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You will eat up “Sharples: The Musical!”

“I think I’m gonna die because it’s pasta bar, today, pasta bar, hurray.” This weekend, look forward to the reveal of Swarthmore’s very own musical, or more specifically Sharples Dining Hall’s. “Sharples: The Musical!” will present us with show unique to our

November 6, 2014

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Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon muse together on the making of New Queer Cinema

Last week, the college welcomed screenwriter and director Todd Haynes and producer Christine Vachon to campus. They were the guests of Sager Series events curated by Professor and Chair of Film & Media Studies Patty White. On Monday October 20, Haynes presented

October 30, 2014

Arts

Ivan Coyote, storyteller to remember, wows LPAC

When someone says they are going to tell a story, a handful of mental images prepare your horizon of expectations — maybe a parent struggling to get an antsy child to sleep or a peer who never seems to apply a discriminatory

October 30, 2014

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How can we get the most out of the Matchbox? A commentary on functionality and aesthetics

CVMNEXT was hired to contract the “Matchbox” gym and multipurpose facility which opens its doors to the community next week. It’s fashionable. The art of the building itself, the skeleton, is not, however, quite as interesting as the motivations behind the insides.

October 30, 2014

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A reorchestrated production of “Guys and Dolls”

This weekend’s production of “Guys and Dolls” will revamp the musical classic whilst trying to recreate its original feel. This is going to be Swarthmore’s second concert-staging of a musical, following “South Pacific” last spring. Many of the cast commented on how

October 30, 2014

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Greek tragedy fights its environment in Medea

Rehearsals for “Medea” began just like one of the lines of cocaine I’d witnessed, as an innocent bystander, being cautiously sniffed two and a half weeks ago by some faceless and nameless Swattie and his friend in the dark, off a small,

October 23, 2014

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Fiction and reality collide in the works Véronique Tadjo discusses on campus

Véronique Tadjo, pioneering francophone author, spoke of her work in various French classes and in a lecture held on Tuesday October 21. She discussed various works of hers, both in French and in translation, over the course of these events. Véronique Tadjo,

October 23, 2014

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(Ir)reverence: Celebrating Arrow of God and Chinua Achebe’s Influence

The week before fall break saw (Ir)reverence: A Multimedia Conference celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s influential novel “Arrow of God,” hosted by the entire Tri-Co, aimed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of the novel “Arrow of God”

October 23, 2014

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Dual film screening asked to whom history belongs

Hong Kong-based filmmaker and film professor Louisa Wei let her work speak mostly for itself when she presented it to a smattering of students and other community members on Tuesday, October 7 in the LPAC Cinema. She introduced her movie, “Golden Gate

October 9, 2014

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The Red Lips Project seeks to empower subject, audience through unified symbolism

The Red Lips Project, run by Aditi Kulkarni ’17, has been gaining attention across Swarthmore’s artistic spheres. The project’s main premise is simple: to take pictures of women wearing red lipstick, and attach a quote of them saying what makes them feel

October 9, 2014

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