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“The Florida Project” Creates Cinematic Art in Color and Sound

“The Florida Project” Creates Cinematic Art in Color and Sound

“The Florida Project,” one of the year’s critical darlings, immediately places a question in viewers’ minds that remains unanswered by the rest of the film. What exactly is the “Florida Project”? It is clearly a play on words that, like all puns, begins from an assumed definition. This premise

Q&A With Sydney Tate on Women of Amherst’s Spring Play

Q&A With Sydney Tate on Women of Amherst’s Spring Play

Every spring, Women of Amherst puts on a play, inspired by and expanding upon Eve Ensler’s feminist play “The Vagina Monologues.” The play is a series of separate skits all centered on issues women face, and all the skits are student-written submissions. Currently, Women of Amherst is collecting

Thanksgiving Break Binge Guide: Shows that Fly Under the Radar

Thanksgiving Break Binge Guide: Shows that Fly Under the Radar

Whether you’re returning home for Thanksgiving or not, there were certainly be plenty of downtime next week, and if you’re anything like me, part of this time will be spent catching up on all the shows that have fallen by the wayside as a result of endless piles

“Peer Gynt” Forces Audience to Confront Inherent Human Greed

“Peer Gynt” Forces Audience to Confront Inherent Human Greed

“We are all Peer Gynt,” the actors chanted, some on stage, others surrounding the audience, all dressed in the signature red that coded them as the main character they all played. The house lights glowed as the audience shrank into their seats, trying to hide their discomfort with the subverted

DASAC Blends the Past World of Hip-Hop into a Modern Work

DASAC Blends the Past World of Hip-Hop into a Modern Work

Dance and Step at Amherst College (DASAC) hosted its fall show this past weekend, and in it, the group once again exemplified how to combine style, agility and audience engagement in a performance piece. The theme for this show was “Old School vs. New School”, but after a few minutes

Swedish Rapper Yung Lean Lacks Personal Evolution in “Stranger”

Swedish Rapper Yung Lean Lacks Personal Evolution in “Stranger”

Since the release of his 2013 debut mixtape, “Unknown Death 2002,” Swedish alternative rapper Yung Lean has held an odd place in the hip-hop world. As a European, he started out as an outsider in the largely-American genre. Many Americans viewed his melodic and occasionally nonsensical rap about

Kesha Returns After Dramatic Trial with an Inspiring Message

Kesha Returns After Dramatic Trial with an Inspiring Message

Five years after her second album “Warrior” was produced, Kesha, now going by her birth name instead of the stage name Ke$ha, released her album “Rainbow.” At the age of 30, the pop star, known for her 2009 hit song “Tik Tok,” produced this heartfelt comeback album, an homage