‘Arts’ Archives
WOVEN: Senior Dancers Weave Stunning Performances
This weekend’s senior dance majors’ concert was a stunning showcase of student choreography and performance. Eight women will graduate this spring as dance majors, and for some of them, this [...]
An Impressive Tribute to the Stars
What first started as a creative avenue for students to express themselves through dance in genres typically unrepresented, the Eclipse show has evolved into an expansive and impressive display of [...]
Weeding Through the Right Webcomics
Recently, if you’ve been paying attention online, you may have noticed webcomics becoming increasingly popular. Unfortunately, so many of these comics are absolute dreck, and it becomes difficult [...]
Five Summer Releases to get Excited About. Now.
Big Boi – Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty This album has been in the works since 2007, has been pushed back three times, and already has had a number of critically acclaimed leaks [...]
New Singles of the Week
This week I’m focusing on hip-hop. Whether you’re a fan or not, here are four new songs that you probably haven’t heard yet, and need to: B.o.B – “Airplanes” feat. Hayley Williams of [...]
Album Review: MGMT’s “Congratulations”
If you are picking up Congratulations with high hopes that it will be jam-packed with electro-pop singles that you and your girlfriends can chant along to, or you just can’t wait for the Justice [...]
Predicting the Summer Blockbuster Season
A couple of things happen in the earlier weeks of May. The sun shines profusely and people flock to the cinemas because, as of the first weekend in May, the spring-summer blockbuster season [...]
I Choose You, Pokemon!
By Matthew Rolin I have fond memories of Pokemon. Back at my elementary school, anybody who was anybody spent recess frantically thumbing their Game Boys in a race to see who could catch the most [...]
SAC Announces Floralia Performers
This past weekend the Floralia bands were relased. The headliner is none other than Idle Warship, better known as the recent side project of underground rap superstar Talib Kweli (pronounced [...]
Atoms for Peace Rock Boston’s Wang Theatre
Last Thursday, Thom Yorke’s supergroup Atoms for Peace performed at the sold out Citi Performing Arts Center (better known as the Wang Theatre) in Boston. Before I recount the highlights of this [...]
The Isms and Outs of Blanche Boyd: a student’s reflection on Conn’s Writer-in-Residence
Blanche Boyd never uses notes, but she’s always in control. She’s in control of the language she uses in her writing (“You see that word I used? That was on purpose. Literature isn’t born in [...]
The Isms and Outs of Blanche Boyd
When I sat down for my first creative writing class, I did not expect my sixty two year old professor’s former name to have been Rain when she was part of a radical lesbian commune; or for her to [...]
The Dying Race of Film Critics
Have you seen Back to the Future? Have you ever thought of comparing the fading photograph of the McFly children to the role of the film critic in contemporary American culture? Connecticut [...]
3-Dimensional Cinema: The future of technology or our own bankruptcy?
In wake of recent mega-hits like Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, How to Train Your Dragon and last week’s Clash of the Titans – it appears that we ought to prepare ourselves for a new cinematic [...]
Hangin’ with Clark and Craig: A Conference Call with a Couple Hot Tub Time Machine Actors
The Internet had wrapped its long and spindly tentacles around my face once again, infiltrating every available orifice and slowly making its way into my tender brain. I had given up resisting its [...]