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Contemporary art has evolved far beyond the classical European construct. Rather than adopting linear narratives, art has become tangential. The process of creation is often emphasized more so than creation itself. Artistic trends have become more daring as society gradually expands its conception of ...
Down at the bottom of the hill and just one door over from the shrine of late-night food and regrets, also known as Helen’s, is Rose’s Chinese Restaurant. For all intents and purposes, the inside is a carbon copy of Helen’s with an open kitchen in the back and tables arranged in columns in the ...
“Game of Thrones” (2011-present) returned on April 12 with an episode which largely emphasized exposition over action. The fifth season premiere seemed to serve mainly as a prologue for upcoming activity; the episode was aptly titled “The Wars to Come,” and focused more on building drama than ...
The second episode of season five of “Game of Thrones” (2011-present) entitled “The House of Black and White,” was more enjoyable than the first. It had some interesting twists, not to mention a huge shocker: no nudity whatsoever. Take note, HBO: Shows can be good without gratuitous female objectification. ...
“Don’t mow the bluets!” my dad always cautions me before I mow the backyard, a necessary and frequent summer task for me. The grass grows swiftly under the hot summer sun, requiring at least weekly trimming. But it is not only grass that flourishes in my backyard: Interspersed among the lush ...
On Friday, April 17, the Student Research Symposium showcased six students' research works-in-progress, representing a broad range of subjects in the arts. The symposium was held as a part of the first-ever Spring Festival for the Arts@Tufts.Professor of Music Joseph Auner explained that a goal ...
Five minutes north of Kendall Square lies a bevy of outstanding restaurants. One of the most notable of these is West Bridge, a three year-old establishment. Like many forward-thinking restaurants, it’s hard to classify West Bridge's specialty as one specific type of cuisine. If one absolutely ...
It would be an understatement to say that the entertainment industry is currently preoccupied with superhero stories. Enamored might be more appropriate, and currently, the industry's infatuation has led to an emphasis on the more grandiose aspects of comic adaptations. “Avengers: Age of Ultron” ...
On the afternoon of Sunday April 12, Distler Auditorium overflowed with hundreds of people, all gathered to watch a performance of Mozart’s famous “Requiem Mass in D minor” (1791). The piece, an eight-part funeral mass that Mozart composed in 1791, and which was left unfinished upon his death, ...
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Few playwrights have had their works adapted so extremely, variously and frequently as William Shakespeare has. It is far less common, however, for the interpretation of one of his characters to deviate from the norm. Yet, with the discovery, exhumation and reinterment of the titular character of “Richard ...
The band Young Fathers challenges the restraints of genre definition. On its latest album, “White Men Are Black Men Too,” released April 6, the Edinburgh-based trio switches from blues to funk to soul to R&B to hip-hop to trip-hop to rap to rock so quickly that the multidimensionality should be dizzying. The combination is, in fact, intoxicating. To categorize Young Fathers into one musical genre is to not give their work the full sweeping arc of praise that it merits. To allocate their lyrics into the specifications of either realms of political or personal, is to deny their full scope. The lyrics take personal tales and magnify them, at times making uncomfortably personal tales into digestible, danceable tracks. The combination should not be a shock. The band’s label, Big Dada recordings, reps artists known for their propensities to blur the lines between danceability and narrative, most notably Run the Jewels. But while RTJ’s stunning self-titled LP "Run the Jewels 2," released October 2014 last year, addressed race with an unyielding hard-hitting powerhouse collection of tracks, Young Fathers takes a subtler swipe at handling the conversation. Lyrics are hidden under trumpet solos, hiding in plain sight on songs that rattle on with a danceable pop undercurrent of potential Top 40 popularity.
This past weekend, “Game of Thrones” (2011 - present) enthusiasts were thrown a curveball: The first four episodes of the fifth season of the wildly popular HBO show were leaked online. Fans were subsequently forced to answer the question -- to watch or not to watch the leaked episodes? The moral ...
“Perhaps, we’ll see,” said Lara LoBrutto in an interview with the Daily when asked if she planned on publishing any of her writing in the near future. The sophomore international relations major and Chinese minor is a prodigious writer. In high school, LoBrutto kept up a film review blog and, ...
In today’s Top 10, you lucky readers get a double whammy. Not only do you get to find out the best thing to do when the warm weather starts back up, you also get a glimpse into the mind of a delirious writer. At 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, I decided to jot down the things I felt were the most important ...
The first thing one notices upon walking into Roosters barbershop on 518 Tremont Street is the smell; this place smells like your grandfather. The combination of the green walls, black ceiling, wooden furniture and the overwhelming scent of after-shave all contribute to the atmosphere of an old-school ...
Not only do we seek to order our lives, but also we seek to order our interpretation of art. Living in an age of innovation, we seek immediate gratification through technology. We, the public, are currently enraptured with the marvels of modern technology and modernization. However, while we are products ...
“Outlander” (2014-present) returned from its winter hiatus better than ever, supported by a talented cast and strong plotlines. The Starz show, now in the second half of its first season, is based on the “Outlander” book series (1991-present) by Diana Gabaldon. The series tells the story of English World War II nurse Claire Randall (played on the show by Caitriona Balfe), who is on vacation in Scotland with her husband, Frank (Tobias Menzies), shortly after the end of the war. While on this trip, Claire takes a solo visit to a tourist site that is historically known for being associated with witchcraft and magic. She finds herself transported to Scotland in 1743 with no idea how to return home. Tensions between Scotland and England are high at that time in history, so Claire needs to carefully maneuver her relationships with those around her, especially since witchcraft is still punishable by death. In the first half of the series' premiere season last fall, Claire developed a romance with a Scottish soldier, Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), and the first half of season one ended with their marriage.
