Taylor takes the stage, continuing a tradition
The Archon from 1983 notes that pop singer-songwriter, Livingston Taylor, performed for a crowd of around 200 students at Cholmondeley's that same year.
Emily Wishingrad
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Culture X creates unity within diversity
This year's Culture X, "Fire- works! A Colorful Explosion" erupted with vibrancy and life in Levin Ballroom on Saturday night as hundreds of students took breaks from studying to watch their peers perform in 19 different multicultural acts. The show's opening video was modeled after a dramatic reality competition show.
Puppet show gets laughs in the SCC
Over 50 children sat on blankets on the floor of the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium on Friday afternoon, watching eagerly as Bonnie Duncan performed her self-written one-woman puppet show: Squirrel Stole My Underpants. The public atmosphere of the bustling atrium allowed students, faculty and visitors passing by to catch snip- pets of the lively, funny and slightly silly show in between lunch or classes.
Interview Column
This week, JustArts spoke with John Schnorrenberg '14 who wrote and directed a play that premiered on Friday and ran to Sunday in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater. JustArts: Can you discuss the inspiration for your show? John Schnorrenberg: I was procrastinating (that seems to be how a lot of things start for me)... on a project I had for a playwriting class and I was supposed to be writing a monologue. I saw this Charles Manson video ... he said something that really drew me in, and that got me [thinking about] Ted Bundy.
Von Heyl discusses her experimentation with art
The Rose Art Museum's Lower Gerald S. and Sandra Fineberg Gallery was packed full last Wednesday evening as Charline Von Heyl, one of the two artists featured in the current exhibit The Matter That Surrounds Us, spoke about her work.
Symposium brings architectural experts
Speaking on topics that ranged from centuries-old rural Indian temples to Sri Lankan modern architecture, four professors from esteemed universities took the podium this Friday evening in the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Admissions Center.
Rose Video 03' opens with artist lecture
On Tuesday, the Rose Art Museum saw the openings of four video installation pieces, introduced together under the name Rose Video 03: Maria Lassnig and Mary Reid Kelley. The installations are staged in and directly outside of the Lee Gallery, replacing Josephine Meckseper's "Mall of America," which closed on March 16.Lassnig's "Chairs" (1971) and "Art Education" (1976) are displayed right outside the gallery, shown on two small, adjacent screens.
Interview Column
This week, JustArts spoke with Gabby Lamm '17, the producer of Brandeis Players' production of 1984, written by Michael Gene Sullivan and adapted from the novel by George Orwell. JustArts: Is this your first show at Brandeis? Gabby Lamm: It's one of the first shows that I've had such a leadership role in.
Edmiston directs 'Brundibar & But the Giraffe'
This week, JustArts spoke with Scott Edmiston, the director of the Office of the Arts.
Interview Column
This week, justArts spoke with the directors of The Vagina Monologues, which was hosted by the Vagina Club and performed in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater on Friday and Sunday. JustArts: How did you get involved in The Vagina Monologues? Krissy Ford: I went to an all-girls Catholic school for high school and when I came to Brandeis I was looking for the same kind of community that I had there, a sisterhood really is what I wanted ... I saw a flyer for The Vagina Monologues and my friends told me "you should do it, you should try it." And I auditioned, fell in love with it, got really used to saying the word "vagina" a lot and then started getting in touch with Women's and Gender Studies and it was all ... uphill [from there]. Cristina Dones: My freshman year I had a really hard time acclimating and I was finding that I wasn't really bonding with [the friends I made] the way I wanted to.
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