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Much of the buzz around the Womack Sisters has been focused on the trio’s lineage, and understandably so. As the granddaughters of Sam Cooke, the “King of Soul,” the nieces of the legendary singer and guitar player Bobby Womack, and the daughters of the R&B husband and wife duo The House of Zekkariyas (formerly known as Womack & Womack), the Womack Sisters have a truly staggering amount of soul flowing through their family tree.
(09/17/26 5:55pm)
On Sept. 10, 2026 the Enoch Pratt Central Library hosted Emily Wilson in conversation with Classics Department Chair Karen ní Mheallaigh. Wilson, a Classics professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is best known for her translations of Homer’s timeless epics, The Odyssey and The Iliad, in 2017 and 2023, respectively. The event, titled “Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea,” promoted Wilson’s new book of the same name, which reflects on her journey translating classic works of antiquity.
(09/17/26 4:00am)
I spent last summer in the gay mecca of the United States: San Francisco. On my list of must-dos was to watch Leviticus — a queer horror film written and directed by Adrian Chiarella — in theaters once it was released. Seated in the recliner of an AMC in an unfamiliar, urban Bay Area setting, the movie opened with a shot feeling recognizable to a Great Plains native like myself, though it was set in rural Australia: a live frog being swallowed whole by a snake, our two teen boys Naim (Joe Bird) and Ryan (Stacy Clausen) made the morbid onlookers.
(09/15/26 4:00am)
Performance runs central in critic-turned-filmmaker Kent Jones’ sophomore feature film Late Fame. Aside from the masterful performances of the talented leads, Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee, the story depicts the wayward identity of being an intellectual writer and the resulting lack of sincerity in performing for others. Written by screenwriter Samy Burch, of May December and Coyote vs. Acme fame, the script adapts Arthur Schnitzler’s novella of the same name from a late 19th-century Austrian setting into a contemporary New York portrait of vast class and generational differences amid the continuous pursuit of art.
(09/16/26 4:00am)
The Arts & Entertainment section presents our picks of art released during the summer. We hope you check them out!
(09/15/26 4:00am)
Who is the next Bond, James Bond? Since No Time To Die marked the end of Daniel Craig’s tenure in the role, five candidates have repeatedly emerged in recent publications from Page Six to BBC as we wait for the official announcement at the end of this year. But why all this speculation now?
(09/12/26 4:00am)
The Arts & Entertainment editors welcome everybody old and new to campus for the 2026–2027 academic year! Before classes start to truly ramp up with endless assignments and back-to-back exams, we’d like to offer some suggestions to occupy the free time you may get during this early semester period. Or maybe, you’re already piled up with new academic responsibilities and require a much needed break; whatever the case, we’ve got you covered.
(09/02/26 10:00am)
When I watched Hadestown live on Broadway in October of 2024, the tears started only one or two songs in. Objectively, there’s nothing sad about the beginning of the musical. Yet nothing moves me more absurdly than when Orpheus tells Eurydice, “I knew you before we met / And I don’t even know you yet.” My eyes well up with the special feeling of witnessing professional musical actors at their best. Sometimes, a song is so moving, so passionate, it feels like it could save the world — at least, that’s Hadestown’s central thesis.
(09/02/26 6:45pm)
Back in April, I had the chance to see the opening show of Pericles. I have never seen a Shakespeare work portrayed through such a creative lens that kept the intent of the show intact. I always felt it was a tradeoff between keeping the plot and bringing a new perspective when it came to classic works. However, the Hopkins Theatre Department’s rendition of the show completely shattered that belief. Here’s some background about the show, from the original text to the department’s production decisions, that helped make the show work.
(05/19/26 6:07pm)
“Aren’t we the song that we sing?” asks Reverend Shaw, the main antagonist of Footloose, whose authority the younger, freedom-loving characters rebel against over the course of a two-hour musical. What are the songs we’re singing? What kind of songs are the right songs to sing — and to be? On April 18, we, the News-Letter writers (Estelle Chen and Kaylee Nguyen), stepped in to find answers to these questions with the University’s very own Barnstormers’ production of Footloose!
(04/24/26 4:00am)
April 18 was Record Store Day, an annual tradition intended to promote brick-and-mortar music businesses around the world. As legend had it, in 2008, a group of record store owners in a hotel basement in Fells Point first conceived the idea in a meeting. By the late 2000s, vinyl was in rough shape; the invention of smaller, cheaper and more accessible compact discs made the large, bulky record no longer viable.
(04/20/26 4:07am)
The year is winding down, midterms are nearly over and that elusive handful of truly spring weather weeks in Maryland is peeking through the clouds. 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.
(04/14/26 2:10am)
After being faked out by the oncoming spring for the fourth time this year, the weather seems to finally be resting on the higher end of the thermometer and staying there. Fittingly, as the prospect of the end of the semester looms on the horizon, student-hosted events are cropping up in record numbers, and (we) the students going to them are turning out! 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: we’ve selected all sorts of media for your enjoyment! In particular, look forward to the following.
(04/15/26 12:00pm)
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Arts & Entertainment section of The News-Letter presents our specially curated picks of poetry from various contributing writers, staff writers and editors. Some of these are our favorite (or one of our favorites) poems; others are the most memorable poems recently occupying our minds. We hope you find a new poem (and perhaps poet) to read!
(04/20/26 4:00am)
Lawrence Jackson, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in the department of English and history at Hopkins, created the Donald V. Bentley Memorial lecture in memory of his good friend who lost his life to gun violence. Jackson founded the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts to “begin a regular process of sharing resources from the arts and sciences of the Homewood Campus with other portions of the city.” Each year, the center sponsors a free public lecture, and in celebration of her 200th birthday, the most recent lecture covered Frances Ellen Watkins Harper; the most prolific Black female writer of the 19th century and among the first African American women to be published in the United States.
(04/13/26 4:00pm)
I laughed; I swooned; I tried to disappear into my seat. 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.
(04/08/26 8:45pm)
Yet another spring tease. Highs of over 80 yesterday promise lows of 30 in the days coming. When can we trust the warm, lively season to come full and in earnest? 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.
(04/16/26 8:00pm)
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep, Machan! / I have miles to go and promises to keep!”
(03/30/26 9:00pm)
On the opening night of Project Hail Mary, adapted from the Andy Weir novel of the same name, Ryan Gosling, its lead, said this about movie theaters to his packed audience: “It’s not your job to keep them open — it’s our job to make things that make it worth you coming out.” Gosling’s claims are not completely unfounded in regards to Project Hail Mary; it has surpassed box office expectations. After seeing the film, I am baffled that this is what people want.
(04/01/26 12:34am)
On a Thursday night in the back practice rooms of the Bloomberg Student Center, the Hopkins Breakers were practicing past bedtime. As other students prepared to finish up studying for the night or began to tuck in for a Celsius-fueled all-nighter, 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.
