Anicka Yi employs biofiction, blurs sensorial limits in recent WCMA purchase

Kaira Mediratta November 7, 2018

Step through the front doors of the William College Museum of Art (WCMA) anytime between now and early February of next year, and you will be greeted with a formidable, undeniable menthol scent. Step...

Up-and-coming string quartet brings distinctive sound to the College

Up-and-coming string quartet brings distinctive sound to the College

Julia Chiang November 7, 2018

This past Thursday, the world-class Dover Quartet performed in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall. The program included Beethoven’s Quartet in C Minor, op. 18, No. 4, "From Amber Frozen" by Mason Bates and...

Netflixs Bobby Kennedy for President follows legacy of the late senator

Netflix’s “Bobby Kennedy for President” follows legacy of the late senator

Arrington Luck November 7, 2018

The third chapter of the Netflix documentary series Bobby Kennedy for President, which played at Images Cinema on Sunday, is bookended by scenes of violence. The show’s opening credits are followed...

Syrian artist, architect brings Damascus to United States

Syrian artist, architect brings Damascus to United States

Shaheen Currimjee October 31, 2018

We are living in a world that wants to label us quickly – immigrant, refugee, illegal. But Mohamad Hafez, an eccentric Syrian artist and architect, likes to confuse people. “I have a curly [Salvador...

Thom Yorke breaks convention with  jarring, experimental score for Suspiria

Thom Yorke breaks convention with jarring, experimental score for “Suspiria”

Phillip Pyle October 31, 2018

It’s Halloween time, and horror movies are on our radars. Whether you’re into jump scares (The Conjuring, Sinister), psychological horrors (Sixth Sense, Rosemary’s Baby, Black Swan) or art house...

A Star is Born explores camp aesthetics

“A Star is Born” explores camp aesthetics

Lily Goldberg October 31, 2018

If you had told me that Bradley Cooper, whose last major onscreen role was Iraq veteran Chris Kyle in Clint Eastwood’s aggressively patriotic biopic American Sniper, would direct film’s newest camp...

Frosh Revue 2018: The Froshank Redemption tickles, delights

“Frosh Revue 2018: The Froshank Redemption” tickles, delights

Ksoosha Ramras October 31, 2018

Frosh Revue is a sketch comedy show that is performed annually during Family Days. This year’s edition – titled Frosh Revue 2018: The Froshank Redemption – was directed by Ben Weber ’21, Morgan...

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