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....
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....