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...seems to me that it’s wasteful to have the arts be a fringe, renegade institution, unauthorized, skirting central issues and attacking them like an Indian war party,” Guillemin says. “Arts have to find out important causes, go directly to the people who are in charge of them, claim that the arts can provide a better way of handling these problems than any way that’s instituted so far, and then work diligently with bureaucracies so that the good of society is bettered...

Author: By Sophie O. Duvernoy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Taking Artwork into the Streets | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...Flies” is a retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orestes, a prince who returns to his native city of Argos only to find that the gods have been punishing the city for failing to stop his mother, Queen Clytemnestra, from murdering her first husband. The play centers on Orestes’ attempt to challenge the gods, and his decision about whether it is easier to live a predetermined life of penitence or to accept the responsibility of choosing one’s own destiny. Jean-Paul Sartre adapted the myth into a play in 1943 to create...

Author: By Abigail B. Lind, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: “Flies” is West Side Sartre | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...didn’t want Clytemnestra to be the evil woman,” Broadwater adds. “The more we find ways to understand who she is and feel her pain, the more we empathize with her, so that she seems like a real human being...

Author: By Abigail B. Lind, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: “Flies” is West Side Sartre | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...implying an inherently poetic, rebellious symbolism. But instead of feeling a powerful sensation of anti-establishment, we’re left with a mix of strange emotions. The album builds up tension with its onerous layers of dissonance and noise, but ultimately provides no gratification. Catharis-seekers will find it tough to restrain the urge to bash the nearest guitar into the ground out of frustration...

Author: By Qichen Zhang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Little Girls | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

That's a good question. After all, good deeds shouldn't have to stay within the bloodline, right? Find out why you might want to consider adopting a third (or fourth?) grandma (in concept) for yourself, after the jump...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: "Miss Your Grandma?" | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

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