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The co-authors of an acclaimed new biography of the composer Olivier Messaien were on campus last Friday. Nigel Simeone gave the annual Peter Gram Swing lecture, "Messaien Amid Nature," and [...]

Tonight, Swarthmore will host Tokyo Chigakukai, a traditional Japanese ensemble. Compositions from the 17th to the 20th century will be played, with brief historical background presented between songs. This authentic [...]

As fall blusters in, theaters are offering a lineup of hopeful blockbusters ranging from distinctive little indies to epic scale films, magic and adventure to film noir and horror. A [...]

That fire horn can be pretty obnoxious, can't it? Perhaps many readers have learned to tune it out by now--I confess that even after four semesters I jump when I [...]

On Sunday night, Swarthmore's resident new music ensemble, Orchestra 2001, directed by James Freeman, presented a diverse program to a crowded Lang Concert Hall. Though the pieces differed widely in [...]

On Friday night, Muy Senores Mios presented "Una Tarde En Palermo (An Afternoon in the Neighborhood)," the second Cooper Event of the year. The Argentinian musicians performed a number of [...]

Philadelphia's Live Arts and Fringe Festival will be drawing to a close this weekend so this is your last chance to get into the city and check out the performances. [...]

This past Friday, comedic hypnotist Frederick Winters entranced scores of Swarthmore students in a packed Pearson-Hall Theater as a part of Welcome Weekend. Winters, who was originally trained to perform [...]