Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Speech & Debate Friday to Sunday, Apr. 3-5 140 Clarendon St. Is your favorite movie “Election”? Get a ticket to this dark high school comedy. The Lyric Stage company tells the story of three teenagers in a scandal’s aftermath, dealing with growing pains. www.lyricstage.com Down2Earth: Friday, Apr. 3, 5 to 9 p.m. Hynes Convention Center […]
Anything Goes: Friday to Sunday, Apr. 3-5, 8 p.m. Shapiro Campus Theater Feel like a laugh and didn’t find April Fool’s Day to be funny? Then, check out the Hillel Theater Group’s comedic musical about the hijinks and happenings on a cruiseliner travelling from NY to London. Hecuba: Friday to Sunday, Apr. 3-5, 8 p.m […]
Pinter, by definition, is a man’s playwright. His works offer many creative, well-rounded opportunities for male actors to work in his world—to develop worthwhile characters, so to speak. However, as Olivia Mell ’09 stated in the program, “the female is diminished, not evolved, and she fights a constant battle against submission within her domestic universe.” […]
The first time I met Benazir Bhutto is a wonderful memory that I can never forget. She was the first ever woman prime minister of a Muslim country. And what a lovely New England autumn day it was. I fondly remember how she looked at the blue sky and the red-orange leaves and said “this […]
I grew up with cartoons. As a kid, I was so fond of moving pictures on my TV screen that I would snub any entertainment with real people in it. My current ethical foundation is based on whatever morals TV networks could pack into individual half-hour episodes throughout my childhood, save a few commercials in […]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau once noted that even if the ancient Athenians were wrong to put Socrates to death, at least it meant that they took his ideas seriously. This is the eternal dilemma I carry with me whenever I’m in the presence of the members of Students for a Democratic Society. It’s not just that they […]
One of the most recognizable female lead singers in the past few years, at least in alt-rock circles, has been Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, whose ferocious bite and live show to match have provided much of the band’s propulsive force since the release of “Fever to Tell,” their debut album. That same […]
Males from the age of eighteen to twenty-four do not exactly comprise the hardest demographic to satisfy when it comes to movies. We don’t ask for much. Whether it is an action movie filled with explosions or a comedy loaded with bathroom humor, our group as a whole knows what we like. We (I use […]
