Theater
Pickus ’25 and Masque & Gown challenge gender binary in spring play “Fefu and Her Friends”
“My husband married me to have a constant reminder of how loathsome women are.”
This is the eponymous character’s opening line of “Fefu and Her Friends,” put on by Masque and Gown, which premieres tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Wish …
Professor
Beyond the books: stories from professor offices
Students often venture into professors’ offices to discuss topics for a potential paper or to ask a question about the next problem set, but rarely learn about the meaning behind the decorations and trinkets that they display in their space. …
Arctic Museum
Arctic Museum screens rare archival footage
Footage from over 100 years ago and over 1,000 miles north captivated visitors at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum’s “Reframing Historic Arctic Films” festival last weekend. From Thursday to Sunday, films featuring floating icebergs, dogs racing in the snow and frost-covered …
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Hello from high school: a conversation five years in the waiting
Over spring break, my mom handed me a letter. Sent by Ms. Clapp, my beloved high school anatomy & physiology teacher, it had languished under a mounting mountain of mail for untold weeks, maybe months. The sender’s handwriting surprised me: …
Becoming southern (in the Northeast)
It took living in the Northeast to come to know that I’m a southerner—that is, from the American South. I grew up emphasizing my Chicagoan origins rather than my hometown in Tennessee in forgettable introductions to familiar strangers, having learned …