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...
“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...
“The Paris Wife” is a Touching Portrayal of Hemingway’s First Wife
By Taylor Stone Art Editor When I first picked up Paula McLain’s recent novel, “The Paris Wife,” I was more than a little hesitant about its contents. It was advertised as the story of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson, set in 1920s Paris and was apparently based on love letters Richardson wrote...
“The Vagina Monologues” Triumphs Over Violence Against Women
By Taylor Stone Arts Editor To quote the Facebook page for Bryn Mawr College’s production of the “Vagina Monolgues, “The ‘V’ in V-DAY stands for Victory, Valentine, and Vagina”. BMC has a history of staging entertaining, profound, and unique productions. But it is the annual performance of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” which was...