When she was eleven, Yao Wu was pulled aside by her mother and faced with the critical decision that every Chinese student has to make.
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The Smith College Department of Theatre recently introduced a new play reading series, of which “The Song of the Maw” was the first offering of the semester. Written by MFA student Mary Beth Brooker ’20 and directed by Allison Smith ’20, “The Song of the Maw” was staged last Friday in Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre.
“I feel like every little girl dreams about being something when they grow up. Some girls dream about being lawyers. Some dream about being mommys, and I dreamt about being a singer.” This is the introduction to “Gatekeeper,” the fifth track on Jessie Reyez’s EP, “Kiddo.”
Photo Courtesy of billboard.com || The sister-group HAIM’s latest album demonstrates their musical prowess, Patience Kayira ’20 writes. HAIM, a three sister group from Los…
Alternative-pop duo Secret Weapons brought their fall tour to Northampton at Pearl Street on Sept. 16. This tour follows the release of their recent album “As the Setting Sun Comes Crashing Down on Me.” Before their Northampton performance, The Sophian had the opportunity to conduct a brief interview with the band in regards to their first solo tour and recent album.
In the new landscape of existential art-house, horror films that have been appearing in theaters recently, none have been quite like the no-holds-barred, horrific insanity of Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”
The Smith College Museum of Art had the privilege of hosting Gen Saratani, a Japanese lacquer artist and restorer, on Thursday Sept. 21 and Friday Sept. 22.
If one walks through the mustard, Smith College-aesthetic walls of Graham Hall within Brown Fine Arts Center, one will stumble upon Hillyer Art Library, where the restrooms and cubicles even feel like artistic installations. The lobby of Brown Fine Arts Center, home of Smith College’s Department of Art, communicates an artisanal atmosphere with its muted carpets and just the right amount of gray.
Each fall, Smith’s a capella scene is kicked off by Arch Sing. Traditionally held under the Neilson Library Arch, 2017 was the first ever Arch Sing in the Quadrangle. Last Sunday at 8 p.m., all six of Smith’s a capella groups gathered between Cushing and Morrow to sing for the assembled crowd of several hundred students.