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Students celebrate Black History Month with art.

BLSU and FCC honor Black History Month with creative art workshops

February 9, 2017

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Hamilton students walked into the Sadove conference room for the Black and Latinx Student Union’s (BLSU) and the Feminists of Color Collec- tive’s (FCC) first in a series of two creative art workshops. Serenaded by throwback hip-hop and R&B music, students found materials ranging from blank canvases, poetry pads, and watercolor kits cen- tered in the room in order to encourage a free and open space. More ...

F.I.L.M. presents: The Golden Age of Comedy: Chaplin and Keaton

February 2, 2017

Febfest’s Comedy Show will not be the only laughter-inducing event at Hamilton this February. F.I.L.M. is sponsoring a dose of classic comedy through four screenings entitled, “For the Young and Young at Heart.” Professor Scott MacDonald has planned these screenings in tandem with his class, American Film Comedy: Classic and Modern. The screenings are scheduled every Sunday this month beginning Feb. 5 at 2:00 p.m. in KJ 125. More ...

The Overcoats enchant audience

February 2, 2017

The Overcoats, a musical duo, appeared at last Thursday’s acoustic coffeehouse. The femme group performed equipped with voluminous hair and coordinated outfits; sparkly, sheer, black long-sleeve shirts, black pants, and white sneakers. More ...

The OSCARS: This year’s predications and storylines

February 2, 2017

In many ways, it seems like only yesterday that the 2016 Oscars Ceremony took place. The debate between the slow-burning drama Spotlight and the massive undertaking that was The Revenant is still stuck in the minds of many, but it is time now to shift our focus toward new storylines. With the 2017 Academy Award nominations now released, this article will profile some of the notable storylines as we enter the final weeks before the last stop on the awards ceremony circuit. More ...

Hamilton collaboration continues at the Other Side

January 26, 2017

Sorrowful it is to realize that we live in a world where scientific truth can be obscured by greedy efforts for popularity and financial gain. Fractal Expressionism, a so-called scientific theory, claims the ability to validate drip-paintings by artist Jackson Pollock. This sounds particularly promising to the Art History community for further depth into Pollock’s artistic style in case any new works were to be discovered, especially given the chaotic nature of Pollock’s paintings, which make authentication a challenge. More ...

Trustee supports Wellin Museum

January 26, 2017

The Inaugural Jeff Little ’71 Volunteer of the Year Award Recipent Linda E. Johnson ’80, recently established the Johnson-Pote Museum Director Fund in support of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art director’s position, as disclosed in the museum’s press release. More ...

Dry Land successfully tackles a dark subject

January 26, 2017

Like most of my fellow attendees last Friday night, I approached Dry Land with some degree of trepidation. This approach was a result from the play’s advertisements, which stated that the piece “frankly addresses the practice of self-induced abortion.” More ...

Shetterly presents Hidden Figures and looks beyond the confinements of race and gender

January 26, 2017

On Friday, Jan. 21, Assistant Professor of History Celeste Day Moore welcomed dozens of students onto a bus to see Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures, speak at the Stanley Theater in Utica at 7 p.m. The Project Fibonacci Foundation organized the event as part of its Women & STEAM (Sience, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). Speakers Series. The Project Fibonacci Foundation’s mission is to empower rising scholars in science and the arts with role models in their fields. Members of the foundation hoped that Shetterly would pack the beautiful rows of the Stanley Theater. The audience wasted no time filling every seat of the very large and historic building. More ...

Rosen delivers impassioned performance

December 8, 2016

Vibes, Written & Spoken brought Spoken Word Artist Mike Rosen to campus this past Wednesday, Dec. 7 in the Fillius Events Barn. The audience sat on the floor as the poet walked up to the mic. There were freshly typed poems enclosed in his hands, others patiently waited behind his lips. He called the audience “angels” as he told us, “Don’t try to fold your wings to fit through doors.” From the moment he stepped onto the stage, Rosen implored members of the audience to recognize their own importance and also to value it. Moreover, he expressed the necessity of not conforming to social norms or society’s ideas of oneself and simply living joyously and freely despite preconceived notions of happiness. More ...

The best new TV shows of 2016

December 8, 2016

As the holidays kick into gear and 2016 comes to a close, it is a good time to look back on what TV shows were released this year and which ones are actually worth seeing. Many critics have called these past few years, “The Golden Age of Television,” and 2016 certainly seems to have continued the trend. While there definitely were some duds, such as HBO’s expensive flop Vinyl, many others delivered. Although this is not a comprehensive list of the year’s best new shows, the ones listed below are worth keeping in mind. More ...