This past weekend, on Oct. 2, The Princeton University Art Museum hosted a children's talk titled "How to Paint with Ketchup," which was delivered by a recently retired docent, Hank Segal.
Two students make casual conversation as they pass a postered lampost:"Have you seen the new play at the McCarter?" he asks."No," she answers."I really want to," she continues."I hope I have time to see it," she adds."Because I really want to see it," she emphasizes."I wish I had more time," she mutters.
On my way to meet Ruby Pan I wondered what exactly qualifies as a "big voice." I expected a low-pitched richness at a fast pace ? Judi Dench meets Whoopi Goldberg.
This week, I asked my girlfriends what they want in a guy. Responses ranged from the predictable, "confidence," to the slightly less predictable, "cologne.""Colette," a senior, has lots of requirements for potential suitors.
Freshmen are still reeling from the new activities and changes the last three weeks have offered.
It's your senior year. It's bound to happen: That fearful night when, suddenly, the Street no longer holds its old allure.
The Sahara Hotnights took the stage at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey around 10:30 p.m., kicking off their blistering 30-minute set with "Who Do You Dance For?," the first track off the band's third and latest full-length album, "Kiss & Tell." They blazed through nearly all of their hits, including the absurdly catchy "Hot Night Crash," (the first single off "Kiss & Tell), the high-octane and anthemic "Alright, Alright" and "On Top of Your World," as well as the ethereal garage rock homage "Quite A Feeling."The show at Maxwell's is one of many solo concerts the Sahara Hotnights will be performing all over the country on their current tour with Phantom Planet."I like playing to younger people, 'cause they enjoy the music so much.
If you're one of the prosperous few that can afford to subscribe to TigerTV's Total Tiger Movie Package, perhaps you ought to have tuned in to HBO last Sunday night for the season finale of "Def Poetry Jam." Well, even if you missed it, you'll still have the chance to see Joe Hernandez-Kolski '96's performance in the early hours of the morning for the rest of this week."Def Poetry Jam" is currently in its fourth season and continues to provide a forum for the less publicized strands within the larger hip-hop movement."I feel that hip-hop is a blessing to our youth and this generation," said Hernandez-Kolski, an active Theatre Intime member during his time on campus, "and it's my goal to do my part to keep it vibrant.""Def Poetry Jam" highlights the verbal elements of hip-hop in unconventional ways and is able to provide a more attentive focus on aspects of the art form that sometimes fall by the wayside in media coverage, a focus Hernandez-Kolski sees as crucial to the balance between commercial and artistic goals for hip-hop artists.Hernandez-Kolski is a half-Mexican, half-Polish, Chicago native with a penchant for hip-hop, though he says it wasn't always this way.
An hour and a half of hectic night driving. 30 minutes navigating Greenwich Village streets attempting to shave a few bucks off the $21 that parking eventually cost me.
Sometimes, it's necessary to state the obvious in order to fully appreciate its truth. So here goes: Princeton is a bastion of overachievers.
The Program in Theater and Dance at 185 Nassau Street opens the fall season this Thursday with a special guest and old acquaintance from Philadelphia: The Pig Iron Theatre Company.An up-and-coming ensemble that's been performing for the last 10 years on local as well as international stages, Pig Iron is best known for its emphasis on physicality.
Shopping in Princeton can be a daunting task. The beginning of the year finds many students scrounging about for dorm-room furniture, clothes or a bike to get them to precept on time.
Walking through New York's Soho neighborhood, it's hard to argue that the starving artist-bohemian lifestyle exists today in urban America.
Zhang Yimou ("Huoze," or "To Live," and "Wo De Fu Qin Mu Qin," or "The Road Home") is widely recognized as the great Chinese director of the moment.
The life of a model is not easy. There are photo shoots, strict diets and, of course, the price of celebrity.
Word. A short stroll from campus is the Christian bookstore at 240 Nassau Street. It is conveniently located by the Ivy Garden and Thai Village, though the recent name change from Wilson's Books to Wilson House is significant, as you will find enough refreshment ? both physical and spiritual ? inside the coffee house-cum-bookstore-cum-home.
First the bad news: when I asked Lisa Brock, owner of Zoe boutique, about the fashion must-haves for this fall, she burst out laughing and wondered aloud, "Do we have any left!?" Now the good news: the expansion of Princeton's trendy boutique this winter should spare future shoppers the fear of missing out on the new line of Paper Denims or that Juicy sweatshirt.Since Zo
What politically-minded college student wouldn't be interested in a humorous drama centered on sex, scandal and "spin"? "Fair Game" ? the current Theatre Intime production showing from Sept.
It has become an annual rite of autumn along with the start of school and the fall of the leaves.
Act IThe spotlight snapped off. The spotlight snapped on.Laura, the redheaded queen of drama, glared into its good eye.
