Wellesley News - Arts RSS

Amanda Nelsen’s “Paperworks” comes to completion

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:08:40 -0400

As of 6 p.m. on Monday, May 3, visiting book artist Amanda Nelsen's project 'Paperworks and rdquo; was completed. The books, made from the cast-off pages from college library printers is 16 feet long. Together, Nelsen, friend Sarah Hulsey, book arts prog...

Carillonneurs open tower for day of change-ringing

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:51:26 -0400

The Galen Stone Tower is one of Wellesley's icons. It is featured on every brochure that is handed out to publicize the school. Seeing the view from the top, which Amy Allport '10 calls 'the best on campus, and rdquo; is one of the fifty things to do befo...

New show “Happy Town” fails at classic small-town creepy

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:36:20 -0400

A television show about a small town that is not as quaint as it seems, 'Happy Town and rdquo; clearly wants to be 'Twin Peaks, and rdquo; the cult classic that premiered 20 years ago. However, it does not hold up well. Happy Town is the nickname given t...

Academic year in review: pop culture’s ups, downs

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:30:14 -0400

The memory of arriving in the fall for the 2009-2010 school year seems like it's from a previous lifetime. With finals popping up around the corner, it is easy to forget what happened in the last year. Much went down, and here is a reminder. Now people w...

(DIS)APPEARANCES takes YouTube to a new level

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:09:35 -0400

By: Sarah Shaer ’11 Staff Writer

DIS)APPERARANCES is a video installation by Cinema and Media Studies major Jessica Dill. For her senior thesis, Dill spent two semesters developing and creating this piece, which is now up for viewing in Jewett. The installation consists of three videos ...

“As You Like It” sparkles with love, spring radiance

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:01:44 -0400

Shakespeare Society puts on As You Like It for their spring production. ...

“Painted Songs & Stories”: Tribal Indian art exhibit at Davis

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:00:07 -0400

The Davis Museum welcomed the very first exhibition of Pardhan Gond art in the United States this Sunday by hosting a family-oriented event with food, arts and crafts, story time and a scavenger hunt. Awaaz, Wellesley's South Asian a capella group, perfor...

Paige M. Gutenborg machine brings old books to new era

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:35:17 -0400

The Google Books project has made thousands of out-of-print and antique books readable again through the internet. Through its search-and-scan mission, Google Books has a vast collection of ancient titles available for perusal. No longer does anyone need ...

Wale kicks off Spring Week to a packed Tishman

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:01:32 -0400

After several buffer songs while Wale's DJ got set up at the turntables, Wale took the stage in a jean jacket, green t-shirt, khakis and a knit hat. He tried to get the audience to sing lyrics back to him and was disappointed to find the majority of aud...

Interview: Dr. Lisa Fischman, the newly appointed Ruth G. Shapiro Director of the Davis Museum

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:30:48 -0400

Normal 0 false false false

“Lightning Thief” film confuses with clichéd plot

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:33:53 -0400

By: Anna Belkin '12

'Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and rdquo; was a little disappointing. and nbsp; A boy finds out his whole life has been a lie, discovers he has super powers and has to attend a special school to cultivate them. and nbsp; Sound famil...

Community art to promote campus sustainability

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:30:05 -0400

Artist Amanda Nelsen works on a new bookbinding art installation for the Science Center called Paperworks....

“Something Like Fireworks” illuminates the Davis

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:55:29 -0400

A new light and sound installation is up and running in the Davis Museum. Something like Fireworks glows with lights of different colors and washes the viewer in soothing sound....

Awaken the Dawn sings, sermonizes

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:31:08 -0400

By: Remy Cawley ’13

A capella group Awaken the Dawn hosts Boston College's Against the Current in a night of song....

Geronimo! Hit British television show "Doctor Who" returns

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:24:36 -0400

Doctor Who and nbsp;returns after a year long hiatus with a new doctor, new companion, new TARDIS and new production team....

Upstage’s last production reflects on loss and memory

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:20:29 -0500

By: TIFFANY LAM ’13

The profoundly tentative lines between life and death and love and memory were explored in 'Eurydice, and rdquo; the final installment of Wellesley College's 2009-2010 Upstage Series. and nbsp;Those who expected a straightforward adaptation with draped tu...

A wilder Girl Talk concert rocks the House of Blues

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:57:23 -0500

One rough night at a Girl Talk concert in Boston made this writer grateful for Wellesley...

Tomb 10A unveils hidden Egyptian artifacts at MFA

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:45:07 -0500

By: Calin Brown ’13

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston recently opened The Secrets of Tomb 10A, an exhibition displaying artifacts from the tomb of Djehutynakht, the governor of Deir-el-Bersha province in 2000 BC Egypt....

ARTS 101: The art of faking it

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:37:24 -0500

By: HOLLY BOLAND ’12

and nbsp;When I was a kid, I always thought that when people kissed in plays or movies, it had to be fake. and nbsp;So what is real? Are there special acting techniques?...

NBC’s “Parenthood” balances comedy and drama

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:19:33 -0500

By: JANE DOMINO ’12

The second TV show to be based on the 1989 film of the same name, and nbsp;'Parenthood, and rdquo; which premiered earlier this month, effectively mixes drama and comedy while exploring the difficulties of parenthood....