A culture of sexual violence: Kirby Dick talks ‘The Hunting Ground’ Ena Alvarado March 14, 2015 5 Comments Director Kirby Dick's documentary feature, “The Hunting Ground,” chronicles student activists' passionate and persistent campaign against rape and sexual assault on college campuses. Read More »
The Chicago Collective discusses its craft Benjamin Sorensen March 11, 2015 0 Comments The Chicago Collective, a Stanford-based, Chicago-raised band, has a little bit of everything. Soul, jazz, R&B and gospel collide with prayer, poetry and politics, and everything they touch is... Read More »
Pianist from comedic classical duo discusses improv, rap, and things that go wrong Serena Wong February 18, 2015 0 Comments The renowned musical-comedy duo Igudesman & Joo will be performing in Palo Alto this weekend at the Oshman Jewish Family Community Center in a rare trip to the U.S. The two musicians met at the... Read More »
Our schools are broken: An interview with director Greg Whiteley about his Sundance doc ‘Most Likely to Succeed’ Alexandra Heeney February 6, 2015 13 Comments Given that our education system was designed over a century ago by a group of 10 men, including founders of the industrial revolution like Henry Ford, is it still serving students of the 21st... Read More »
Jennifer Siebel Newsom ’96 discusses ‘The Mask You Live In’ and masculinity in the U.S. Alexandra Heeney January 24, 2015 0 Comments In “The Mask You Live In,” the new Sundance documentary from Jennifer Siebel Newsom ’96, we meet boys and men from across ages, races and socio-economic backgrounds, all of whom have suffered... Read More »
Computer Science Ph.D. student Chris Piech discusses “The Imitation Game” Alexandra Heeney January 23, 2015 3 Comments Given the recent wealth of films about science and scientists — from “Interstellar” to “The Imitation Game” — and as one of the few scientists moonlighting as a film critic, I started to... Read More »
Guest curator James Merle Thomas talks Robert Rauschenberg’s “Stoned Moon” projects at Cantor Eric Huang January 6, 2015 0 Comments As part of a campus-wide initiative called Imagining the Universe, “Loose in Some Real Tropics” delves into the relationship between visual arts and cosmology. The Cantor Arts Center exhibit... Read More »
Poor pianos, poor practice: Low-quality pianos point to deeper problem Marisa Lin December 2, 2014 0 Comments Although in recent years Stanford has attempted to increase its visibility in the arts by erecting several new state-of-the-art buildings for the arts, including Bing Concert Hall and the Anderson... Read More »