GALLERY: Brazilian Dance Party at NextNOW
On Friday, Sept. 9, students, faculty and attendees of NextNOW Fest danced along to the infectious rhythm of Brazil’s forró music. Held in the Grand Pavilion, the full band – made up of percussion,...
View ArticleGALLERY: NextNOW Fest
If you missed NextNOW Fest, check out our gallery from both days of the festival. Featured Photo Credit: Charly, of Chargaux, teases Margaux on stage while they perform, trying to distract each other....
View ArticleUpright Citizens Brigade Performs at NextNOW Fest
Editor’s Note: This article contains mild profanity. As I understand it, laughter is an involuntary reaction. We laugh when we hear or see something so outrageous it makes us blast air out of our...
View Article‘Goat’ Shows Horrors of Campus Hazing
Editor’s Note: This article contains movie spoilers. By Lindsey Collins 1990 Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina — Kappa Sigma was starting their annual fall Rush Week. Let the week of binge...
View ArticleShuttle Offers Free Transportation to The Phillips Collection
By Teri West Senior Solana Lazarte has a personal goal to go out and do something different every week. This past week, the opportunity fell into her lap. As a new component of the ongoing partnership...
View ArticlePreview: The Call: A Look into the Complicated World of Cross-Cultural Adoption
The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies is presenting The Call at The Clarice from Sept. 30 through Oct. 8. The play is a dynamic performance that brings up serious topics of discussion...
View ArticleBlog: Next Time I Visit an Art Exhibit, Remind Me Not to Think
If I’m being honest, I’m more of a distant art admirer than an art enthusiast. But for some reason, whenever I hear about a new gallery I go running for the chance to see if somehow my eclectic spirit...
View ArticleCreative: Ocean
Ocean Poojah Ganesh Broadcast Journalism Alumnus Life is an ocean, unclear but shallow, deep enough to engulf in. Water is thick yet, life is continuous, flowing precariously without a moment’s waste....
View ArticleThe T.J. Miller Homecoming Comedy Show: A Tornado of Comedic Energy
Student Entertainment Events hosted the Homecoming Comedy Show with T.J. Miller and Damon Wayans Jr. on Thursday Sept. 29, 2016. Before the show, Miller and Wayans Jr. allowed the press into their...
View ArticleClaudia Rankine Shares Poetry, Discusses Bitterness of White Supremacy
Poetry can confront the racism that white supremacy pins on every black life, esteemed poet and 2016 MacArthur Fellow Claudia Rankine told a sold out audience at The Clarice late Thursday. The free...
View ArticleVietnamese Student Association’s Second Lunar Lanterns—It’s Lit!
At 6:30 p.m. Monday evening, McKeldin Mall was teeming with activity. Facing due east from the sundial in the middle of the mall, performers practiced with stringed objects that seemed mechanically...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: Vietnamese Student Association’s Second Lunar Lanterns
An evening rich in culture and full of exciting performances, the university’s Vietnamese Student Association’s Lunar Lantern event was one that brought a sense of joy to everyone in attendance. The...
View ArticleMeklit’s Hybridity Hypnotizes the Universe and Brings Down the Barriers at...
Exquisite, engulfed in the fabric of stars and enriched by the lands she touches, Ethiopian American performer Meklit Hadero, or simply Meklit, has done more in her life than people will ever dream of....
View ArticleTerrapin Record Label Makes (Sound) Waves in College Park
By Gabe Fernandez Two University of Maryland students are looking to bring the school’s first ever record label to campus. Mike Houser, a senior mechanical engineering major, and Nick Arnold, a junior...
View ArticleFallapalooza Kicked off Halloweekend with a Bang
This past Thursday, Jai Wolf and Gryffin played at Ritchie Coliseum as part of the Student Entertainment Events’ (SEE) Fallapalooza. Opening for the two artists was Tealeavs, a student performer who...
View ArticlePreview: The Clarice Hosts The Wild Party
This is a party you don’t want to miss. From Nov. 4-11, The Clarice’s Kogod Theatre will be transformed to a speakeasy from the late 1920s. The set, complete with a functioning bar, is designed to...
View ArticleReview: The Wild Party Engages Audiences, Travels Back in Time
Theatre aficionados, history buffs, lovers of great show tunes, this one’s for you: The Wild Party is running at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center from Nov. 4-11, and it is not to be missed....
View ArticlePreview: The Clarice Performs White Opera ‘The Rape of Lucretia’
By Uyen Nguyen Opera The Rape of Lucretia is timeless, especially today, as it resonates with 2016’s rape culture and the politically charged atmosphere. The Maryland Opera Studio graduate program’s...
View ArticleCreative: Ocean
Ocean Poojah Ganesh Broadcast Journalism Alumnus Life is an ocean, unclear but shallow, deep enough to engulf in. Water is thick yet, life is continuous, flowing precariously without a moment’s waste....
View ArticleAlumni Rita Zoey Chin and Hayes Davis Return for Writers Here and Now
By Rosie Kean Rita Zoey Chin was only 11 when she started running away from her home. Fleeing an abusive father, Chin found herself living on the streets for much of her teenage years. Chin, an alum of...
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