Arts
Cabot Literary Salon
Kristen DePre '13 (lft) talks with students in The Advocate as a part of the Cabot Literary Salon series. Guests enjoyed wine and food while discussing DePre's thesis on art dealers of the 20th century and the demise of the 19th-century salon.
Land vs. Landscape
Bas Smets, the Principal of Bureau Bas Smets in Brussels in Belgium, gestures while explaining the contours of rivers in Europe. His lecture, entitled "Land vs. Landscape," in Gund Hall on April 18, explained his general approach to his work: interacting with preexisting land to create unique landscapes.
What The Hell
Members of the Class of 2016 perform in the freshman musical, "What The Hell" in Agassiz Arena.
What The Hell
Members of the Class of 2016 perform in the freshman musical, "What The Hell" in Agassiz Theatre.
No Swimming in the Pool
Into the front door of Adams C-entryway, past the lobby and the dining hall, through a vestibule, and beyond the bustling dishroom lies the Adams Pool Theater.
Look Out, World: K-pop Acts Worth Watching
While there are numerous sub-genres under the greater umbrella of “popular Korean music” (such as talented ballad singer K. Will, indie-folk group Busker Busker, or rock band CN BLUE), here are a few groups worth watching for a potential breakthrough in the U.S. mainstream market.
'Humans of New York' at Harvard
In the wake of Monday's Boston Marathon bombings, Brandon Stanton, photographer and creator of the popular "Humans of New York" blog, brought his camera and his humanistic approach to Boston for the week. Today, Stanton crossed the river into Cambridge, where he spent time taking photographs in and around Harvard Square (including this one featuring John Harvard's foot).
Shadow Play
Their house was filled with books that no one read, a piano that nobody played, and paintings that nobody looked at. There was a dog that no one loved and a white picket fence that kept nobody out and held no one in. It was shadow play—all the right shapes but no substance. This poster picture of the American Dream was like a set, and they were only actors.
