"Thornton Wilder: The Trivial and the Divine," opens in a manner far more in line with the latter adjective in its title, as a young boy-poet is confronted with nothing less than the lighter and darker elements of human nature. One could not be blamed for feeling as if they have been dropped into the climactic scene of some obscure Greek dram; you know, the one where the hero finds out his destiny from a prophet with an overly dramatic voice.
It's 8:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 6 in Ladd Auditorium, Zankel Music Center, and I'm about to watch the college orchestra in concert. Why? Because it's only eight o'clock and, nerd alert, I'm even kind of excited to go; it will be the first orchestra concert I've been to since I dropped my high school's "Chamber Ensemble" after my sophomore year in favor of an independent study in rock music.
Spoon's new album feels a little like an inconsistent movie, where a couple of characters really draw you in and a couple of characters really turn you off. For most bands this, might suggest an inability to maintain an even level quality over the course of an album, but Spoon has been one of the most consistent bands of the past decade.
From Monday, March 1 to Thursday March 4, in the Faculty Staff Club on the second floor of Case Center, the photographer, Frank Cordelle, brought his exhibition, titled The Century Project, to the college. The exhibit, brought by Becca Kolins '12 and Stephen Bissonette '12 consisted of nude portraits of women ranging from newborns to 100, also accompanied with their personal stories.