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"The eternal feminine leads us on." So concluded Johann Wolfgang von Goethe his dramatic masterpiece, Faust, knowing full well that not only would future art reflect this timeless truth through a variety of media, but also that such a pronouncement expresses the psychic essence of artistic creation itself.Guido Contini, the protagonist of "Nine", is an artist of a very public and practical type ? and therefore one more acutely oppressed by the world in the form of its everyday trials and demands.

NEWS | 11/05/2003

Off the beaten track: composers reinterpret old music

Off the beaten track: composers reinterpret old music

This article may perhaps be better titled, "Beating the track off", for on one Thursday evening, I found myself stomping (quietly) on the fields of the Institute of Advanced Studies to frighten the crickets into silence.

NEWS | 10/15/2003

As exams approach, the 'Prince' provides a guide to Princeton's coffee shops for students seeking caffeine

Although the year has just started, Princeton students already seem to be inundated with a such volume of work that it seems difficult for any person to complete.

NEWS | 10/15/2003

'Sex on Broadway': '07 ingenues star in salacious musical show

When Julia Cain '07 called Monday's rehearsal into session, some t-shirts and shoes were shed, revealing tight black leotards and jazz shoes that then littered the floor of the Wilcox Black Box Theater. Some amount of stripping is involved for the freshman revue "Sex on Broadway," a risqué cabaret with show-stopping numbers from "Chicago," "My Fair Lady," "The King and I," "Pippin" and "Damn Yankees," just to name a few of the favorites these newbies have been rehearsing.

NEWS | 10/15/2003

Tang '04

Penelope Tang '04 attributes her love of the visual arts, design and "craft in general," as she puts it, to genetics.

NEWS | 10/15/2003

Hard rock band Fuel loses momentum with new album 'Natural Selection'

For its entire existence Fuel has been content fitting snugly into the radio-friendly hard rock genre.

NEWS | 10/15/2003

'Laramie Project' returns to Intime this weekend

In 1998, a tragedy of violence and brutality catapulted Laramie, Wyoming, the prototypical American small town, into the national spotlight.

NEWS | 10/15/2003

'Matchstick Men' surprises public with unexpected twist

The "caper" genre of film is one of the most successfully formulaic in modern cinema. Typically, these films tell the story of a loveable and charming conman or thief who is seen for his true good, despite his crimes, and pulls off a spectacular heist or swindle, narrowly avoiding the grasps of corrupt police officers or crooked victims of his crime who chase to protagonist throughout the story.

NEWS | 10/15/2003

Small band, Wellwater Conspiracy debuts its new, self-titled album as its fan base grows

Wellwater Conspiracy, a little-known group with big-name members, has always promised and delivered unpredictability.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Book Review: 'Carmen's Rust' by Ana Maria del Rio

September marked two important dates for opponents of repression. Banned Books Week, held September 20-27, celebrated the right of authors to speak without censorship.September 11 marked the 30th anniversary of the rise to power of General Augusto Pinochet, a Chilean dictator accused by Amnesty International of overseeing countless "[civilian] 'disappearances,' extrajudicial killings and acts of torture" during his 17-year reign.On this date Overlook Press released a new English translation of "Carmen's Rust," a Chilean novel that attacks Pinochet's government under the guise of a tale of family dysfunction.When Ana Maria del Rio wrote "Carmen's Rust" in 1976, she was living in Pinochet's Chile, where criticizing the government could lead to torture or execution.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Princeton's pizza places reviewed

And the winner of the all-around best pizza joint in Princeton is . . . yet to be determined.Although no best in show could be chosen in good conscience, the three pizza restaurants surveyed ? Old World Pizza at 242 Nassau St., Pizza Star at 301 North Harrison St.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

George Clinton: A funk legend to visit Quad

Instead of the usual mélange of DJ Bob, top-40 hits and Bon Jovi, this Saturday funkadelic grooves will pervade the Street as George Clinton performs in the backyard of Quadrangle Club, in an event sponsored by the USG and Charter, Colonial, Campus, Terrace and Quadrangle Clubs.Doors will open at 6 p.m.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Prices rise for some student events

