The Sophian is proud to introduce its first zine, highlighting student art made amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the switch to remote learning.
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Speaking to friends, family and from personal experience, it has become increasingly evident that, perhaps as a way to cope, our days are now being spent in the bottomless inertia of the internet. Alongside the multitude of mainstream media, Smith offers more off-kilter online options for helping students through this pandemic.
Despite the bitter cold plaguing Western Mass last week, over 155 college students, faculty and community members found their way into a packed screening room at Amherst College for the 26th annual Five College Film Festival. The two hour collection of videos were artistic, eclectic, experimental and occasionally abrasive. But regardless of the films’ conceptual or technical ability, there was an infectious and radiant wealth of appreciation and support from everyone within the space.
On Feb. 22, the Five College Consortium came together in John M. Greene Hall for the annual Five College Choral Festival. The event opened with a performance of Ave Maria by the Five College Collegium which was followed by performances from the Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke and UMass Chorales, Chamber Choirs and Glee Clubs.
February 2020 marks the 3rd Annual Body Positivity Art Gallery at the CC Nolan Lounge. Held in homage to the incredible diversity and story that each body gathered here at Smith retains, the walkthrough gallery is something for the entire community.
Thursday, Feb. 27, the Sage Chamber Music Society presents Schubertiade VI: A Benefit Concert. Smith professors Joel Pitchon (violin), Volcy Pelletier (cello), and Jiayan Sun (piano), will perform works by Franz Schubert and collect donations in support of the Hubei Charity Federation.
This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded South Korean film “Parasite” with its top prize, resisting their usual favorites -- Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, flashy war movies -- and just barely avoiding total irrelevance. The political black comedy was nominated for six awards, winning Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, and, most notably, Best Director and Best Picture.
On Thursday night, the curtain rose on Toni Craige, Xan Burley and Alex Springer’s dance Performance, “Frame[work].” Six enlarged windchimes were suspended in the air…
The Weaving Voices Open Mic night was held Friday, Nov. 15, in Graham Hall. The Weaving Voices project began in 2010 in order to create a space for students of color to voice their narratives that often deviate from dominant white perspectives in society and media.
The Weaving Voices Open Mic night was held Friday, Nov. 15, in Graham Hall. The Weaving Voices project began in 2010 in order to create a space for students of color to voice their narratives that often deviate from dominant white perspectives in society and media.