David Beagle

Though I don’t outright dislike classical music, I’ve never been particularly fond of it either.  And while I hate to admit it, I did find the Tokyo String Quartet to be rather unexciting, and left my house with low expectations.  However, I found my expectations defied and enjoyed a fantastic evening. Walking into Carnegie Hall […]

Settling into my seat in the Metropolitan Opera House, I attempted to work the screen in the seat in front of me so as to have subtitles available, however, it did not function.  There were two possibilities.  Either I did not know how to properly work the screen, or the screen was broken.  Considering my […]

Edwidge Danticat’s visit to our campus to discuss the first year common reading provided some wonderful insight into her memoir Brother, I’m Dying.  She opened the discussion by reciting five Haitian proverbs, explaining the meaning of each and how they related to the themes present in her book.  For example, the final proverb was “When […]

The mural, Man at the Crossroads, is the center of the conflict between Diego Rivera and the Rockefellers.  Rivera was commissioned to paint a mural to be displayed at Rockefeller Center, and included in his work a depiction of Lenin, which, of course, displeased the Rockefellers.  After Rivera and the Rockefellers were unable to reach […]

It was a cool and breezy night on Coney Island; large clouds loomed in the sky permitting the almost full moon to shine through only on occasion.  Most of the people were exiting the boardwalk to head home, but a small crowd was gathering around the rails next to the beach, anticipating the upcoming fireworks […]

Coney Island and the High Line speak volumes of the diversity in experiences and people one can find in New York.  “Conceived more than 100 years apart, these two New York City sites are both products of their times, reflecting different ideas about recreation, culture, and society.”  The differences between Coney Island and the High […]