Published on: March 16, 2013
Ronald Gerber
We have one person to thank for the intensely engaging series of moments that comprise Rust and Bone: Jacques Audiard. Son of famous director Michel Audiard, Jacques is finally – after spending the last 20 years directing feature films and much longer writing them – getting the attention he deserves in America. 2009’s A Prophet was a Cannes favorite and soon garnered international acclaim and an Oscar nomination… and for good reason. More…
Published on: March 16, 2013
Jared Weiss
The Simon’s Rock Theater Department’s productions seem to have evolved over the past few years. We used to see more traditional, Renaissance- and Enlightenment-era theater, be it Molière’s “Tartuffe” or Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” There was an emphasis on the witty dialogue, the character interactions, and the interweaving subplots.
That abruptly changed, however, with last spring’s brilliant, haunting production of student-scripted “Hospital Kapital.” Suddenly, we were treated to an entirely different kind of theater, one that functioned on a minimalist plot (in fact, many felt that there was not a coherent plot at all) and sparse dialogue. That play more than compensated by relying on images, moods, and atmosphere to affect the audience, and utilizing chilling staging, costumes and makeup, lighting and sound design, etc. More…
Published on: February 28, 2013
Women writers of all ages and from many different walks of life will be featured in the Third Annual Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, taking place throughout the month of March, Women’s History Month, at venues all over Berkshire County.
The Festival, sponsored by Bard College at Simon’s Rock with the collaboration of many other organizations, includes the participation of more than 150 women writers, at 55 separate events. More…
Published on: February 24, 2013
Jared Weiss
Though a delicate issue that remains very painful for many alumni, staff and faculty, and even students on campus today, the 1992 shooting at Simon’s Rock was the lead piece for PBS’s Need to Know show on Friday, Feb. 22. The piece is twenty minutes long, and there are plans to post additional footage online. Over the past few weeks, film crews interviewed faculty and staff on campus for the news segment, conceived by the Need to Know associate producer, Zachary Green ’99 alumnus. More…
Published on: February 24, 2013
Ronald Gerber
The Daniel Arts Center saw a double-bill of dance theses on Saturday, Feb. 9 and Sunday, Feb. 10. Caitlin Murphy ’09 and Julynn Wilderson ’09 presented their final performances, called Photolocation and Point Blank respectively, in the McConnell Theatre and the upstairs Dance Studio, one directly after the other.
Murphy’s thesis, Photolocation, was a thematically complex piece set curiously simply. It featured four dancers – Gemma Gearhart ’10, Grace Rossman ’11, Tara Turnbull ’10, and Murphy – who weaved across McConnell’s stage carrying out similar motions that were often staggered to give the group a sense of a domino effect. More…
Published on: February 24, 2013
Erik Elbieh
Vectors with negative magnitude. Tractricoids and pseudospheres. Quarternion hyperboloid geometries. These are just a few of the many phrases given by Ilesanmi Adeboye, an assistant professor from Wesleyan University during his talk on Tuesday, Feb. 12. More…
Published on: February 24, 2013
Ronald Gerber
One must admire the career of Stephen Soderbergh. Starting with his daring debut Sex, Lies, and Videotape in 1989, he has made no fewer than 25 films. As prolific as Hitchcock in his American years, but more willing to explore different genres, Soderbergh has made a name for himself with a wide array of films, including Best Picture winner Traffic, the mainstream hit Ocean’s Eleven and the subsequent sequels, and the massive, brilliant four and a half hour biopic Che. More…
Photo Credit | Danny Sawyer ’11
Published on: February 10, 2013
Katherine Corn
As Winter Storm Nemo’s record-breaking visit to the Northeast comes to a close, the nation is breathing a sigh of relief at its passage. However, its impact on Great Barrington on Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11 was less than anticipated, leaving winter sports enthusiasts disappointed. More…
Published on: February 9, 2013
Ronald Gerber
I was more than a little surprised to find when I got back this weekend from seeing J.A. Bayona’s The Impossible that there was not much controversy around it. It has been largely received positively by critics, receiving several nominations from various awards organizations. More…
Published on: February 6, 2013
The Llama Ledger Staff
The Pre-Med Society held their biannual American Red Cross Blood Drive on Friday, Nov. 30. The event was well attended by the Simon’s Rock and Great Barrington community. Keep an eye out for the Blood Drive this semester on Friday, April 19. More…
