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Twice a year, Lawnparties brings famous bands and some not-so-famous musical artists to Prospect Avenue. Whether they are up-and-coming, established, or washed-up artists, the selection of a Lawnparties act always causes a stir. This year, what are the stories of the artists playing at Lawnparties? Let Street be your guide –read about the acts coming to the eating clubs on Sunday, May 1 for Princeton University's biannual music festival.
Until the Instagram-worthy, 'Valencia'-filtered, joyful existence Millennials envision materializes, our generation could use all the advice thrown at us. Princeton French professor Christy Wampole wrote "The Other Serious," a book of essayspublished in July 2015 that strives to give advice to young people on how they should live their lives.The essays in "The Other Serious" explore defining themes of the Millennial generation, including Millennials' contradicting existences online and in private, exaggerated lives on social media, and materialism. The essays focus on a single question: “What should you do when you know what to do?” Street Senior Writer Victoria Scott contacted Wampole to talk about her book, the challenges the millennial generation faces, and the writing process.
The connection between an author and translator is an unusual one; both seek to tell the same story through different languages. That relationship is explored in Idra Novey's debut novel, "Ways to Disappear," which takes place in both the United States and Brazil, concerning the travels of an American translator attempting to find the author she translates, who has gone missing. Novey, a lecturer in Creative Writing at the Lewis Center for the Arts, is also an accomplished poet, having published the award-winning collections "Exit, Civilian" and "The Next Country." "Ways to Disappear" was published Feb. 9 and has garnered rave reviews from NPR, BBC and Buzzfeed. In this Q&A, Senior Writer Victoria Scott asked Professor Novey about her novel and her creative writing process through an email interview.The Daily Princetonian: What or who inspired your novel?Idra Novey: Writer-translator Anne Carson’s innovative novel "Autobiography of Red" was a source of inspiration, and also the experience of translating the Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector.DP: How did you begin the process of writing “Ways to Disappear”?IN: It started with the image of a woman disappearing with a cigar and a suitcase into a tree. One day I had to be several places at once and it occurred to me that climbing into a tree instead might be the best solution.DP: What's the most important aspect of the novel writing process?IN: I would say honesty. Honesty with oneself as a writer, honesty with one’s readers and emotional honesty as one moves from scene to scene.DP: How did your background in poetry play into your novel?IN: I deleted whole pages the way I would with a poem. If a scene didn’t surprise me and move the novel forward in an unexpected, compelling way I’d erase the whole scene and try something else entirely as poets often do with poems, and the length of the scenes, how image-driven they are, is probably also a result of coming to fiction from poetry.DP: How did you overcome writer’s block? (If you experienced it.)IN: Whenever I got stuck, I’d eat an entire bag of popcorn and then return to the last line I’d written that I felt good about and try to write from there. I often turn to popcorn when I have to figure something out. Maybe it’s the sound of it popping in the microwave, or the salty pleasure of eating it, but I find the whole ritual of popcorn makes many things feel easier to overcome.
“Unfamiliar Street” is a travel series in which we introduce you to streets from all around the world, far from the well-trod gravel of Prospect Avenue.Let’s jet across the pond to one of the most famous streets in London: Piccadilly. All right, maybe this street is not so unfamiliar if you know the famous roads of London, have played British monopoly or listened to the song “Good Life” by OneRepublic where the road is referenced within the first thirty-five seconds of the song. However, unless you’re staying at the Ritz Hotel in London or trying to catch the tube from either Green Park station or Piccadilly Circus station, chances are you don't know that much about Piccadilly. Don’t make the rookie mistake of confusing Piccadilly Road with Piccadilly Circus. As the names might suggest, the first is a straight line and the latter is a circle. Piccadilly Circus is a round, plaza-like space that connects Piccadilly Road and Regent Street.Named after the piccadills, stiff lace collars that Robert Baker sold on the street in the 1600s, Piccadilly, located in the borough of the City of Westminster, is now surrounded by other well-known locations, including Hyde Park and Mayfair. Piccadilly ranks with other famous London streets, such as Baker Street where the fictional character Sherlock Holmes resided, and Abbey Road, associated with the Beatles and their hit album of the same name.If you start at Hyde Park Corner and look to the right you’ll see an impressive stone monument, the Wellington Arch. The Wellington Arch is a hollow victory arch with three floors of exhibits commemorating the Duke of Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon. If you continue walking east you’ll notice that one side of the street is busy with people walking in and out of beautifully designed buildings. The other side of the street is relatively quiet with no buildings because it hugs Green Park. Before crossing the street to Green Park, a Royal Park of London, note that the Brits drive on the other side of the road and remember to look left (and right for good measure). There is much to explore in Green Park, but we will stay on Piccadilly for now.If you continue walking east you will begin to see plenty of business people descending below ground to the Green Park tube station. Everytime I visit London, this tube station is my starting and stopping point for exploring the city. The London Underground is the cleaner, friendlier, more efficient version of New York City’s subway system. Every morning during my stay, I bought a cup of tea from the nearest cafe and hopped on the tube at Green Park to any of the 270 stations around London.A two minute walk from the Green Park tube station takes you to The Royal Academy of Arts, part of the Burlington House, a private mansion now open to the public. The intricate stone architecture now serves as a center to enjoy and appreciate the visual arts through exhibitions, education, debates and other events open to the public. I went to the Jean-Etienne Liotard exhibition which closed on Jan. 31. Starting Jan. 30, however, and lasting until April 20 2016 is Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, an exhibition to explore to the role of gardens in the evolution of art.Just across the street from the Royal Academy is Fortnum and Mason, the most famous shop on Piccadilly, founded in 1707 by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason. Fortnum and Mason used to be an elite grocery shop until it was converted to an upmarket department store selling everything from luxury teas to kitchen appliances. In Fortnum and Mason, I sat at The Parlour for a glass of champagne and croissants. When The Parlour is closed, you can go to the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon on the fourth floor where you can enjoy a spot of afternoon tea.Piccadilly is one of London’s principal shopping streets with many famous shops and hotels, including the Ritz and Park Lane Hotels. With its beautiful architecture both old and modern, buildings that have stood since the 18th century such as Fortnum and Mason and newer buildings, Piccadilly serves as a reminder of London’s rich history.
