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SOFIE C. BROOKS
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Tradition, Technology, and Blockbuster Ballet
Radio stations are playing a rotation of Christmas songs, red and green decorations have replaced the Halloween candy in the seasonal isle, and the New York City Ballet has started promoting its famous version of “The Nutcracker.”
Broadway Lies in the Web It's Made
Living in New York last summer, I found it hard to avoid talk of the long-awaited opening of “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark.
Letting Our Masterpieces Go to Pieces
There’s something to be said for letting nature run its course, even on art
Classical Rock: Genre-Breaking Music
Modern music often demands a choice between two sharply defined camps—the ultra modern and synthesized or the completely traditional.
Publishing Words: The Future of Books
Unlike an opera or ballet, the words of Dickens, Chaucer, and Shakespeare still ring true even on an electronic screen.
Get Out! 21+ Edition
Those 1990 June, July, and August babies who never had birthday parties in lower school because their friends were at ...
Drinky Drink: Holiday Edition
Although the daylight hours are growing increasingly short and the stress of exams draws ever nearer, the holiday season and ...
Love it: Hot TFs
Hot TFs are great because they’re basically like the boyfriend you wish you had. They have to be polite to ...
The Garage Goes Indian
Most people are a little uncertain of what to expect when they enter the Garage and approach the colorful counter ...
15 Questions with A. Ryan Leslie ’98
A. Ryan Leslie ’98 is a singer, songwriter, producer and promoter whose accomplishments include graduating from Harvard at the age ...
15 Questions with Richard W. Wrangham
Richard W. Wrangham, Currier’s House Master since 2008, has studied man’s hairier cousin—the chimpanzee—since his days as an undergraduate at ...
Building Ethnic Studies
Although she grew up in Arizona, where ethnicity and migration are hot political issues, Jessica Roman-Salazar ’12 came to Harvard ...
15 Most Interesting Seniors: Winston X. Yan
Fastidious, creative, and brilliant: these are the three words that Winston X. Yan’s close friend and business partner Alexander G. Bick ’10 would use to describe the Adams resident