Arts

Anti-Racist Reading Review: Between the World and Me

Anti-Racist Reading Review: Between the World and Me

Alex Gjaja

In the first installment of The Prospect's Anti-Racist Reading Reviews, Alex Gjaja reads Ta-Nehisi Coates’s profound work Between the World and Me in the context of 2020, reflecting on the visceral violence of racism and the lessons Coates's text offers to universities and university students.

THE PROSPECT | 07/30/2020

Lewis Center awards Hodder Fund grants to 10 artists for the 2020-21 academic year

Lewis Center awards Hodder Fund grants to 10 artists for the 2020-21 academic year

Cameron Lee

Recipients of Hodder grants must continue to produce work, “making the most of their creative potential.”

THE PROSPECT | 06/25/2020

Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als selected as inaugural Presidential Visiting Scholar for 2020–2021

Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als selected as inaugural Presidential Visiting Scholar for 2020–2021

Paige Allen

The University recently named Pulitzer Prize-winning theater critic and writer Hilton Als an inaugural Presidential Visiting Scholar for the 2020–2021 academic year.

THE PROSPECT | 06/23/2020

Davis, Smith announced as U. Arts Fellows for 2020-22

Sreesha Ghosh

The Arts Fellows program at the University provides support for early-career artists who have demonstrated both extraordinary promise and a record of achievement in their fields with the opportunity to further their work while teaching within a liberal arts context.

THE PROSPECT | 04/30/2020

In conversation with Trenton seniors: The importance of music and the arts

In conversation with Trenton seniors: The importance of music and the arts

Cameron Lee

As we search for ways to keep ourselves entertained while sequestered within our homes, we have become increasingly dependent on art. However, not everyone can easily engage with the arts, as participation demands a high premium, particularly for the performing arts, such as classical music and ballet. For Trenton Youth Orchestra students, Princeton’s closure means a loss of both music and a vibrant community. Their reflections remind us of the importance of the arts, particularly during trying times.

THE PROSPECT | 04/28/2020

Queueing Up Some Quarantunes: Prospect Recommendations, Week Three [Spotify Playlists]

Daily Princetonian Staff

Living in a global pandemic leaves you with little to do to keep yourself entertained. To help combat impending boredom, Prospect has launched a series in which our Staff recommend content and creative outlets to keep you occupied while you’re stuck in your home. This week, our writers and editors curated some fabulous playlists for you to jam out to during studying. Here are the songs we recommend that you listen to during quarantine.

THE PROSPECT | 04/23/2020

‘A Strange Story’: The Love Song of T. Stearns Eliot

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‘A Strange Story’: The Love Song of T. Stearns Eliot

Zach Sahin

It’s quite the experience delving into the relationship between Eliot and Hale, mixed with a tingling of happiness and giddiness, laughter, bits of intelligence and wisdom, and of course romping about in the sentiment and longing that such a tragic love story can cause.

THE PROSPECT | 04/15/2020

Quarantine and chill: Prospect recommendations, week one [shows to stream]

Living in a global pandemic leaves you with little to do to keep yourself entertained. To help combat impending boredom, Prospect has launched a series in which our staff recommend content and creative outlets to keep you occupied while you’re stuck in your home. This week, our writers and editors watched a variety of awesome shows on multiple streaming services. Here’s what we recommend you watch during quarantine.

THE PROSPECT | 04/09/2020

Womanhood, Love, and the Gaze in ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

Womanhood, Love, and the Gaze in ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

Paige Allen

Currently showing at the Princeton Garden Theatre, Céline Sciamma’s latest film “Portrait de la jeune fille en feu” (translated as “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”) explores the dialectics of artist/subject, love/beloved, and viewer/viewed, presenting them as fluid and reciprocal. In the act of viewing, the film posits, oneself is viewed.

THE PROSPECT | 03/10/2020

Photographing Raqs: Exploring a new artistic challenge

Zoya Amir Gauhar

Beyond just the mechanical elements of photography, such as shutter speed, ISO, and aperture, I had to look at how I, the photographer, chose to present the art I was capturing.

