Last week I visited St. John the Divine Cathedral. I thought it was a really interesting place to share with everyone. Not only is its architecture beautiful, but it contains a large variety of art inside. For example, there was a memorial exhibit dedicated to 9/11, and I took a picture of a sculpture because it reminded me of the poems we read about it in class.
I saw the new Broadway production of Spring Awakening this past Saturday, and I thought it was absolutely fantastic. One of the show’s main themes is the damage that repression and censorship can do to young people, and it’s a very important piece of social commentary because of this. The production also incorporated American Sign Language, which was a really interesting and unique take on the show. It’s a beautiful production, and the use of deaf actors added a completely new layer of symbolism to the story and its themes.
Has anyone else seen it? If so, what did you think?
– Sarah Dunford
Photo Credit: Kevin Parry, from springawakeningthemusical.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJIgTLe0hc&index=6&list=RDL_XJ_s5IsQc
I think you guys might like this. They are a huge jazz big band full of really talented musicians. They released an album called “Family Dinner”. In this album the stepped away from writing very complicated jazz instrumentals, and instead rearranged a variety of old songs and had the original vocalist come in and record.
This is one of my favorites from that album. I really like how you can feel and see the energy in the room and it (in my opinion), isn’t just complicated for complicated’s sake, rather it serves an artistic purpose.
https://youtu.be/ARkcpUuqIW4
I thought I would share one of my favorite live performances of an artist! This short clip of Stevie Wonder shows his sense of humor, his genius as a musician and it also includes one of my favorite melodies. There is just something very soothing about it- I always listen to it when I want to relax.
-Antonio N Lopez
Everyone,
The Café is meant to be a space to share anything of interest to the class. I’d like to begin with a clip from a wonderful film, The Ruggles of Red Gap. I first saw it at a movie theater downtown called the Film Forum years ago, and I still laugh whenever I think of it.
AO
https://youtu.be/tDhWwDisPk8
