Poet, writer, teacher and Executive Director at Cave Canem Foundation Nicole Sealey, in her first book, lends clarity to such inscrutable topics as death, memory, love and loss. Constructing voices of drag queens (as in her “Legendary” poems), maintaining a fluid persona through ever-changing perspectives and often borrowing words and forms from other poets, she…
The Meaning of Life
It has become more and more difficult, as we’ve become more and more connected through technology, to simply leave the tech at home and let your communication be unmediated by any electronic middle-man. This is one of Associate Professor of English David McGlynn’s goals in his newest class, loftily titled “The Meaning of Life” –…
Appleton issues Class I Snow Emergency
The City of Appleton has declared a Class I Snow Emergency, beginning at 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 3 and remaining in effect until 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 5. During this period, there will be no overnight parking on city streets to allow for snow to be plowed. Students should move their vehicles from…
“Lynch on Lynch”: Intimacy and Ambiguity
“Lynch on Lynch,” a 322-page set of interviews conducted from 1993 through 2002 between Chris Rodley and director David Lynch, offers perhaps a more intimate, thorough view of Lynch than is provided by any other book, film, article, or even by observation of the man himself. In her review of the book, Martha P. Nochimson…
“Symphonic Dances” lights up Chapel
From 8 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, the Lawrence Memorial Chapel was filled with the wonderful, resonant sounds of Associate Professor of Music Anthony Padilla’s piano performance. The recital, entitled “Symphonic Dances,” featured orchestral transcriptions—either piano pieces arranged for orchestra, or orchestral pieces arranged for piano. Between each piece, Padilla provided the…
Film Review: “Hotel Chevalier”
With Midterm Reading Period in the past and finals looming in the not-so-distant future, I can imagine that many Lawrentians—myself included—do not always have quite enough time to sit through a feature-length film. Wes Anderson’s “Hotel Chevalier,” coming in at about 13 minutes and readily available on YouTube, can remedy a movie craving without taking…
Winter Carnival Concert showcases campus bands
On the night of Thursday, Feb. 2, the lights in the Mead-Witter room were dimmed, the couches lined up in front of a meager stage. Students trickled in, and by 8 p.m., most of the couches were filled for the first act of the Winter Carnival concert: MF Gritz. The group—composed of vocals, bass, drums,…
Wet Ink Ensemble defies expectations
Students gathered in Harper Hall on Friday Jan. 27 to hear Wet Ink, a New-York based experimental music ensemble. Many of those in attendance whom I talked to were unsure what to expect. Personally, I did not expect what I received. Wet Ink utilizes instruments: flute, violin, piano, saxophone and voice, namely, to their full…
Film Review: “Shin Godzilla”
Between 2014’s “Godzilla” and the upcoming “Godzilla: King of Monsters,” I am glad to see a Kaiju film that embraces the spirit of its ancestors. “Shin Godzilla,” directed by Hideaki Anno, is low-budget, compared to its American-made counterparts, and it does not act like it is not. The effects are not top-tier and the story…
Film Review: “Fargo”
It is rare to see the mundane meet the thrilling and the sweet meet the sinister in a way that is as satisfactorily uncomfortable, darkly humorous and oddly heartwarming as is “Fargo.” The film thrives off of the contrasts it creates. In typical Coen brothers style, the directors play with the limits of unconventionality: placing…
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