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Get with the funk

Published March 18, 2011 in Arts, Etc.
Students of Brandeis University, I have heard the Good Word, I have seen the Sign, I have experienced the Ecstasy, and I want to share it with you. It has a ...

The Dirty Projectors strut their stuff

Published November 20, 2009 in Arts, Etc.
The ease with which the Dirty Projectors perform feats of pure musical acrobatics belies the fact that they might just be the hardest working indie band around today. Between front ...

Screening of new documentary “The Horse Boy” challenges paradigms

Published November 13, 2009 in Arts, Etc.
“Why does autism have to be a shutting down of everything? Why can’t it be an opening to adventure?” Those lines, uttered by Rupert Isaacson during the beginning of the new ...

A comedy with a whole lot of tsuris

Published November 6, 2009 in Arts, Etc.
Some writers say that the difference between a comedy and a tragedy is that the former begins with a bummed out protagonist and ends with a happy one while ...

Obbini Tumbao shakes up Brandeis with Latin grooves

Published October 30, 2009 in Arts, Etc.
As I walked out of Slosberg last Saturday night, one distinct impression surfaced my mind: “Damn, Brandeis can dance.” For those of you who weren’t showing off your salsa skills that ...

Money is the root of the “Garden”

Published October 23, 2009 in Arts, Etc.
<i>PHOTO BY Mike Lovett/Brandeis University</i>The lights go down and actor Richard McFadyen GRAD appears behind a sliding glass door mowing a lawn. ...

Rockin’ out with your dad at the House of Blues: The Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays attract a grateful, gray-haired crowd

Published October 15, 2009 in Arts, Etc.
It’s always risky business going to see a band that hasn’t released a hit single since before you were born. Yet when I heard that the Psychedelic Furs and Happy ...

In search of a subway soundtrack

Published October 9, 2009 in Arts, Etc.
Most audiences notice when a concert hall has extraordinary acoustics. A church is likely to garner criticism from its congregants if sound doesn’t carry to the back pews. But commuting ...

Justice Brandeis of the Peace

Published September 25, 2009 in Arts, Etc.
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Seeking divine inspiration in hard times

Published September 18, 2009 in Arts, Etc.
<i>PHOTO BY Phil Small/The Hoot</i>I felt like I had just infiltrated a secret meeting when I stepped into the Rapaporte Treasure Hall ...

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