Studios and Individuals An interview with the professor and head TF for Drawing 1 BY MICHAEL KIELSTRA “The day that they found out it was awful… people were in tears and confused… It’s hard for me to imagine how this is going to work.” Katarina Burin, an artist who teaches Drawing 1, […]
Ending on a Rushed Note What happened to the performance groups not allowed to perform? BY JEN EASON I didn’t cry when they kicked us off campus. I read the eviction notice that fateful Tuesday morning while walking to section in William James Hall, and my mind instantly went into action mode. By […]
Work of The Week SPOTLIGHT: Liv Farrar Liv Farrar is a Junior in Cabot House, originally from Rochester, New York. She studies English and the History of Art and Architecture, and spends most of her mornings and afternoons rowing for the Harvard-Radcliffe Varsity Lightweight team. Around campus, Liv can be found doodling, camping in Darwin’s, […]
Race To The Starting Line A Spoiler Conversation about Sonic the Hedgehog By MICHAEL KIELSTRA and JONATHAN ZHANG JZ: Hi, I’m Jonny Zhang. MK: And I’m Michael Kielstra, and we just saw Sonic the Hedgehog. For context, I know next to nothing about Sonic the Hedgehog. JZ: And I know almost everything about […]
My Experience With the Ghun-gods A behind-the-scenes perspective from an Independent staff writer By GRAHAM WALTER Ghungroo has been a wonderful experience for me for the past two years at Harvard. Practices twice a week are a lot but just as much fun, especially when first learning how to perform these styles of […]
Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection Hanging scrolls, folding screens, and painted fans invite Harvard Art Museum visitors to imagine these objects animated once more, 300 years later By LUCY HAMILTON Come one, come all, to Painting Edo, the largest exhibition ever presented by the Harvard Art Museums. This historic exhibition […]
The Sculpture Across From Lamont The Independent learns more about Henry Moore’s Large Four Piece Reclining Figure By GRAHAM WALTER The bronze Large Four Piece Reclining Figure by Henry Moore has sat in the courtyard near Lamont and Houghton Libraries as a staple piece for nearly 50 years. Harvard received the work of […]
Gloria Is My Life An impactful play takes the stage at Loeb By JEN EASON “The biggest sin is sitting on yo’ ass!” laughed the short actress playing Flo Kennedy. Which is exactly what I was doing. On a wooden bench with a plush, brightly primary-colored pillow behind me in the Loeb Drama Center […]
“Hair Love” The Independent considers why this Oscar award winner is an important piece of film By MAYI HUGHES Earlier this month, Matthew Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver’s ‘Hair Love’ won an Oscar for best-animated short film. The six minute clip tells the tale of a black father learning how to do his […]
Enough of the Space Laser Sword Wizards! A spoiler review of The Rise of Skywalker By MICHAEL KIELSTRA If you love Star Wars of any kind, then you have to watch The Rise of Skywalker. That’s not because it’s a good movie. It isn’t. Considered as a movie, it’s got a rushed first […]