The Freeks’ ‘Bacchae’ is a compelling choose-your-own-adventure play Steve Rathje May 21, 2015 0 Comments Until this Saturday, the Freeks Theater is performing “Bacchae,” an immersive and wildly creative adaptation of Euripides’ classic tragedy. This show starts on the steps of the Cantor Arts... Read More »
‘Imagining the Oceans': Cantor exhibit complements class Emma Neiman May 18, 2015 1 Comment This year, for the first time, Cantor Arts Center has paired with the class, "Imaginng the Oceans," to create a special exhibit featuring artistic depictions of the sea. Read More »
Cantor Arts Center celebrates Leland Jr.’s birthday Jacob Nierenberg May 17, 2015 0 Comments Last Thursday marked the 147th birthday of Stanford University’s namesake, Leland Stanford Jr., and to ring in the special occasion, the Cantor Arts Center threw a birthday party in the form of an... Read More »
This week in Arts and Life: April 6 – April 12 Arts and Life Editors April 5, 2015 0 Comments From Noah Baumbach’s “While We’re Young” to the Ram’s Head Theatrical Society’s production of the hit musical “Hairspray,” the coming week is chock full of can’t-miss art. Here are... Read More »
Top 5 spaces on campus Mary Carole Overholt September 20, 2014 2 Comments Summer is over and campus is buzzing with frosh. Bathed in California sun, quintessential Stanford spots like Main Quad, White Plaza and Palm Drive look more beautiful than... Read More »
Cantor features photographer Carleton Watkin’s vision of the West Dewitt Cheng May 1, 2014 0 Comments The 20th-century landscape photographs of the American West by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston may now be so familiar that we take them for granted, but almost a century before them, there... Read More »
Professor Chang finds art in anatomy Silviana Ilcus April 17, 2014 0 Comments “Inside Rodin’s Hands: Art, Technology and Surgery,” a temporary exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center that opened last week, features Rodin hand sculptures which have been diagnosed... Read More »
New Cantor exhibit focuses lens on black identity Gillie Collins October 25, 2013 3 Comments Carrie Mae Weems, a 2013 MacArthur Grantee, received her first camera for her 21st birthday. Since then, she has used photography in conversation with sculpture, poetry and video to bravely... Read More »