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(03/31/16 8:59pm)
The University recently announced that Spike Lee will be the commencement speaker this May. While many members of the Hopkins community may have heard of the Academy Award nominated director or even seen one of his films, there are many who are not familiar with his life, his work and the impact he has had on the film industry and issues of social justice.
(03/24/16 5:02pm)
As students pass through Q-level of MSE Library they may have noticed the array of sounds emanating from a small silver speaker attached to the wall. These sounds, which range from energetic music to the buzzing of the natural world, are part of an exhibit titled You Are Hear, which will continue until March 31.
(03/24/16 4:45pm)
WILL SCERBO, musician and music director of WJHU
(03/10/16 3:53pm)
The English Club hosted an Ides of March party in the Tudor & Stuart Room in Gilman on March 9. The event, which commemorated the day that Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C.E., included elements of both Roman and Shakespearean literature, with allusions to the play written by the Bard in the 16th century. The event appealed to students of all majors and varying degrees of knowledge about Caesar and Shakespeare.
(03/03/16 3:29pm)
Giving the Hopkins community an opportunity for musical expression and a constant source of entertainment, WJHU radio has been expanding its presence on campus since its creation decades ago.
(03/03/16 3:29pm)
In a night celebrating the power of poetry, Red Emma’s held an event on Feb. 28 celebrating the release of poet Tariq Touré’s new book, a collection of poems and reflections entitled Black Seeds. Touré is a black Muslim essayist, poet, educator and public speaker who is known for his creation of the #NoJusticeNoLeBron movement urging LeBron James to sit out of a game in protest of a grand jury’s decision not to indict Cleveland police officers after the shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014.
(02/25/16 9:35pm)
The results of the Academy Awards rarely produce surprising results for audience members or even the nominees themselves. The Academy, comprised mainly of older white men, tend to play it safe, leaning towards historic biopics and actors who have charmed the public throughout the awards season.
(02/18/16 6:14pm)
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, the Special Collections department of Sheridan Libraries hosted their annual Dirty Books and Longing Looks event on Feb. 11. The event was first inaugurated in 2011 by Heidi Herr, the librarian for English and Philosophy and has continued to draw in romantics and book enthusiasts since its inception.
(02/11/16 9:36pm)
The 2015 gang intervention documentary License to Operate, directed by James Lipetzky, held its Baltimore premiere in Hodson Hall on Thursday, Feb. 4. The film premiered at the Seattle Film Festival and screened at a number of universities across the country. The film was opened by an introduction by Beverly Wendland, James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School, and Don Kurz, an alumni of Hopkins and one of the film’s executive producers.
(02/04/16 5:39pm)
Amid the polarized economic debates of this election season, The Big Short brings audiences back to the origins of the “Great Recession,” a story of nearly unbelievable greed and devastating loss. To those who recall the blaring headlines and chaotic atmosphere of nearly a decade ago, the film brings a sense of clarity and unravels the twisted heaps of corruption that led to the downfall of the word economy.
(01/28/16 9:23pm)
Out of the films that received several Academy Award nominations this year, two of them, director John Crowly’s Brooklyn and Tod Haynes’ Carol, are set in the 1950s, a decade torn between conformity and rebellion. Although these films take place during the same decade as iconic movies like Grease, neither film exactly prescribes to the Rock ‘N’ Roll, candy-colored imagery that one would normally associate with the time period.
(09/03/15 7:05pm)
(04/30/15 4:22pm)
Amid recent discussions of race on campus, The Dunbar Baldwin Hughes (DBH) Theatre Company stands as a platform for creation of dialogue through African and African-American art and literature.
(04/23/15 4:42pm)
Students in Advertising & Integrated Marketing, a class taught by Leslie Kendrick, have worked as the AdHop advertising agency running a real marketing campaign for the Hippodrome Theatre.
(04/16/15 3:00pm)
After having performed a series of six productions in the Swirnow Theater, the Barnstormers recently showcased their rendition of Sondheim’s musical comedy Company.
(04/09/15 3:10pm)
Two years after her release of the dark, meandering musical work Once I Was an Eagle, British singer-songwriter Laura Marling has recently released her fifth album, Short Movie. Largely inspired by Marling’s stay in Los Angeles, where she lived a life away from her music career for three years, Short Movie is a strange, often puzzling album. This work at once displays Marling’s musical genius and growing command over her instrument, as well as her failures as a first-time producer.
(04/02/15 2:52pm)
As part of a 25 year tradition, the Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair took place at the Baltimore Museum of Art this past weekend. The two day festival, featuring 21 printmaking vendors from around the country, has returned after a three year gap due to renovations at the museum.
(03/26/15 3:00pm)
Vector Magazine, an online literary magazine dedicated to highlighting experimental, creative writing was published for the first time by Hopkins students on March 9. Although currently a functioning online entity, Vector Magazine began simply as the dream of a few Hopkins students in their freshman year.
(03/12/15 3:08pm)
Studying abroad can be a thrilling, perhaps even daunting, experience for students. It is one that requires them to be present and live in the moment. Sharon Chesney, the Assistant Director of the Office of Study Abroad, believes that students can do this while capturing their experiences on camera and film.
(03/05/15 8:36pm)
Amid the serene stillness of the Russian countryside, the gentle skate of whales and the stoic presence of white cliffs lies the tumultuous narrative of Leviathan, a Russian film co-written and directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. Although advertised as a commentary on the will of the common man against a corrupt government, the film soon evolves into a more intricate story focused on the complexity of human relationships, particularly when placed under stress.