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(02/06/14 8:58pm)
In March of 1939, The New Yorker published James Thurber’s short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, in which Thurber describes a middling protagonist’s ordinary day in Waterbury, Conn. Yet, while going through the mundane motions, Walter preoccupies his mind with five heroic fantasies that quench his thirst for a spectacular existence.
(01/30/14 7:42pm)
The highly acclaimed intersession course The Stand-Up Comic in Society celebrated its tenth annual showcase on Friday, Jan. 24. Friends of the comedians and course alumnae crowded into Shriver Hall ready to be entertained by their newly-trained peers.
(01/30/14 7:39pm)
Hanging in the corner of the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) Contemporary Wing’s Figuration Room is a nude female figure. The sculpture, titled Strange Fruit, is bound at the ankles and dangles precariously from a ceiling beam. In stark contrast to the minimalist white room, the violent portrayal of this dark figure demands one's full attention. Visitors can be found circling the piece, questioning Alison Saar and the message conveyed by her disturbing work of art.
(01/30/14 7:29pm)
On Jan. 18, Director David O. Russell’s American Hustle brought home the Screen Actors Guild’s highly coveted outstanding cast award. Russell’s nonpareil cast outshined competitors including Gravity stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, along with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Brad Pitt in 12 Years a Slave.
(01/26/14 5:58pm)
Washington D.C.’s Ford’s Theater — famously known as the site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination — is hosting the performed adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
(11/21/13 10:07pm)
The Vocal Chords are back and better than ever. Hopkins’s well-known coed a cappella group performed the night of Nov. 15 in Bloomberg Auditorium.
(11/16/13 7:26pm)
The Hopkins Office of Multicultural Affairs (more commonly known as OMA) welcomed all to their annual Culture Show, hosted in Shriver Hall as is custom. The free event promised to transport audience members “Around the World in 80 Minutes” and absolutely succeeded in keeping this vow. The lineup featured 15 campus-based performing arts groups with styles originating from Latin America, the Philippines, Ireland, the Caribbean and more. After a lengthy audition process and fastidious preparation, OMA presented Hopkins’s greatest Culture Show to date.
(11/07/13 11:55pm)
This past Sunday marked SLAM’s sixth annual Hip-Hop Showcase. The philanthropic event is distinguished as the dance group’s largest and most anticipated display of the school year. This year, SLAM hosted 16 different dance crews that encompassed a wide variety of styles and ages. Tickets at the door cost $3 for students and $5 for the general pubic; all proceeds benefited Baltimore’s Dance Crews Project.
(10/31/13 6:02pm)
Documentaries frequently seek to uncover some truth, spread an awareness or shed light on a wrongly neglected issue. They are “eye-openers,” intended to call viewers to action, often too raw and unsettling to screen in theaters. Magnolia Pictures’ Blackfish fits this popular documentary mold highlighting the history of orcas in captivity — particularly Seaworld’s capitalization on killer whales. Through a well presented and in-depth investigation, Blackfish proves that the aquatic theme park’s many scandals and covert abuses stem from its inhumane possession and treatment of orcas.
(10/24/13 9:06pm)
Yesterday, Universal Pictures ended their relentless search for the leading male role of Fifty Shades of Grey. Irish actor Jamie Dornan is now replacing previous frontrunner, Charlie Hunnam, who politely declined playing the steamy role on Oct. 14. The Sons of Anarchy star ambiguously explained his reasons for backing out, limiting the details to simply having family matters to tend to. This last minute hole in the cast threatened to delay the film’s shooting, scheduled to commence Nov. 1.
(10/17/13 10:30pm)
Hopkins’s comedy a cappella group, The Mental Notes, hosted Pennsylvania-based troop The Haverford Humtones this past Saturday, Nov. 16.
(10/10/13 5:08pm)
Five Hopkins a cappella groups joined forces to celebrate the return of graduates during the 2013 Young Alumni Weekend.
(10/10/13 4:59pm)
After a year of inactivity, the Hopkins ceramics club reconvened to once again get their creative juices flowing.
(09/26/13 4:19pm)
Thanks to this weekend’s estimated 50,000 attendees, Virgin Mobile FreeFest officially raised a cumulative total of one million dollars to benefit charities for homeless youth.
(09/24/13 2:24pm)
Hopkins students gathered at the Beach equipped with blankets, pillows and popcorn for the first outdoor movie screening of the school year.
(05/03/13 3:06am)
The Hopkins a cappella scene welcomed a new group of entertainers in the midst of The Vocal Chords’ 18th Annual Spring Concert.
(04/18/13 8:04pm)
The second day of Spring Fair thankfully afforded unclouded, sunny skies, putting an end to Friday’s persistent mist. Widespread enjoyment and leisure characterized the hundreds of beach-goers playing Frisbee, socializing and sipping drinks on their blankets.
(02/28/13 9:05pm)
Jason Moore’s musical comedy Pitch Perfect afforded viewers a look into the previously underrated world of collegiate a cappella competitions. The film’s hype soared at an ideal time, for the DVD release precluded the nation’s largest a cappella competition by mere weeks.
(02/21/13 9:06pm)
February 15 kicked off the weekend-long Witness Theater Intersession Showcase. The Mattin Center’s Swirnow Theater housed the showcase’s five student-written, directed and produced plays.
(02/14/13 8:49pm)
Friday night marked the second consecutive full house at Levering Hall’s Arellano Theater.