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Archive for February 14th, 2014

Sex, drugs, and classical music

Sex, drugs and classical music are three terms not often used together. Yet Amazon emblazons all three across their promo for their new video pilot, “Mozart in the Jungle,” making for a surprisingly stellar show. “Mozart in the Jungle” hinges the on the New York classical music scene, arguably the highest echelon of classical music. […]


Visiting professor explores haunting Jewish photography

On Monday, Feb. 10, David Shneer, a professor at the University of Colorado, gave a distinctive insight into perceptions of the Holocaust through photos. The event titled “Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War, and the Holocaust,” was named after Shneer’s book published in 2011. Students, adults and people from the Waltham area attended the event, […]


Hooked on Tap delivers strong performance

Last Sunday, the SCC was clattering away with a room full of tap dancers, with a performance by Hooked on Tap. The show was about an hour long and was absolutely splendid. Being a tap dancer myself, I was inspired to get back into tap dancing after watching the show. Tap dancing may look like […]


Controversy over Hindu prayer space in Harlan Chapel lends to an uncertain future

Last week, on Thursday, Feb. 6, a ceremony was to be held in the Harlan Chapel to celebrate the opening of a Hindu prayer space at Brandeis. It was organized as an attempt to advocate interfaith understanding and to provide Hindu students with the convenient provision of a prayer space. The ceremony, titled “Murthi Sthapana” […]