The upcoming summer away from Swarthmore means a rare window of reading books not dictated by sylabi. For those for whom sudden litereary freedom might be intimidating, here is a list of summer recommended reads followed by choice selections from Swarthmore English
Alex Anderson sits perfect postured on a stool, legs crossed so one knee sits over the other and his right foot bobs off the ground. His black leather shoe is clean of the red dust that covers the floor of his studio
As Part of The Film and Media Department’s Friday Symposium on the future of visual media, David Linde `82, former president of Focus Features and Chairman of Universal spoke this past Thursday night in Sci 101 about the economic future of the
This Thursday and Friday the Film and and Media Studies department will present a series of lectures, conversations, and demonstrations investigating the future of visual media influence through advances in technology. Visualizing Media Futures Symposium will bring six presenters to speak on
Dance-pop duo Disclosure clearly knows what they’re doing. The pair has successfully integrated the tropes of the UK’s underground dance music into poppier structures, allowing the band to break into the UK’s top-40 charts and set them on the precipice U.S. of
This past weekend’s performances of “The Maids” served as reminders that Honors Theater theses are one of the best-kept secrets within Swarthmore’s arts scene. These projects in acting and directing present an opportunity for Swatties to put on challenging and often deeply
For those who’ve pondered the conflicting sonics of contemporary and Renaissance woodwind compositions, Orchestra 2001, an ensemble for modern classical music, provided just the food for that particular thought in Lang Concert Hall this past Sunday. For those uninterested in the disparate
Patti Smith has had an amorphous career. Even before she published her National Book Award-winning memoir, “Just Kids,” in 2010, it always seemed salient to ask whether the artist was more of a musician or a poet. Now after her book’s publication
Early in The xx’s Sunday set at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory, Romy Madley Croft, the band’s guitarist and female vocalist paused between songs to say, “We finally made it.” She was referring to the cancelation of the band’s last Philadelphia performance during October’s Hurricane
Pass/fail is a lot of things. Approaches to the semester are hardly uniform, as every Thursday night of the last semester you’d be just as likely to find a 2016er in McCabe as at Pub Night. At its most fun, pass/fail is