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(09/16/25 3:31am)
This week’s installment of To Watch and Watch For comes conveniently before the inevitable onslaught of midterm season. Now is the ideal time to enjoy a packed lineup of film, books, music and live shows before the semester truly kicks in. One way to soften the unstoppable march of time is to slow down, immerse yourself in the arts and appreciate what the world has to offer at the moment. On that note, the Arts & Entertainment section has you covered.
(09/16/25 2:50pm)
Welcome (or welcome back) to Hopkins! If you’re a seasoned visual artist looking to continue your exploration of the arts, or if you’re just someone curious about what Hopkins and Baltimore have to offer in that regard, here’s what I’ve discovered during the past year.
(16 hours ago)
From boundary-pushing progressive country and uncompromising hardcore hip-hop to rebellious electroclash, this recent summer’s album releases delivered something for everyone. In keeping with the Arts & Entertainment section’s yearly tradition, our writers are here to share their album of the summer picks. Each writer will make their case for their favorite(s), and maybe help you discover a new sound that sticks with you!
(09/13/25 2:19pm)
Things at Hopkins are hard to do.
(09/10/25 9:20pm)
On your marks, get set, go! The 2025–26 school year hits the ground running, picking up pace now more than ever with its first installment of the campus-famous Arts & Entertainment section’s weekly series, To Watch and Watch For. Before review material and get-to-know-you discussion posts give way to half-day homework assignments and midterms, how should you be spending your free time? Look no further — this list provides a cheat sheet of all the answers. And if you’re already strapped for time, then have no fear: I’ve simplified my answers to arrive at one personal recommendation for each section.
(05/05/25 1:44am)
On April 26 and 27, the Arellano Theater came alive with more than the wafting smells of vegan sesame chicken and taco meat from the neighboring Levering Kitchen. It was the site for the Witness Theater’s 2025 Spring Showcase: a performance of student-written, student-run plays rejuvenating a campus of otherwise finals-weary Blue Jays.
(05/04/25 8:09am)
As someone who has been (embarrassingly) chronically online since the ripe age of 12, Addison Rae’s influence on pop culture has always been apparent to me, be it positively or negatively. (See: “Hi, drated!”) However, one thing I never saw coming was her foray into pop music — not to mention how successful it has been. Even self-proclaimed skeptics of mainstream TikTokers like myself have found themselves surprisingly on board with Rae’s latest ventures. In my opinion, all four of her recent singles have helped carve out a unique identity for her as a young artist on the rise and, even more importantly, helped breathe fresh life into a monotonous landscape of pop music.
(05/02/25 10:09pm)
The concert only cost $21.50. The opener had an album peak at No. 19 on the 2023 Billboard Top 200, the main act won Group of the Year and Rock Album of the Year at the 2024 JUNO awards, and yet, only 122 people registered.
(05/04/25 7:35pm)
Why do we keep returning to Greek tragedy? These ancient texts and the way we study them in classrooms can often feel rigid, distant and disconnected from the present. The Department of Classics’ Medea on Trial, held on April 24, offered a compelling answer. It was a student production that was as comedic as it was thoughtful, re-examining the stories of ancient women in what director and Professor Maria Gerolemou described as “a kind of scientific experiment grounded in the humanities.”
(04/20/25 10:18pm)
It’s unfortunate that the most beautiful period of spring coincides with the most demanding stretch of the academic year. Regardless, as the days become longer, the air grows warmer and everything bursts into motion at once, now is the perfect time to allow a little more art and entertainment into your life. If you're looking for a reminder of what makes life worth the grind, this week’s “To watch and watch for” will have you covered.
(04/23/25 4:00am)
On March 4, more than a decade after her previous novel Americanah, Hopkins alum Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave the people what they wanted: Dream Count. This recent addition to her body of works is a nebulous story following the lives of four African women navigating the U.S., pinned together in the middle with a disconcertingly familiar case of sexual assault perpetrated against one of the women.
(04/18/25 2:44am)
For their spring 2025 musical, the Barnstormers are putting on a production of Heathers: the cult classic musical based on the 1989 film with the same name. I attended the April 12 evening performance, and the theater was packed to the brim with excited audience members, although I was able to claim a coveted front row seat.
(04/18/25 2:45am)
On March 28, Netflix’s latest rom-com endeavor was released: The Life List. I’ll admit, I had low expectations. The alliterated title did not inspire high hopes. I love Sofia Carson — the lead actress — but mostly because I watched and loved the Descendants movies as a kid. I was not actually aware that she continued to act after those films. But mainly, my reservations stemmed from how much the plot sounded like it could belong to a made-for-TV Hallmark movie.
(04/20/25 4:00am)
On April 4, Djo (also known as actor Joe Keery) released his highly-anticipated third album The Crux. Produced in collaboration with Adam Thein, the album blends styles from a wide range of alternative artists.
(04/14/25 1:06am)
As the end of the school year approaches, I’m betting that we’re all in some purgatory state where we dangle tenuously between midterms, more midterms and finals. While caught in this limbo, I hope you look to the Arts & Entertainment’s weekly section: “To watch and watch for,” in search of rescue. With these weekly recommendations for enriching experiences to do with the arts, we can almost guarantee a shelter from the onslaught of tests, projects, papers and more.
(04/15/25 4:34pm)
This past weekend, the Hopkins Theatre Company performed Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a three-act whirlwind of a play about two academic couples from opposing generations, each catching and delivering snide, passive aggressive comments across a countless number of liquor-filled glasses.
(04/14/25 5:35pm)
On Friday, April 4, a faculty panel titled “Arts and the Hopkins Student Experience” discussed what the arts mean at Hopkins. The event space was open to alumni as part of Alumni Weekend, while other members of the Hopkins community were able to attend virtually through a livestream. As audiences both in-person and online began to settle in, they prepared to hear about vital questions such as: What makes the arts valuable? Why should we pursue them, and how? Is Hopkins committed to the arts?
(04/22/25 9:18pm)
There’s this thing that happens every April. The desert shifts. Time becomes a suggestion. Sequins become currency. And the world turns its eyes toward a stretch of sun-bleached land in Indio, Calif., where suddenly nothing else matters.
(04/06/25 2:21pm)
In a world plagued with political turmoil and at a time when dystopian fiction feels less like an escape and more like a reflection of reality, Suzanne Collins returns to Panem with Sunrise on the Reaping. Released on March 18, this 400-page novel follows beloved character Haymitch Abernathy through the deadly ordeals of the 50th Hunger Games.
(04/04/25 5:07pm)
There’s good reason to distrust any use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in creative spaces. The trend of AI art has become a refuge for those who overlook the fundamental human nature of artistic creation, and the irony of outsourcing a uniquely human pursuit to machine automation.
