Great concerts, food abound at Coachella
90,000 people attended the Coachella music and arts festival, weekend two, in Indio, California. The vast festival covered several acres of land, hosting five main stages and multiple smaller ones.…
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Maslany excels as multitude of clones
Saturday was a big night for me. Not because of the Spring Concert (sorry, Danny Brown), and not because it was my friend’s birthday (sorry, Sam), but because it was…
‘Seven Sisters Style’ revisits fashion history
Walking around Vassar’s campus, one might observe students wearing everything from the avant-garde to sportswear. But historically, Vassar students helped establish what today is referred to as classic prep. Fashion…
Exhibit embodies students’ search for individualized style
Many artists dream of seeing their work exhibited in a formal gallery setting, but not all of them get the chance to do so. Painting is a long and arduous…
Up-and-comers Brown, Lunice promise energized concert
At a small liberal arts college, having a major artist come to campus always creates a buzz and calls for students from all corners of campus to unite at a…
Experimentation crescendos at showcases
With student bands like Vishnu Basement and SUPERTEEN recording albums and going on tour this summer, student music has been thriving as of late. In keeping with the particularly vibrant…
‘Dazed’ continues to hold sway
Movies are a medium which relies on youth. Precisely because of this, countless youth-centered entertainments fill up screens across America each year. But these aren’t really about youth so much…
AMC’s ‘Turn’ fails to construct revolutionary spy saga
AMC’s new drama, “Turn,” based on the novel “Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring” by Alexander Rose, has one of the best opening credits sequences in recent…
Epic ‘Rise’ pushes limits of stylized subject matter
According to playwright Bertolt Brecht, “murderers command too much respect from us.” Embracing this concept, Brecht wrote the play “The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui,” a story that allegorically examines…
‘Veep’ comedic, absurd spin on DC politics
“Democracy is so overrated” remarks the shrewd Frank Underwood in the Washington D.C thriller “House of Cards.” While Netflix’s most popular drama satirizes the corrupt world of Washington D.C through…