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...music fit for night-clubs, sleazy joints and bad hotels.” This description could very well apply to the status of jazz at Harvard today: though most students are aware of its existence, few devote substantial time or serious attention to either its study or its performance. But the quote is not a description of the current jazz scene: it comes from a 1974 article by Jim Cramer ’77 in these pages, reviewing a Harvard Jazz Band concert with trombonists Phil Wilson and Carl Fontana. And although Cramer, who would be come The Crimson?...
...Yapp says. But according to Viramontes, understanding the language is secondary. “The music communicates what the song it trying to say,” she says. Established in 2001, Mariachi Veritas has grown rapidly. It began as a little group who did small campus performances and didn’t even have traditional mariachi outfits. Mariachi Veritas now has 11 members, who can be seen wearing their black trajes with crimson sashes and a sombrero to complete the look. As a group, Mariachi Veritas has performed in a variety of different arenas around campus. Selma Hayek sang...
...river. Now things get really weird. The yaks begin to flow into one another, like the water of the river, and Björk’s backpack grows arms, then a head, finally transforming into a strange clay woman-thing. Björk and this creature then perform oddly sexual backflips until their bodies become intertwined. The water beneath them sprouts eyes which belong to a giant dragon-lookalike river god with enormous human hands that open and close suggestively. A giant Björk then digs a hole, diverting the river into a waterfall. Small Bj?...
...make lots of noise, and yell, and everyone contributes creative ideas,” Lauren E. Bray ’08 says. What is this dynamic mixture of noise, yelling, and creativity? None other than The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD), a percussion ensemble that performs on both standard percussion instruments and household items like trash cans and cups. Bray, who has been a member since her sophomore year, will be performing with THUD in Lowell Lecture Hall today. Bray says that her top priority is the audience. “With everything we do, we just think: Is that entertaining...
...truth, you’d better make them laugh; otherwise they’ll kill you.” For South African playwright Pieter-Dirk Uys, this statement is hauntingly literal. His most recent one-man production, “Elections and Erections,” currently being performed at the Zero Arrow Theatre, showcases the wry satire and verbal wit that has defined his career. The performance’s unique format, drawing upon drag and cabaret influences, provides a vehicle for the strong political dissent for which many South Africans have been killed.Uys began writing plays criticizing Apartheid...