by Jocelyn Thomas in Arts
Walking into the Jessica Sonner performance at CCAB's Jittery's Live Café was a welcome shelter from the bitter cold and rainy weather that hit Smith campus last week. Thursday night ,Sonner played an hour-long set in the Goldstein Lounge.
Alex Hicks '11, commented that she had been in a meeting at the upper level of the Campus Center before the show began.
by Hannah Leung in Arts
With catchy, foot-tapping hits like "1234" and "My Moon, My Man" reaching mainstream audiences - both songs have appeared in commercials, the former used in an iPod nano campaign, the latter used in a Verizon commercial for the LG chocolate cell phone - Feist has become a recognizable icon in popular culture.
by Lita Robinson in Arts
Unlike most recent films about the British monarchy, "The Other Boleyn Girl" carefully maintains an almost complete separation between the private and governmental lives of its royal characters. It accomplishes this somewhat amazing feat through a very simple method: we get all of the former and none of the latter.
by Hannah Leung in Arts
On April 4 and April 5, Smith College will be hosting the symposium, "Global Eyes: New Ways of Seeing Art." This symposium is being held to "explore how global influences are reshaping our understanding of the meaning of art." Globalization, transnationalism, postmodernism, post colonialism-in an era where political boundaries are constantly being redefined, if defined at all, artists are recreating ways of viewing art.
by by Corey F. Borenstein in Arts
"Queer" began its life in the early 1500s meaning "strange, odd, peculiar or eccentric." Author John Bale used the word in his "The actes of the Englysh votaryes" when he wrote, "Chronycles...contayne muche more truthe than their quere legendes."
More rarely, the word meant "of questionable character.
by in Arts
You've lasted this far! Or have you? Spring is in the air-just not on the icy ground. Fret not, the exciting happenings on campus and around town will paint a smile on even the most woeful faces. Here are some upcoming events to look forward to attending before your frenzied departure and upon your return.
2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
