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Seuls en Scène 2022 presents Traces: My experience with French theater

Seuls en Scène 2022 presents Traces: My experience with French theater

Regina Roberts

“Although it was slow, it made every word I read, heard, and felt even more meaningful.” The Princeton French Theater Festival returns with its twelfth annual performance, “Traces.”

“Although it was slow, it made every word I read, heard, and felt even more meaningful.” The Princeton French Theater Festival returns with its twelfth annual performance, “Traces.”

THE PROSPECT | September 27

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Award-winning filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi visits Princeton

Award-winning filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi visits Princeton

Tyler Wilson

“Hamaguchi is not afraid. He dives in head first.” On Friday, September 23rd, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi spoke at Princeton’s Fall 2022 Bellknap Global Conversation as part of ‘Conversations,’ a weeklong celebration of Hamaguchi’s films involving a series of workshops for students and screenings of his recent work at the Garden Theater.

“Hamaguchi is not afraid. He dives in head first.” On Friday, September 23rd, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi spoke at Princeton’s Fall 2022 Bellknap Global Conversation as part of ‘Conversations,’ a weeklong celebration of Hamaguchi’s films involving a series of workshops for students and screenings of his recent work at the Garden Theater.

THE PROSPECT | September 26

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To witness ‘The Thunder of the Present’: A thrilling encounter with the vocal music of today

To witness ‘The Thunder of the Present’: A thrilling encounter with the vocal music of today

Jack Gallahan

“As I listened, I caught a few glimpses of this euphoric realm, where the physicality of musical expression is fully embraced — where music is not only something we do, but something we are.” Contributing Prospect Writer Jack Gallahan reviews Princeton Sound Kitchen’s latest performance, “New Works for Voice.”

“As I listened, I caught a few glimpses of this euphoric realm, where the physicality of musical expression is fully embraced — where music is not only something we do, but something we are.” Contributing Prospect Writer Jack Gallahan reviews Princeton Sound Kitchen’s latest performance, “New Works for Voice.”

THE PROSPECT | September 26

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The mysterious case of a Persian polymath in the Princeton University Chapel

The mysterious case of a Persian polymath in the Princeton University Chapel

David Chmielewski

“How can we wrap our heads around this singular place for Islam in the overwhelmingly Christian imagery of the Chapel?” Guest contributor David Chmielewski reflects on the significance of a stained glass window depicting the Muslim Abu Bakr al-Razi in the Princeton University Chapel.

“How can we wrap our heads around this singular place for Islam in the overwhelmingly Christian imagery of the Chapel?” Guest contributor David Chmielewski reflects on the significance of a stained glass window depicting the Muslim Abu Bakr al-Razi in the Princeton University Chapel.

THE PROSPECT | September 25

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Nassau Street welcomes slate of new restaurants

Nassau Street welcomes slate of new restaurants

Stephenie Chen

With a new academic year, comes new restaurants sprouting around Princeton. Here are a few that have recently opened (or are soon to open!) in town, just in time for that time of year when you start craving something — anything — other than dining hall food.

With a new academic year, comes new restaurants sprouting around Princeton. Here are a few that have recently opened (or are soon to open!) in town, just in time for that time of year when you start craving something — anything — other than dining hall food.

THE PROSPECT | September 23

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Famed playwright Tom Stoppard on art-making in a vexed era

Famed playwright Tom Stoppard on art-making in a vexed era

Isabella Dail

“Art is a kind of denial of the physical world, and the political world is the physical world,” Tom Stoppard said.

“Art is a kind of denial of the physical world, and the political world is the physical world,” Tom Stoppard said.

THE PROSPECT | September 23

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One tree over a changing campus

One tree over a changing campus

José Pablo Fernández García

“Somehow, already, the Princeton I applied to and the one I first came to know feel a world apart from the Princeton slowly being built around us.”

“Somehow, already, the Princeton I applied to and the one I first came to know feel a world apart from the Princeton slowly being built around us.”

THE PROSPECT | September 22

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At the solitary table

At the solitary table

José Pablo Fernández García

“It felt like too perfect a contrast to my situation, enjoying a day of my own design and full of what I favored in life, but still on my own.”

“It felt like too perfect a contrast to my situation, enjoying a day of my own design and full of what I favored in life, but still on my own.”

THE PROSPECT | September 18

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Before the bubble bursts

Before the bubble bursts

José Pablo Fernández García

“But somehow, at the end of 70 minutes of songs and scenes that aim to distill this club and this school into laughter and song, ‘Orange Bubble’ hits me more with the emotional than the comedic: I think of how much I love this school.”

“But somehow, at the end of 70 minutes of songs and scenes that aim to distill this club and this school into laughter and song, ‘Orange Bubble’ hits me more with the emotional than the comedic: I think of how much I love this school.”

