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...American Teen” is a simultaneously humorous and heartbreaking look at the challenges teenagers must overcome in their senior years of high school. This documentary, which earned director Nanette Burstein an award at the Sundance Film Festival, chronicles the lives of four students—the outcast artist Hannah, the earnest jock Colin, the bitchy blonde Megan, and the acne-ridden band-geek Jake—as they prepare to finish their high school careers in Warsaw, Indiana.The heart of the film belongs to Hannah, who dreams about moving to Hollywood and making inspirational films—which...
...fabricators” for her project who, at regular intervals in the last year, provided her with sperm samples which she injected into herself with needle-free syringes. At the end of each month, Shvarts would ingest an abortifacient, which caused her to experience cramps and heavy bleeding. The artist remains unsure of whether she was actually ever pregnant, but this does not discount the purpose of her project: to raise important questions about our societal perceptions of sex.Regardless, in undertaking the expression, Shvarts has tapped into the genre of sensationalist artwork. In this New Haven affair, more significant than...
...nest to live.” With working-class hero lines like “she still dreams after she woke,” Slug could have easily been writing songs for Marianne Faithfull. It’s surprising, then, that Marianne Faithfull may be the only artist in history whose actual music doesn’t get referenced in “When Life Gives You Lemons.” “Your Glasshouse” starts like a Depeche Mode song, and “You” has an underlying tune reminiscent of The Smiths...
...showcase for Latino and Latin-American creativity but also as a means of strengthening the entire community within Harvard. The show, which will take place tomorrow, features both traditional and modern acts presented by the winners of the show’s Latino/a of the Year awards: hip-hop artist Daddy Yankee and “America’s Next Top Model” winner Jaslene Gonzalez. The board members of Presencia Latina have been auditioning students, organizing celebrity guest appearances, and promoting the cultural show since late February. They hope that this show will open the Harvard community?...
...through July 27, 2008. It showcases dozens of works from the 23 years of the reign of Philip III, a period that was bookended on either side by the careers of renowned Spanish painters El Greco and Diego Velázquez. The exhibit also features several lesser-known artists, obscure even in Spain, who worked in the Spanish court and collectively bridge the gap between El Greco’s late career and Velázquez’s emergence as a painter. “El Greco to Velázquez” is a concentrated slice of Spanish...