Opera, ballet still cling to offensive, outdated motifs
On Friday, March 15, I watched “Rigoletto” by Giuseppe Verdi with my mother. My mom loves Lincoln Center, loves opera and loves to sing opera. Opera aficionados consider “Rigoletto” to…
Day: March 27, 2019
Klint exhibit discredits patriarchal view of abstractionism
For a long time, the public believed that men like Vsily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich pioneered the art form of abstractionism. On Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, an exhibition…
Vassar grad captures life in post-industrial Poughkeepsie
In the United States, the antsy college student is as archetypal as the protagonist of the hero’s journey: a child of Middle America itches to leave their hometown, moves across…
Kanye’s Korner Installment II: ‘Late Registration’
The following is the second in an eightpart series documenting the discography of Kanye West. Each week, Arts will feature a piece detailing the merits of one of West’s Walbums,…
‘Roma’ outshines ‘Green Book’ despite Oscars decision
Time is a beautiful thing–two weeks’ worth of time, to be specific. Break is great because, more than anything else, it just gives us some time to breathe. But it…
MLB Preview: after offseason of spending, storylines set
One of the interesting components of Vassar’s long spring break is that it picks us up in the late winter of March and drops us off with just six weeks…
Chip, chip, cheerio: Brewers’ golf competes in England
Every spring break the women’s golf team takes a trip, usually to some warm American climate, but this year the group mixed things up, jetting across the pond to the…
VC women’s basketball team concludes historic season
All good things must come to an end. Even historically good things. For Vassar’s women’s basketball team, the end to a storybook season came on the first night of March…
On eve of World Cup, USWNT’s fight for equity rages on
I’ve watched way too many hours of sports in my short life. Way too many. NBA Finals, Super Bowls, MLB World Series, Olympic Finals, yes, but also Little League World…
Spring Break dining leaves students scrounging for food
For spring break, some students went home to families for two weeks, relaxed with some home cooking and returned refreshed and ready for the rest of the semester. For others,…