Arts & Culture
Mark Romanek’s quasi-sci-fi drama Never Let Me Go straddles a fine line between creepy, dystopian thriller and understated drama—a line that often goes unexplored but is done deftly by the long-time music-video director.
Pork may be known as “the other white meat,” but it might as well be the only one considering how delicious this dish is! The tender, tart apples really bring out the sweet and savory flavor of pork.
In a culture that often demands explicit definitions for what qualifies as “art,” open-ended creative expressions of the human experience can be a breath of fresh air.
Kong Qiu was a Chinese scholar and political figure who predated many of the famous philosophers of classical Greece, including those venerated patriarchs of ancient Western wisdom known as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. One of the transformational figures of ancient China, Kong Qiu’s teachings continue to shape Chinese culture and thought even today. In the West, however, he goes by a different name: Confucius.
Mark Romanek’s quasi-sci-fi drama Never Let Me Go straddles a fine line between creepy, dystopian thriller and understated drama—a line that often goes unexplored but is done deftly by the long-time music-video director.
Is art at its best when fashioned under heavy political and cultural constraints?
Richard Kraus, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Oregon, will address this popular question in his lecture “China’s Arts: From Mao to Now.” He will discuss the tight bond between current Chinese politics and its culture. The event will be held this Monday in the Smith Memorial Student Union.
Pork may be known as “the other white meat,” but it might as well be the only one considering how delicious this dish is! The tender, tart apples really bring out the sweet and savory flavor of pork.
Giant strips of decayed film, blotchy with green spots, hang from the ceiling. On the wall, the same film, a General Electric commercial, plays on a loop, flashing eerie projections about the room.
“Music expresses just about every conceivable emotion: joy, sadness, angst, yearning, remembrance—you name it,” world-class pianist Janet Guggenheim said. “Like in life, one also feels the sense of anticipation, tension and resolution. It is a very dynamic situation, in which the performer can actually feel the audience listening.”
I love the Oscars.
I love watching rehearsed presenters try to appear spontaneously funny and then fail miserably.
I love watching pretty people wear dresses that cost more than the building I live in.
Violence, gritty and real, will bludgeon the silver screen this month at the Northwest Film Center. From Sunday, March 8, to Saturday, March 17, the center will present Driven: The Films of Nicolas Winding Refn.