Arts & Events

By Brynn Svenningsen CW: Discussion of childhood sexual abuse  “Art is where we go when language fails us and art is where we are able to make connections with one another in a world that is so determined to keep us separated,” gender non-binary poet and performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon said. A performance duo Vaid-Menon was involved with, Dark Matter, stirred controversy over problematic statements made on the group’s social media regarding childhood sexual abuse, which many viewed as victim-blaming in nature. According to Vaid-Menon, the statements were made by...

By Matthew Gulick Last weekend, Bare Bones Theatre Collective put on Town Crier Speaks Festival XVI, a series of student-written and student-directed one-act plays. This year’s festival ran the emotional gamut. From criticisms of religious tradition to a comedic dramatization of soda brand rivalry, from the AIDS epidemic to comatose loved ones, Town Crier alternated between heavy subject matter and lighthearted puns. Entirely student-driven, The Bare Bones Theatre Collective produces two festivals a year, Town Crier in the fall and Plays Against Humanity in the spring. The collective also supports...