This week on Tell Me More Elias Tuomaala shows how one can go from dreams of being a polar bear to an economist. Elias reveals how in just the past decade alone, he has lived in three continents, from his home country of Finland to his boarding school in Mumbai, India to here. Cambridge has […]
Sir Elton John comes to Harvard to accept the Harvard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year Award with a message of acceptance himself. By MARISSA GARCIA With Thanksgiving officially in the ten-day weather forecast, the Meal of the year no longer feels like a pilgrimage away. It will be a holiday spent at a dining […]
The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee offers new perspective, refusing to spell out Perfection. By MARISSA GARCIA Though the occasion is a competition of words, there first must be a celebration of numbers: 1 Night. 9 Freshman. 4 Reads. In preparation for what would come to be a one-night-only performance put on by nine […]
In light of Olive’s defining moment, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee accomplishes something “visionary.” By MARISSA GARCIA I suppose the old adage – the one any reviewer would wish to convey – would be something along the lines of, “It goes without saying that this musical left me breathless!” I consider it my humble duty to […]
Next Customer Please, a Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club play, premieres and invites you to be a member of its first audience. By MARISSA GARCIA There is something inexplicable about witnessing a show that is on the precipice of premiere. There is no plot line with which we are familiar… no preconceived notions or expectations about when […]
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. By MARISSA GARCIA I, nine-years a cellist, met and hugged Yo-Yo Ma, Harvard Alumnus Class of ‘73, after his concert with the Silk Road Ensemble Tuesday, September 26th at the Oberon. I was hugging the Redefiner of chamber music. It is not certain what now is the modern […]