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Amherst Cinema Presents: The Strange Perceptions of Pat O’Neill

Amherst Cinema Presents: The Strange Perceptions of Pat O’Neill

On Wednesday, Oct. 7, Amherst Cinema screened four of experimental filmmaker Pat O’Neill’s works: “Coreopsis” (1998), “Trouble in the Image” (1996), “Squirtgun/Stepprint” (1998) and “Horizontal Boundaries” (2008). The screening was organized and curated by Professor of English and Film and Media Studies Josh Guilford as the first

Rock the Block: The First of Many New Community Focused Events

Rock the Block: The First of Many New Community Focused Events

Pumpkin painting, hot cocoa, live music and beanbag toss games attracted spectators to Amherst’s first-annual “Rock the Block” event Saturday afternoon. Members of the Amherst College community flocked to Valentine Quad in spite of the gloomy weather to relax and mingle with fellow attendees. The event featured several performances

Spanish Department Hosts Comic Book Artist Jaime Hernandez

Spanish Department Hosts Comic Book Artist Jaime Hernandez

Amherst’s Department of Spanish welcomed famed cartoonist Jaime Hernandez to Fayerweather’s Pruyne Lecture Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 30. He sat on a panel alongside Professor of Spanish Ilan Stavans, as well as Visiting Professor of Spanish Frederick Aldama, who wrote about Hernandez in his book “Your Brain on

Journeys in Space and Memory: Russian Urban Scenes and Landscapes

Journeys in Space and Memory: Russian Urban Scenes and Landscapes

The Amherst Center for Russian Culture hosted an opening reception for its new exhibition in the Russian Center Art Gallery on Oct. 2. The exhibition, which is located on the second floor of Webster Hall, is called “ПОД ОТКРЫТЫМ НЕБОМ — Journeys in Space and Memory: Urban Scenes and Landscapes by

Cartoonist Fran Krause Illustrates Everyone’s “Deep Dark Fears”

Cartoonist Fran Krause Illustrates Everyone’s “Deep Dark Fears”

Whenever I have something important to do in the morning, the fear of oversleeping plagues me so much that I spend the entire evening obsessively checking that my alarm clock is set. Fran Krause, a professor at California Institute of Arts, began cartooning irrational fears of his own just like

What A Time To Be Alive: Drake and Future Release Joint Mixtape

What A Time To Be Alive: Drake and Future Release Joint Mixtape

Superstar rappers Future and Drake released their mixtape “What a Time to be Alive” on Tuesday Sept. 20. The mixtape resulted from a six-day collaboration between the two artists, and the fans received the album with enthusiasm. Though Drake has been featured on every album by Future, the two make

Bryce Monroe ’15 Revamps Senior Thesis “The Lower Frequencies”

Bryce Monroe ’15 Revamps Senior Thesis “The Lower Frequencies”

Bryce Monroe ’15 performed his play, “The Lower Frequencies,” last weekend at the Powerhouse. The play, which was inspired by Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” was originally Monroe’s senior thesis. Monroe hopes “The Lower Frequencies” will grow into a touring performance for colleges all around the country. The piece