Bang: Clowning Around With Desire
Ashley Reid Staff Writer Though I thought I’d walked into the Hepburn Teaching Theater, I quickly found reality to be a slippery concept; I had actually stepped into the strange world of “Bang.” “Bang”, a show by alumnae Charlotte Ford ’02, was a commedia dell’arte show that ran from April 6th to April 8th and...
Anne Carson’s “Cassandra Float Can” & “Bracko”: a Provocative Exchange between Modes of Expression
Taylor Stone Arts Editor This past Wednesday, audiences at Haverford College were treated to a unique array of stimulants during poet and classicist Anne Carson’s presentation of Cassandra Float Can (an essay on translation) and Bracko (an evocation of Sappho), collaborative pieces with Robert Currie, artist and Benjamin Miller, composer. The two creative pieces, though...
Of Monsters and Men: Far from Home but with Plenty to Be Happy About
By Lauren Gill Staff Writer In August 2011, Philadelphia’s Radio 104.5 debuted Of Monsters and Men’s triumphant wall of Icelandic sound “Little Talks.” Fast forward to April 2012 and the sextet has sold out shows in a matter of minutes across the U.S. even before their album “My Head is an Animal” hit American soil....
“Colors of Greece” Exhibit Displays Colorful Depth of Greek Modernist Art
Taylor Stone Arts Editor Nestled within the walls of the Rare Book Room of Canaday Library is a new exhibition exploring rich themes such as artistic design and cultural life in modern Greece, topics not easily confined in a single space but extraordinarily presented in this artistic display “Colors of Greece: The Art and Archaeology...
A Sneak Peak at “Strangeland”: A Return to The Old Keane Days?
Ashley Reid Staff Writer Chimes and a piano delicately ring. A drumbeat gradually appears. A bright and soft melody begins playing. Tom Chaplin’s voice sings, ”In a city like mine there’s no point in fighting/ I close my eyes and see, you and me driving, if I am a river you are the ocean. Got...
Writer Alice McDermott Charms at CWSR
Michelle Chung Arts Editor As described at Bryn Mawr’s most recent edition of the Creative Writing and Reading Series, visiting author Alice McDermott is among the “finest fiction writers today.” McDermott’s list of awards and nominations is extensive and includes a National Book Award for her fourth novel “Charming Billy” and two nominations for a...
Laughing in Throng
Ava Cotlowitz Staff Writer On Friday night the last Throng Show of the semester took place in Lunt Basement. Cement walls painted dark indigo surrounded rows of black fold up chairs that led to a platform stage backed by a black linen cloth. Various etchings and graffiti scattered the walls and criss-crossing pipes lined the...
Gotye at Tower Theatre
By Lauren Gill Staff Writer Belgian-born, Australian-bred Gotye (real name Wouter de Backer) confirmed that he is much more than a one-hit wonder with his electric sold-out show Friday night at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby. First to perform that evening was Gotye’s opening-act Kimbra, a doll-like Kiwi dressed in a ruffly blue prom-dress-gone-bad....
Cyrano at the Arden Theatre: A Performance with Panache
By Ashley Reid Staff Writer Exploding with panache only begins to describe “Cyrano”, the recent play about the French poet and master swordsman in 1640 Paris who falls in love with the already-spoken-for Roxane, which is performing at the Arden Theatre Co. in Old City, Philadelphia from March 8 through April 15. The play began with the character...
Let’s talk about “Kevin”
By Michelle Chung Arts Editor *SPOILERS AHEAD* “We Need to Talk About Kevin” raises more difficult questions than it answers. Based on the novel of the same name, “Kevin” tells the story of Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton) before and after her 15-year-old son Kevin (Ezra Miller) massacres students and faculty of his high school. This...
Mosier’s “The Playgroup” reveals a great balancing act
By Abby Placik Staff Writer During our childhood, we took what our mothers did for us for granted. She made sure we received home-cooked meals, washed our clothes, and tucked us into bed at night. Whenever we had concerns or fears, Mommy was there to comfort and assure us that everything would be fine. It...
Art Date-03/20-2012
Tuesday, March 20 Tales of Troy Exhibit on display in the Alcove Gallery at Magill from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM The story of Troy shaped and influenced humanistic literature up to the present day. The alcove gallery presents a small selection of art and artifacts, books and films inspired by this epic tale. Wednesday,...