Crimson staff writer
Haley A. Rue
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Recovery of the Artist
For performing artists practicing their crafts at a high level, the threat of injury is ever looming. When a dancer, musician or singer is sidelined by a performance-related injury, the rehabilitation process can be a frightening and lengthy process that may or may not end in recovery. In the field of performance-related rehabilitation, the focus has shifted to prevention. Often performance-related injuries are avoidable, but many performers are unaware of what they are doing wrong.
Harvard Piano Society Looks Beyond Campus
This year, the society has taken its music outside the red bricks of Harvard in collaboration with other colleges, bringing student artistic communities together through the creation of music.
Artist Spotlight: Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren received The Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year award and discusses her career and past roles with The Crimson.
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The spookiest thing about this pumpkin is the funky smell it gives off when left in your entryway in December. #HarvardinAutumn
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Fall weather invites students to read on the steps of Widener, professors to hold office hours at outdoor cafés, and tourists to gawk at us all while doing so. #HarvardinAutumn
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Ah, a seasonal mix of mud, dead leaves, plastic bag, and is that—yes, it is!—a soy sauce packet from Lamont Café! #HarvardinAutumn
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And so the pilgrims and the Indians shared the traditional fall drink of the Pumpkin-Spiced Latté, the remnants of which would be left on Mass Ave for all posterity. #HarvadinAutumn
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Withered leaf? Shriveled cockroach? Used and extremely ugly condom? You decide. #HarvardinAutumn
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The soft lighting of a fall sunset transforms Annenberg into a majestic castle, Mass Hall into a quaint colonial, and Canaday into… nope, it’s still Canaday. #HarvardinAutumn
The Real #Harvardinautumn
The #Harvardinautumn social media campaign has produced a plethora of posts containing vibrant foliage, dusky evenings, and preppy fleeces. It's produced such an idyllic picture of the fall season you can almost smell the pumpkin-spiced latte. But fall at Harvard can also be pretty darn ugly. For the sake of creating a more honest portrait, we’ve rounded up a few images of the true #Harvardinautumn.
Magik Markers "Surrender" Their Craft
The opening chords of the album immediately set the feel of "Surrender to the Fantasy." They are dissonant and jarring, yet syncopated and steady. The jumbled pounding of a guitar, bass, and drum kit comes in unrelenting waves, one after another, assaulting ears.
All Eyes on "Isaac"
While he may be commemorated in our history books as the father of physics and calculus, Isaac Newton is remembered by some scholars as a rather heartless scientist. “Isaac’s Eye,” which opens tonight and runs through Saturday in the Adams Pool Theatre, explores the life of a young Isaac Newton and lends warmth to a traditionally cold character.
Artist Spotlight: Eddie Henderson
"Everybody can improvise. They do it every day in the language that they know best, but you have to study the instrument in order to speak eloquently through it," Henderson says. The jazz great visits Harvard on Thursday to discuss his career.
