Letterboxd: A look inside the app for movie lovers
Are you looking for another app to spend a needless amount of time on? Ready to scroll for hours and then wonder how it’s already dark outside? Well, I have…
Arts
Lil Nas X’s new album marks a solid debut from a budding star
Georgia-native Lil Nas X burst into the music scene with the iconic country bop “Old Town Road” in 2019. He followed that up with other numerous chart-breaking singles, culminating in…
Annual Elizabeth Bishop lecture features award-winning poet Mary Ruefle
Insofar as I’ve experienced it, college combines two types of genuine learning: either people won’t tell you what you’re supposed to know so you have to get it yourself, or…
New year, new exhibit for Vassar’s student photography club
A young woman affixes a graduation cap to her friend’s head. Two hands, one gloved and one adorned with henna, gently clutch a snowball. A pair of students play chess…
Takahiro Miyashita plays with past work in new collection
Takahiro Miyashita – TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist. Spring Summer 2022 “PAUSE≒PLAY” Takahiro Miyashita has always been more obsessed with music than with fashion. The label that brought him fame was Number (N)ine, a…
Kanye West returns to true self, old ways in album ‘Donda’
When fans heard Kanye West’s latest album “Donda” would have religious themes, the excitement was muted, especially having come fresh off a lackluster effort in “Jesus is King.” However, the…
Baby Keem impresses with debut album ‘The Melodic Blue’
What sounds come to mind when you think of Baby Keem? Is it the smooth, confident voice he started out with on his breakout hit, “Orange Soda”? Is it the…
Meet the bands playing at Misc Music Festival
Spud Cannon Meg Matthews ’20, Ari Bowe ’20, Lucy Horgan ’20, Jackson Lewis ’19, Ben Scharf ’22 [Disclaimer: Scharf is the Live Events Chairperson for The Miscellany News] The band…
Art returns to Palmer Gallery with ‘Driftwoods-on-Hudson’
Last year, stepping into the James W. Palmer III Gallery meant entering the Vassar Pop-Up Store; instead of drawings, paintings and sculptures, students would find a world of Vassar sweatshirts,…
Notes on a Playlist: ‘cicada season’
Every 17 years in the greater Cincinnati area, something magically disgusting happens: the infamous Brood X cicadas emerge from their slumber as fully-matured adults, ready to take on the world…