Notes on a playlist: Songs with a little bit of ‘magic’
Usually I make playlists based on what I’m listening to most at the moment or on a very niche vibe, trying my hardest to define a specific mood or moment…
Naima Saini
‘A League of Their Own’ series is a stellar update to a classic story
I fear I might need to take a break from TV for a while—after watching the new Amazon Prime series “A League of Their Own,” I’m not sure anything I…
Emily Austin’s 2021 novel highlights relatable anxieties
Emily Austin’s “Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead” is a novel about a woman who cannot stop going to the emergency room. We first meet Gilda, our protagonist,…
Eight great poems to read this National Poetry Month
Every time a break rolls around, I resolve to read more books, and I do. I get reacquainted with my love of reading, feel really motivated to keep up my…
Student work gets deserved focus in Drawing I exhibition
Since March 24, The Palmer Gallery and the Old Bookstore have been filled with self-portraits, scenes from dorm rooms and intricately drawn limbs. The works come from Vassar’s Drawing I…
365 Things: A Year of Household Objects and a Moving Look at Memory and Meaning
A lamp, a bird’s nest. Dominoes. A lobster Christmas ornament. Books, clothes, knickknacks, treasures, kitchenware, family heirlooms. These are among the many objects that Rick Jones has in his house,…
Cryosphere Exhibit provides chilling portrait of warming planet
According to the poster on the wall of “Cryosphere: Humans and Climate in Art” from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, the Oxford English Dictionary defines “cryosphere” as “The part…
Merely Players embraces the humor of Shakespeare with ‘Twelfth Night’
“Twelfth Night” has always been one of my favorite Shakespeare plays. From watching the movie with my family to memorizing monologues in high school drama class, I’ve come to appreciate…