The Chamber Music Recital on Monday Nov. 5 was a very pleasant diversion from the last trickle of midterm tests and papers. The venue was Hamlin Hall, with seats arranged in a semicircle around the little circular stage with music stands and a harpsichord.
0 CommentsA spiritual journey from top to bottom, Wes Anderson's latest familial endeavor, The Darjeeling Limited, is a film about letting go of the baggage we carry, both literally and figuratively. We open with a businessman in a bowler hat (Bill Murray) racing through the streets of India, sprinting down a railroad platform to catch the train --- his train --- which is pulling away.
0 CommentsThe Underground Café will be hosting New York based Grayson Sanders Band this Thursday as part of its weekly live music series. Graduates of the Jazz Program at New York University, the band features Dan Tirer on guitar, Alex Beckmann on drums, Jay Goodman on bass, and Grayson Sanders on keyboard and as lead singer.
4 CommentsThe Writer's Guild of America is responsible for all the great shows we enjoy every week. In 1988, a writer's strike ensued for 22 weeks and cost a total of 500 million dollars. This year the strike was made official on Nov. 5, much to the dismay of both the entertainment industry and viewers everywhere.
0 CommentsThis past weekend, Hollywood director and poet Stephen Gyllenhaal '72 came to Trinity to screen four of his films -- A Killing in a Small Town, Paris Trout, Homegrown, and Waterland -- and to emphasize the need for a film program here at Trinity. The weekend of events, planned by Timothy Griggs, included class discussions on narrative storytelling and film art versus commerce, a couple of hands-on student workshops on directing and shooting a film, and learning how to edit footage, and a poetry reading at the Fred, among other meetings and receptions.
0 CommentsOne of the best parties on campus occurred at the Broad Street Art Gallery this past Friday in honor of an exhibit featuring works by Marela Zacarias and David Bacon. Zacarias is a local activist and muralist whose works include several murals around the city of Hartford.
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