Lady Gaga made history this Labor Day weekend as the first woman artist to headline at Fenway Park. In just under two hours, Gaga demonstrated her ability to deliver at the highest level in different genres. What was most notable about the concert was the sheer emotion Gaga brought to the stadium.The ...
Feeling a little lost during your first week of classes? Get some spiritual guidance from your semester kickoff horoscope.AriesYou may feel yourself a bit more agitated than normal, dear Aries. Channel all that excess energy into new creative pursuits, or let yourself take long walks and explore the ...
Twenty-seven years ago, Mark Frost and David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" (1990) began with a simple murder: popular high school student Laura Palmer found dead, wrapped in plastic. It ended with love affairs, cocaine trafficking, FBI intervention and a great, supernatural, evil presence in the ...
Dana Schutz has been heralded as one of contemporary art’s most influential artists for her abstract narrative paintings. It was no surprise that her work was featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial, but the controversy surrounding the artist’s painting of Emmett Till in “Open Casket” (2016) has ...
It would be dramatic to declare indie music dead, but the genre certainly isn’t as culturally relevant as it was ten years ago. Once disregarded by the elite, 'educated' crowd of music critics and twenty-somethings, genres like hip-hop and house have critically and commercially taken center ...
The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) had a tough road ahead of them going into this year's show. First, they selected Katy Perry to host, because apparently producers forgot to ask a single person their opinion of Katy Perry this past year. Then, the show was slated to air at the same time as the ...
For students looking to get out of their comfort zone and showcase their creativity, music composition is the way to go. On Wednesday, Oct. 4, some of these students will show off the fruits of their labor in the Tufts Composers' Concert “Make Room: New Shipment.” The concert will feature both ...
In the final scene of “Dunkirk” (2017), having finally escaped their stranded position in France and reached England, Tommy (Fionn Whitehead) and Alex (Harry Styles) board a troop train headed for London. After dozing off, Tommy receives a paper and reads aloud Churchill’s famous speech: “We ...
Between awkward icebreakers, Target runs and meals with your pre-orientation family, your orientation week can fill up fast. If you're looking for entertainment and a peek into the campus arts scene, take some time out of your day this Sunday and Monday to catch one (or both!) of the orientation ...
Pop music is back with vengeance this summer, led by three women who are breathing new life into the moniker for the 2010s: Lorde, Lana Del Rey and Kesha. How do their latest albums stack up?“Melodrama,” Lorde (4.5/5)Considering the cultural impact of Lorde's debut album "Pure Heroine" ...
Blockbuster horror movies in recent years have been undeniably political. This is the case with "Get Out" (2016), in which Jordan Peele explores a swath of current sociopolitical issues including anti-black racism and police brutality in the US. Both "The Purge: Election Year" (2016) ...
In light of the recent gala at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I thought that it would be great to end this semester with a celebration of designer Rei Kawakubo. After all, “dulcis in fundo.” The Japanese designer started one of the most recognizable brands in the industry to this day, Comme ...
Parker Heyl is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering and minoring in musical engineering who will attend the Royal College of Art’s Information Experience Design program in London next year. The North Haven, Conn. native's unique interests involve the intersection of fine arts, kinetic sculpture, ...
Graduating senior Cecily Lo made her first film, a stop-motion animation of clay figurines, at the age of 15 with her cousin. Years later, as a student at Tufts, she continues to explore her passion for film, dance and performance art in short videos that she posts on her personal Vimeo channel.“I’ve ...
With commencement just around the corner and families gathering together for celebration, it seems fitting that Marvel’s newest film also features another gathering of celebrated characters. Following on the heels of the much-lauded first entry, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017) attempts ...
This morning, a friend showed me a video of myself that was taken almost two years ago on my 20th birthday. In the 90-second clip, I am holding court over a living room of our friends, unable to finish a sentence without laughing, my hair bleached from two months of tour guiding. I look blissfully bewildered.That ...
One would be hard-pressed to find someone juggling as many mediums in the Tufts comedy scene as graduating senior Sam Gordon. Since coming to Tufts in 2013, the Westchester, N.Y. native has been writing, filming, editing and performing sketches and stand-up for groups across campus, combining his ...
Why should you play "Left 4 Dead" (2008) and its sequel, "Left 4 Dead 2" (2009)? Because they were engineered to be the perfect replayable shared narrative experience for up to four players. And before you scoff and say, “Fury, isn’t 'Left 4 Dead' a zombie game? Aren’t ...
Written and directed by graduating senior Cinthia Chen, "Anna May Wong: The Actress Who Died a Thousand Deaths" comments on racial issues in Hollywood and tells the story of Asian-American actress Anna May Wong. The show was produced as an International Literary and Visual Studies senior ...
Content warning: This column discusses sexual violence.In the first scene in “Elle” (2016) following her violent sexual assault, Michelle Lèblanc (Isabelle Huppert) walks into her living room, cleans up the scene and picks up her cat. Looking at her cat with scrutinizing, measuring eyes, she holds ...