THE PROSPECT | 03/04/2020

USG Movie Review: ‘The Social Network’

Sreesha Ghosh

Today, I have aspirations of being a screenwriter — and Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Network’ is precisely the reason why.

THE PROSPECT | 02/25/2020

Q&A with comedian Zach Zimmerman ’10

José Pablo Fernández García

A stand-up comedian who has recently performed at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and is about to embark on his 2020 Gay But Not Too Fabulous national tour, Zimmerman discussed his journey as a performing artist and the Princeton experience.

THE PROSPECT | 02/23/2020

The bittersweet paradox of ‘Parasite’ and the Oscars

Cameron Lee

A closer examination of the politics of “Parasite” and its Oscar success reveals the extremity of Western culture’s global influence and Hollywood’s domination of the film industry, and it inadvertently sets a standard for foreign countries that desire inclusion in the glamour and prestige of the Academy Awards.

THE PROSPECT | 02/20/2020

“Women in Film” features in special installation of Black Maria Film Festival

“Women in Film” features in special installation of Black Maria Film Festival

Noa Wollstein

Screened at the James Stewart theater, the short films ranged across documentary, animation and experimental genres. Despite the stylistic diversity, all four works explored time, particularly in relation to family and the complications of intergenerational relationships.

THE PROSPECT | 02/17/2020

'Sister Mok-rahn' elevates artists of East Asian descent through story of North Korean defector

'Sister Mok-rahn' elevates artists of East Asian descent through story of North Korean defector

Paige Allen

The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater will present the first full English-language production of “Sister Mok-rahn,” a critically acclaimed contemporary Korean play written by Eunsung Kim and translated by Dayoung Jeong. The production is the senior thesis project of Jenny Kim ’20, who provided dramaturgy, lighting design, and set design, while Carol Lee ’20 plays the title character, Jo Mok-rahn.

NEWS | 02/13/2020

Between fiction and reality: a review of Frankenstein at McCarter Theatre

Between fiction and reality: a review of Frankenstein at McCarter Theatre

Isabel Griffith-Gorgati

Matthews Theatre transforms into a haunted playground for humans and monsters alike. There is no telling who or what might suddenly leap from a balcony or crawl out from under the floor.

THE PROSPECT | 11/18/2019

Tiger Confessions' fantastic evolution towards live performance

Tiger Confessions' fantastic evolution towards live performance

José Pablo Fernández García

Spann said she was open to holding future evenings of live Tiger Confessions, so long as the demand is there for it. I, for one, would be very excited to see where these ideas lead, as “Tiger Confessions: An Evening of Song and Dramatic Reading” was a wonderful way to blow off some steam at the end of a week of classes and enjoy the start of the weekend.

THE PROSPECT | 10/15/2019

Princeton conservator Bart Devolder shares a vision for the Art Museum

Isabel Griffith-Gorgati

On May 2, Princeton University Art Museum’s conservator, Bart J.C. Devolder, delivered this year’s Friends Annual Mary Pitcairn Keating Lecture: “A New Day for Art Conservation at the Art Museum.” During his talk, Devolder outlined the past, present, and future of conservation at the museum, shedding light on his own role in this trajectory.

THE PROSPECT | 05/09/2019

Review: Dudamel closes out residency with a sprinkling of magical dust at Shakespearean-inspired afternoon

Review: Dudamel closes out residency with a sprinkling of magical dust at Shakespearean-inspired afternoon

Albert Jiang

For the hundreds of audience members present that afternoon, the maestro had delivered a generous helping of magical pixie dust, an awe-inspiring closure to a whirlwind residency that did not disappoint.

THE PROSPECT | 05/02/2019

Review: diSiac drips with confidence

Isabel Griffith-Gorgati

diSiac excels at pulling off choreography that appears so fluid and impulsive that it’s hard to believe it’s choreographed at all.

THE PROSPECT | 04/18/2019

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