THE PROSPECT | September 8

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Sexpert: Finding love in college

Sexpert: Finding love in college

The Sexpert

The Sexpert is back! In this month’s column, they tackle the trials and tribulations of dating in college and give some advice on how to approach relationships as a first-year student.

The Sexpert is back! In this month’s column, they tackle the trials and tribulations of dating in college and give some advice on how to approach relationships as a first-year student.

THE PROSPECT | September 7

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DISPATCH | Living for the day: Paris, Part Two

DISPATCH | Living for the day: Paris, Part Two

José Pablo Fernández García

“Here I was, living a life once-imagined. I have the card to prove it.” In the second installment of a two-part series, Head Editor José Pablo Fernández García chronicles his summer in Paris, reflecting on how to define one’s present and future self.

“Here I was, living a life once-imagined. I have the card to prove it.” In the second installment of a two-part series, Head Editor José Pablo Fernández García chronicles his summer in Paris, reflecting on how to define one’s present and future self.

THE PROSPECT | September 6

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‘Not like light from dead stars’: Russian, piano, & life leading up to brain surgery

‘Not like light from dead stars’: Russian, piano, & life leading up to brain surgery

Ellen Li

“But could it be that literature is all there is — not just as in poems and novels, but as in expression by means of language?”

“But could it be that literature is all there is — not just as in poems and novels, but as in expression by means of language?”

THE PROSPECT | September 1

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Why you shouldn't take classes on Wednesdays

Why you shouldn't take classes on Wednesdays

Gabriel Robare

“I’m focusing this semester on defending my free time and defending my personal goals.”

“I’m focusing this semester on defending my free time and defending my personal goals.”

THE PROSPECT | August 30

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DISPATCH | The day I stopped: on dreams, healing, and what we take with us

DISPATCH | The day I stopped: on dreams, healing, and what we take with us

Anika Buch

“Where I was from wouldn’t matter if I was good at what I did — that’s what I told myself eight years ago. But time moves forward, and so did I.”

“Where I was from wouldn’t matter if I was good at what I did — that’s what I told myself eight years ago. But time moves forward, and so did I.”

THE PROSPECT | August 30

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DISPATCH | I still see it all: Paris, Part One

DISPATCH | I still see it all: Paris, Part One

José Pablo Fernández García

“I’m trying to describe it with words, but I would have to be an Impressionist essayist to truly write the light in Paris and Princeton.” Head Editor José Pablo Fernández García chronicles his summer learning and taking in the sights of Paris.

“I’m trying to describe it with words, but I would have to be an Impressionist essayist to truly write the light in Paris and Princeton.” Head Editor José Pablo Fernández García chronicles his summer learning and taking in the sights of Paris.

THE PROSPECT | August 30

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DISPATCH | Talking to strangers

DISPATCH | Talking to strangers

Kerrie Liang

“For my entire life, I have lived by the saying, ‘Don’t speak unless spoken to.’ But the past two months of talking to strangers have allowed me to learn, empathize, and connect with others in a way that I would never have experienced otherwise.”

“For my entire life, I have lived by the saying, ‘Don’t speak unless spoken to.’ But the past two months of talking to strangers have allowed me to learn, empathize, and connect with others in a way that I would never have experienced otherwise.”

THE PROSPECT | August 16

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On the tenth August 2nd

On the tenth August 2nd

José Pablo Fernández García

“I learn so many things. I learn how to avoid, and I learn how to confront. I learn how to embrace, and I learn how to expunge. And I learn to leave August 2 open on my calendar.”

“I learn so many things. I learn how to avoid, and I learn how to confront. I learn how to embrace, and I learn how to expunge. And I learn to leave August 2 open on my calendar.”

THE PROSPECT | August 2

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DISPATCH | The Simple Suds of Midtown Manhattan

DISPATCH | The Simple Suds of Midtown Manhattan

Gia Musselwhite

“A lot has changed since those nights. I’ve grown, my mom’s grown, and our relationship has grown more complicated, as mother-daughter relationships often do.”

“A lot has changed since those nights. I’ve grown, my mom’s grown, and our relationship has grown more complicated, as mother-daughter relationships often do.”

THE PROSPECT | August 2

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DISPATCH | Looking ahead to a move-in redo

DISPATCH | Looking ahead to a move-in redo

Sidney Singer

“Princeton, in many different ways, both mentally and physically, changed me.”

“Princeton, in many different ways, both mentally and physically, changed me.”

THE PROSPECT | August 2

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DISPATCH | Taking the leap: Traveling across the country alone to LA

DISPATCH | Taking the leap: Traveling across the country alone to LA

Claire Shin

“This summer was filled with things I was uncomfortable doing, some of which I went into willingly and some I didn’t, but, regardless, I don’t regret taking the 2789-mile leap from home to the unknown.”

“This summer was filled with things I was uncomfortable doing, some of which I went into willingly and some I didn’t, but, regardless, I don’t regret taking the 2789-mile leap from home to the unknown.”

THE PROSPECT | July 19