Sociology professor Miguel Centeno’s course, SOC 250: The Western Way of War, is an iconic course on campus. While the class is listed as a Historical Analysis distribution requirement, The Western Way of War is not simply a history course: according to the course registrar, the class offers a “historical and analytical overview of war focusing on the origins and consequences of organized violence, the experience of battle, the creation and behavior of warriors and the future of such conflicts.”
Last week, “Bombay Velvet” showed at Princeton Garden Theatre as a Prof Picks movie. Street went behind the scenes with Gyan Prakash, a history professor as well as the film's screenwriter and the author of the book “Mumbai Fables.” In this interview, he shares his inspiration for the book, discusses his thoughts on the film and takes us through the screenwriting process.
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VTone hopes to make the city shine this weekend with its spring show “City Lights.”
Urban renewal transformed American cities in the 1960s and 1970s, and many prominent photographers documented those changes. The University Art Museum's special exhibition, “The City Lost and Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960–1980,” explores the cinematic responses and photographic art that characterized urban renewal and popular media in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles during this tumultuous time. The exhibition is a collaboration between University Art Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago and opened in Princeton on Feb. 21 after being featured at the Art Institute of Chicago. According to the University Art Museum website, this exhibition is the first project to capture an important shift in history through “photographic, cinematic and planning practices” based on evidence from the vibrant “streets, neighborhoods and seminal events in the country’s three largest cities.” In Chicago, the exhibition brought together many mediums of art, including slideshows, photo collages and artist books from over 30 collections across the United States and holdings from the Art Institute itself, according to the Art Institute of Chicagowebpage. At Princeton, the exhibition displays various works of art from the Princeton Library, the University Art Museum and other institutions.
The Princeton Women’s Mentorship Program was founded in the 2011-2012 school year — more than forty years after women were first admitted as undergraduate students to the University in 1969. The program was inspired by a March 2011 report by the Steering Committee onUndergraduate Women’s Leadership. Then-University President Shirley Tilghman created the committee in 2009 to explore the disparities between female and male undergraduates inside and outside the classroom and to understand how both perceive and achieve leadership and success. The 118-page report, which can be foundonline, concluded that women “consistently undersell themselves,” feel “pressured to behave in certain socially accepted ways,” are “outpacing men on our campus in academic achievement, except at the very highest levels” and ultimately “seek, and benefit from, affiliation with other women.”
The French Society is one of the newest student groups to be formed at Princeton. Its mission: to cultivate passion for all things French in the student body, from casual “Amélie”viewers to native speakers alike.
OnFriday, Feb. 20in the Mathey Common Room, the Princeton Association of African Students will be hosting its second annual fashion show. The theme of the show is Sankofa, or "the Awakening." The word "Sankofa" originates from the West African language Akan and literally means to “reach back and get it.” In modern America, Sankofa symbolizes pride for African heritage and the importance of learning from the past. The show will focus on celebrating African pride with performances from BAC, Ellipses Slam Team, Umqombothi, the Ethiopian Dance Group, models wearing traditional African clothing and traditional African cuisine.
Ever wanted a glimpse into the writers’ room of a critically acclaimed television series? This spring, Professor Lawrence Konner is teaching “CWR 345: The Writer's Room: Creating a Dramatic Series for the New Television,” which will offer exactly that. Students will pretend to be members of the writing staff for a television series and produce the framework for the subsequent episodes. The class will focus heavily on the writing process in an effort to create an effective script and show that would captivate viewers. Konner hopes the students will learn crucial writing techniques from this course.
Dance: PUB’s 'Winter Solstice'
Kovey Coles ’15 and Hawa Sako ’15 are a powerhouse duo of music production and composition. When Coles and Sako met four years ago at the end of their freshman years, they began collaborating with different beats and new sounds. Eventually, the pair formed their band, BROWNI.
Over the past week, USG has turned many heads — quite literally — with its latest campus movement: the Princeton Perspective Project. The project was organized by members of the USG, the Office of the Dean of the College and the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life. In support of the project’s campaign, many students have changed their Facebook profiles pictures to its trademark black-and-white, rotated photos that symbolize one of the project’s missions: to encourage students to look at themselves and others with a new “perspective.”
Musical: PUP’s “Little Shop of Horrors”If you liked the video game “Plants vs. Zombies,” you’lllove Princeton University Players’ musical featuring a plant with a zombie-like fondness for human flesh. In this Broadway classic, harmless nerd Seymour Krelborn(who worksin theMushnik’s Skid Row Florist Shop) discovers a mysterious plant with a not-so-harmless craving for blood. As Seymour’s crush on the shop assistant Audrey grows, so does the plant’s appetite. Tickets are on sale now, and this show only runs one weekend! Get your tickets before you get devoured by a monster plant (or before the last showon Saturdaynight)!