Tickets for student events on campus are now subject to a $4.75 fee if they are ordered over the phone or on-line, according to the Theatre~Intime website.A switch to a new centralized ticketing system organized by the outside company tickets.com this year unifies the box offices among Intime, Frist, Richardson, Program in Theatre and Dance events, athletics and the Performing Arts Council.This centralization allows patrons to buy tickets for any ? or all ? events at any of the box offices on campus.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Aesop Rock to play at Terrace Club next Wednesday

Princeton, you're in for a treat on October 15th ? Aesop Rock, one of New York's most happening hip-hop artists, is coming to town to perform at Terrace Club.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

El Greco exhibit opens at the Metropolitan Museum

Although the name Domenikos Theotokopoulos may not ring a bell, for over a century now, the name El Greco by which he is more commonly known, has conjured up images of drawn out figures and intense spirituality.Acknowledged as one of the geniuses of western art, this 16th century artist is recognized for work marked by a unique fusion of various influences from his contemporaneous environment and a radically progressive artistic vision. Tradition, innovative styleNow, for the first time in over 20 years, a broad retrospective of the El Greco's work, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, divulges both the tradition that inspired the artist and the resulting innovative style associated with the name El Greco.The highly anticipated exhibition is arranged geographically, tracing the journey of the artist's life and art with approximately 70 works that highlight the stylistic peculiarities picked up by El Greco along his way through Crete, Italy and Spain.The exhibition touches on various genre, among them rare icons, sculpture, altarpieces, portraits and landscapes but focuses on his monumental paintings, whose distinguishing mystical quality indicates El Greco's signature style.Also incorporated in the exhibition is information on the deep-seated impact he had on such modern artists as Picasso and Pollock, suggesting El Greco as an artist ahead of his time.The exhibition opens with several of El Greco's recently identified works done in the Byzantine icon tradition of lare 16th century Crete.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

International dance festival debuts in Frist

At 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, the Frist Film and Performance Theater was alive with the sound of music.

NEWS | 10/08/2003

Whitney museum's 'American Effect' exhibit opens

Entering the "America Effect: Global Perspectives on the United States, 1990-2003," a new exhibit at the Whitney Museum, one immediately encounters a bright, gleaming portrait of New York City's Sept.

NEWS | 10/01/2003

Dave Matthews Band rocks Central Park

"It's nice to run into you in the park here ? the greatest park in the world in the middle of the greatest city in the world," Dave Matthews said to the crowd of 100,000 fans near the beginning of his band's Sept.

NEWS | 10/01/2003

From Princeton student to major Hollywood producer: Stephens '64 follows his gut instinct to the silver screen

Who would have thought that a graduating English major with a minor in American Civilization would someday become an award-winning independent Hollywood producer?

NEWS | 10/01/2003

No place under the sun for new romantic flick starring Lane

In one of the tritest examples of a sub-genre that comprises platitudes gathered from the most clichéd chic-flicks of all time, "Under the Tuscan Sun" brilliantly dodges all possible relation to reality.In her second directing-writing combination Audrey Wells ("Guinevere") bores the audience to tears in the overly-romanticized story of a middle-aged woman, Frances (Diane Lane of "Unfaithful" and "The Perfect Storm"), whose whims lead her to construct an idealized and impossible life in beautiful Tuscany.Saving the film from utter disaster is the irresistible natural beauty of the Tuscan landscape and the accompanying technical competence of cinematographer Geoffrey Simpson ("Little Women" and "Fried Green Tomatoes"), as well as the humor evoked by the utter absurdity of the film's self-serious gushing blather.After losing her adulterous husband, Frances takes a "romantic" trip to Tuscany on the advice of her best friend Patti (Sandra Oh of "Arli$$" and "Full Frontal"). While in Tuscany, she buys a shambolic Tuscan villa on a whim from a dashing, younger-male real-estate agent who immediately is taken by her.Frances goes on to work and enjoy a series of bizarre and ridiculous miracles that only a film designed to appeal to the fantasies of middle-aged women could conscience.

NEWS | 10/01/2003

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