I have never seen a Shakespeare work portrayed through such a creative lens that kept the intent of the show intact.
Sometimes, a song is so moving, so passionate, it feels like it could save the world.
On April 18, we, the News-Letter writers (Kaylee Nguyen and Estelle Chen), stepped in to find answers to these questions with the University’s very own Barnstormers’ production of Footloose!
Although I have been collecting records for a few years, this was my first time participating in Record Store Day because I had been turned off by the notoriously long lines and titles that didn’t really catch my eye.
The allure of the sun and the Beach nearly manages to distract from the looming threat of finals, but in spite of future stress, perhaps we can pre-game our end-of-the-semester celebration a little earlier with these forthcoming selections.
Each year, the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts sponsors a free public lecture. The most recent lecture covered Frances Ellen Watkins Harper in celebration of her 200th birthday. Harper was the most prolific Black female writer of the 19th century and among the first African American women to be published in the United States.
In Vaaranam Aayiram, Meghna served as a mirror for many Tamil millennial women who look to the horizon and see the United States not as a distant dream, but as an achievable destiny. I relate to her for her quiet, stubborn unwillingness to settle for a life smaller than the one her father envisioned.
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Johns Hopkins News-Letter’s Arts & Entertainment section presents our specially curated picks of poetry from various contributing writers, staff writers and editors.
As the prospect of the end of the semester looms on the horizon, student-hosted events are cropping up in record numbers! If you’re looking for new albums to listen to on the way to your next show or for easy reads to pick up while sunbathing on the Beach, look no further.
Kicking off Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s year of cinema domination with a bang, Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama is a brief study of performative empathy.
Among all of this instability, we can at least take solace in new media releases, as the Arts section has been enabling readers to do every week. Whether sunshine, rain or cold, begin with these personal recommendations of new media releases.
On a Thursday night in the back practice rooms of the Bloomberg Student Center, the Hopkins Breakers were practicing past bedtime. I caught the Hopkins Breakers just starting a night of dancing, and I noted down their reflections on the past year, their breakdancing journey and their upcoming performance at the 2026 Culture Show.
In its quest to be the perfectly watchable movie, Project Hail Mary is a calculated crowd pleaser in the worst, most artificial way possible, stripping itself of any complexity that could force the viewer to be alarmed. When does a movie’s mindlessness start to be detrimental to the business?
With March wrapping up and April starting, spring is ahead of us. The warming weather presents the perfect opportunity for a break between grueling midterms or other obligations. What’s better than reading in the sun or walking to a show when it's 70 degrees outside?
We live in a world of great uncertainty and violence, yet we’re forced to go through life with an unshakable smile and determination. If you too feel the heaviness of the world weighing your heart down, sit somewhere comfortable, prepare your favorite drink and allow O’Hara’s words to remind you of humanity.
Looking back on art, we might as well start from the beginning. We know in France, in the dark wombs of mountains, there are caves filled with ancient paintings. The largest cave system, the Chauvet Cave, dates back to 32,000 years ago, and it was discovered by three cavers in 1994.
From Friday, Jan. 30 to Sunday, Feb. 1 the Barnstormers performed Stupid F##king Bird, written by Aaron Posner as a modern and satirical adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, originally published in 1896.
Whether you’re going through the peak of your midterms now or already out enjoying the spring weather, hopefully you’ll be able to find some time to enjoy these picks from the Arts section!
With the first signs of sun, slow down to appreciate the pleasant weather, even if it’s not possible right now to slow down in classes. To help you reach calm in at least some facets of your life, the Arts section presents our weekly picks for new media releases, beginning with my personal recommendations.
The Los Angeles heist thriller is scarcely an original premise, but Bart Layton and his star-studded cast fully lean into the intrigue in this adaptation of Don Winslow’s short story. This film succeeds in presenting an interesting heist plot and is able to flesh out most of its characters to provide the tension on which the story relies.
