Passion Pit began with lead singer Michael Angelakos as a sophomore at Emerson College, recording a song to give to his girlfriend as a Valentine’s Day gift. Fast forward eight years and two incredibly...
What do you call indie rock when it hits the mainstream? How do you square the idea of a genre that grew out of an anti-billboard movement with its runaway success? Movies like 500 Days of Summer, brands...
***Editor’s Note: This article was published as part of the satirical April 1, 2015
Mindy Midterm is a first-year member of the Wellesley College study team. She started studying in preschool, but...
***Editor’s Note: This article was published as part of the satirical April 1, 2015
The Davis Museum recently announced that shortly following spring break, Tony Matelli’s famed sculpture “Sleepwalker”...
There’s a week left to vote for Wellesley to win peta2’s award for “Favorite Vegan-Friendly College.” Wellesley is currently ranked third in the small college division, trailing Wesleyan University,...
I’d like to say I eat pretty clean. My fruits and vegetables are washed before I eat them. If I spill my drink, I’m totally okay with grabbing a few napkins and wiping it up. I scrape my plate and...
After being a vegan for a while, there are some truths you just can’t help but notice. There are the pleasant truths: your skin clears up, you have more energy, and vegetables start to taste better....
A group of blind men chance upon an elephant one day, as so often happens in the suburbs of Boston. The first man grabs the elephant’s tail: “I know what an elephant is!” he exclaims. Holding onto...
Books
The estate of Maurice Sendak, acclaimed author and illustrator of beloved children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are,” is currently fighting a lawsuit from the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia,...
Music
“Live at Smalls,” a collection of vintage-style soul jazz from the new record label SmallsLive, is one of several albums released by the label this week. SmallsLive is one of several new, notable...
Street Art
Taylor Swift’s new song, “Welcome to New York,” has not just earned her millions, it’s gotten her the title of New York City’s “global welcome ambassador.” Swift, who grew up in...
Scott Jurek, the famous ultramarathoner, holds the American record of 165 miles run in 24 hours. I’m not saying that’s because of his vegan diet, but as he attests in his hit book, “Eat and Run:...
Museums
The Picasso Museum reopened this week following renovations that more than doubled its size. The renovations, finished years past the predicted completion date, have been notorious for the intrigue...
Dance
Ballerina Wendy Whelan gave her farewell performance with the New York City Ballet on Saturday night after 30 years with the company. Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky designed Whelan’s farewell piece...
Carrington O’Brion ’15 has wanted to direct “Peter Pan” ever since she first saw the show when she was five years old. Now, as director of Upstage’s fall production of “Peter Pan,” she has...
Architecture
An $84 million subsidized housing complex in New York City, already notable for its avant-garde architecture, is also set to feature a children’s museum. The Sugar Hill Development, at 155th...
Music
On Monday, Sept. 29, Neil Diamond performed in Brooklyn for the first time since he became a star. The concert was in Flatbush, in the auditorium of Diamond’s high school, Erasmus Hall High School....
Performance Art
Columbia University senior Emma Sulkowicz is calling significant attention to the sexual assault epidemic on college campuses with her performance art piece, called “Carry that Weight.”...
Folk Music
Eddie Adcock won this year’s Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, a distinction which entails a $50,000 cash prize. Adcock, 76, a past Grammy Award nominee, began his...
Boston Calling is described on its website as “one big party,” and with an approximate attendance of 22,000 people each day, it is one of the city’s biggest summer music events. Since its initial...
Media Art
The Arrels Foundation, a homeless center, and the Cyranos McCann advertising agency, both based in Barcelona, have launched an ambitious project to turn the handwriting of local homeless people...
