Fresh, cheap, all-you-can-eat sushi right around the corner from Tufts might seem like a mere pipe dream to hungry Jumbos. But at Nijiya Sushi in Medford Square, the fantasy is all too real. There’s no catch -- no lines, no buffet, no imitation rolls skimping on all the best ingredients. There’s ...
R&B, chamber music, jazz, klezmer, hip-hop, you name it, Gabe Rothman has likely played it. A senior majoring in biopsychology and minoring in music, Rothman joined the Tufts music scene his first fall on campus and hasn't stopped playing. Taking stock of his musical endeavors throughout his time on the Hill, Rothman reflected in an email interview on the support he has received throughout his time in college, favorite music-making memories and what he is hoping to leave Medford with before graduation this upcoming May.
Recently, the Daily Arts section received an email requesting that we give a page of our production over to the silhouette that is now printed in conjunction with this article. The instructions were to “please add to and return to Ray Johnson” -- the artist ostensibly behind the work -- silhouettes with whatever modifications our readers made to their individual copies. We liked the idea readily enough as it allowed us the opportunity to be part of the art as well as to comment on it. The next step was to do some preliminary research and reach out to the artist for a comment.
Since I took my last column to look back at the Goya exhibition, this week I chose the Klimt and Kokoschka works that are currently on view at the MFA.Diverging from the darkness which characterizes Goya’s work, a permeation of light defines Klimt’s manner of creation. Klimt creates a fantasy world ...
His music sounds like someone took Elliot Smith and Washed Out tracks and smushed them underfoot using a mustard-yellow hand-me-down pair of Oxford shoes to give them character, and then ironed them out, kissed them with some bootleg Bob Dylan record and stuck them out the window to dry in some placeless, American suburban wasteland. These songs are pure middle-America lo-fi underground electronica mixed with moody, introspective acoustic folk-rock, blended with '90s grunge punk rock. They are understated, swept under the rug and half-crying in self-pity disguised as boredom. Raw like picked blisters, they are exquisite pieces of muffled lyrical genius. Alex Giannascoli -- lead singer and guitarist for his eponymous band Alex G -- is undeniably at the forefront of great American songwriting and it will only be a matter of time before this wunderkind takes the music world by storm.
Alex Giannascoli, lead singer and guitarist for his eponymous band Alex G, is unassuming and friendly in a flannel and knit beanie on stage; his stage presence is open yet subdued. Occasionally pausing to grit his teeth or bite his lip in concentration, he wears a perpetual expression of deep-focus veering towards boredom. Slicing through his relaxed cool kid demeanor, he throws out lines to the audience like candy, and then throws out candy as well, passing around a giant bar of some caramel-filled chocolate like everyone is a member of the family. Boredom may be the initial impression he gives off by his complete and total comfort on the stage, but it is entirely the wrong word to describe an artist as genuine and warm as Mr. Giannascoli, who invites audience members up on stage to dance as though the stage is just some piece of a basement that everyone is hanging out in together.
Bluefin is yet another Japanese delight nestled away in the unassuming mall space just off of Porter Square. Unlike its perpetually busy neighbor, Sapporo Ramen, Bluefin provides a decidedly calm and spacious environment. Around 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday evening, there were enough tables to give a party ...
The actors of the Bread and Puppet Theater normally burst into the playing space, sprinting around in all-white, flying flags high above their heads as the band blasts horns and bangs on drums. The ensemble is politically active, frenetic and high energy; as a company, it has been making puppets, devising ...
Ne-Yo’s sixth studio album, "Non-Fiction (Deluxe)" (2015) hit the shelves recently, making it the artist’s first new album in three years. Listeners were expecting to it to be a hit, especially after such a long period of silence from Ne-Yo. Unfortunately, the artist did not live up to expectations.
Short stories fall in a gray area between full-length novels and poetry, not quite long enough to consume a printed book all on its own in most cases, but not short enough to be limited to a few pages of text. It is easy to write pages and pages of words to convey an idea or message, but it takes masterful writers to compress their stories in such a way that they can be told in only a few dozen pages. The way short stories are written is tricky, as the author has to utilize carefully constructed sentences to imply storylines and details that aren’t explicitly written.
The Tower Gallery in Tisch Library is currently featuring a new type of exhibit: one with pieces donated by students unaffiliated with an official art class or organization. The works currently featured in the gallery outside of the Tower Café are pieces by artists from Tufts’ new art collective, Smaller Fortress. This creative organization was conceived by Emma Turner, a senior majoring in English with minors in Studio Art and Film Studies, and implemented during the fall 2014 semester.
"Project Almanac" (2015) is director Dean Israelite's first attempt at a full-length movie. In the film, David Raskin (Jonny Weston), a brilliant high school student, has just been accepted to MIT. His father, an inventor, died when he was seven, leaving his family in a delicate financial ...
One would be hard-pressed to talk about art history with first-year Madeleine Onstwedder and walk away without absorbing some of her boundless enthusiasm for the subject. A dual degree student with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University, the native Londoner positively beams when talking about the subject she loves. Now, working on a variety of projects, she wants to share that enthusiasm with others.
The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival and Marathon kicks off this Friday at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, marking the 40th anniversary of the iconic local showcase. Boston SciFi, held from Feb. 6 to 16, is the oldest official genre fest in America.The event, which features both feature-length ...
Australian-born singer Sia has recently confirmed she will be performing at the Grammys this coming Sunday. Given her recent performance featuring lip-syncing children wearing her trademark wig on the Ellen Digeneres show, as well as recent controversy regarding her last music videos, audiences can ...
Taking place in the early 1860s, during the beginning years of the Civil War, Suzan-Lori Parks’ new work “Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)” (2014) is a throwback of epic proportions. The production is actually comprised of nine parts in total -- the next six plays are still ...
Now in its third year since opening, Harpoon Brewery Beer Hall, an addition to the brewery which has been around since 1986, provides a prime destination for the 21+ crowd that won't empty any wallets.
In the midst of this second-wave snow storm, what’s better to warm the heart than a choir of harmonious pipsqueak voices singing America’s top 40 hits in perfect harmony? The ever-popular Kidz Bop franchise has released its highly-anticipated 27th album, surprisingly entitled “Kidz Bop 27” ...
“Archer,” (2009-present) FX’s animated satirical comedy, has returned to its roots with its Jan. 8 premiere of season six. After one year of using the “Vice” plotline, the show has the gang back to work at the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS).
One of the best things about reading is the exposure to people you’d never meet in your lifetime. Literary characters are some of the most multi-faceted, interesting and inspiring people I’ve ever had the chance to meet. They make unwise decisions just as you and I do and, through them, experience ...
