On the Record: Heather Marlowe, Playwright
Victoria Garber, Arts and Culture editor
May 5, 2017
Filed under ARTS, On the Record, Theater & Film
Editor’s note: This article discusses sexual assault. Playwright, actor and activist Heather Marlowe graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2009 with a degree in art history before moving to San Francisco, where she dedicated much of her time to theater classes. Motivated by h...
On the Record with Curator Andrea Gyorody
Victoria Garber, Arts editor
April 21, 2017
Filed under ARTS, On the Record, Visual Art
Andrea Gyorody was recently hired as the new Ellen Johnson ’33 assistant curator of modern and contemporary art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum. She graduated from Amherst College in 2007 and went on to receive a master’s degree in Art History from Williams College. Currently a Ph.D. candidate ...
On the Record with Pianist Vijay Iyer
Interview by Louis Krauss, News editor
April 14, 2017
Filed under ARTS, Music, On the Record, Recent Stories
Vijay Iyer is a world-renowned jazz pianist and composer who has also written music for various classical and electronic ensembles. Iyer visited Oberlin last weekend to attend a workshop performance of his new violin concerto, titled Trouble, by Oberlin Sinfonietta ahead of its worldwide premiere at O...
On the Record with Ed Helms, OC ’96, and Daniel Radosh, OC ’91
Transcribed by Tyler Sloan, Editor-in-Chief
April 7, 2017
Filed under ARTS, Comedy, On the Record, Recent Stories
Ed Helms, OC ’96, and Daniel Radosh, OC ’91, hosted this academic year’s final convocation Sunday night, “What’s the Point of Comedy? (And other pointless questions).” Helms, whose most iconic roles include an outlandish Andy Bernard on The Office and an equally obnoxious but fun-loving Stu in T...
On the Record with Ethnomusicologist Aaron Fox
Interview by Rachel Mead, Staff writer
March 31, 2017
Filed under ARTS, Features, Music, On the Record
Aaron Fox is an associate professor of music and ethnomusicology and the director of the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University. His educational background demonstrates the intersection of fields in which he works; he holds a bachelor’s degree in Music from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in S...
On The Record with Professor Justin Emeka
Victoria Garber, Arts Editor
February 24, 2017
Filed under ARTS, On the Record, Theater & Film
Associate Professor of Theater and Africana Studies Justin Emeka, OC ’95, discovered acting at a young age, but racially restrictive casting drove him more toward directing. He graduated with a master’s degree in directing from the University of Washington School of Drama in 2005 and has been ext...
On the Record with Musicologist Maria Williams
Olive Sherman and Owen Ellerkamp
February 17, 2017
Filed under ARTS, Dance, Music, On the Record
Professor Maria Williams was born and raised in Anchorage, AK. She received a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from University of California, Los Angeles and currently directs the Department of Alaska Native Studies at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, where she teaches courses in Alaska Native and world...
On the Record with Jennifer Torrence
Eilish Spear, Staff Writer
September 23, 2016
Filed under ARTS, Music, On the Record
Percussionist Jennifer Torrence, OC ’09, is a solo and collaborative performer based in Oslo, Norway, where she is a research fellow at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Torrence specializes in contemporary percussion writing and performance, and her recent projects include writing evening-length solo productions...
On the Record: Jennifer Hoock, OC ’83, Cat in the Cream Founder
Christian Bolles, Arts Editor
May 6, 2016
Filed under ARTS, On the Record
Jennifer Hoock, OC ’83, aided in the re-establishment of the Cat in the Cream with roommates Charissa Smith, OC ’82, and Cheryl Serrone, OC ’83. She graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine and earned her MPH at the University of Washington. In addition to being associate director at ...
On the Record with Rachel Katz, Electronic Musician
Victoria Albacete, Production Editor
April 8, 2016
Filed under ARTS, Music, On the Record
Rachel Katz, who makes music as Xuan Rong, is a junior Computer Science major from New York who released her second EP, Bushka, in March. Her first album, Myria, was released in May 2015. She has performed live at Sidewalk Café and Pianos in New York City. The Review sat down with Katz to discuss the ...
On the Record with Tania Bruguera, activist and artist
Jake Frankenfield
April 1, 2016
Filed under ARTS, On the Record
Tania Bruguera is a political activist and performance artist hailing from Cuba. Her latest project, #YoTambienExijo (“I Also Demand”), involved the placement of a microphone in the middle of Revolution Square in Havana. The project, which is intended to give any interested person one minute of un...
On the Record with Active Bird Community
Danny Evans, Arts Editor
February 26, 2016
Filed under ARTS, Music, On the Record
Active Bird Community formed in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY — a quaint suburb outside New York City — when the band’s members were just 11 years old. Ten years later, the now New York City-based quartet is more active than ever. Its brainy, shoegaze-influenced take on indie rock has earned praise fro...