For Inspiration Night, Old NasSoul will be performing four songs that have everything to do with change, from change in how one thinks about their current situation in life represented by our song “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”, to internal change in the recent song “Same Drugs” by Chance the Rapper, to Read more about Inspiration Night Spotlight: Chandler Cleveland ’18 – Old NasSoul[…]
We’ll be singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow (from the Wizard of Oz), Pure Imagination (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, and Alice in Wonderland. We chose these pieces because they’re all about working towards or thinking about better places or times. As is said in Pure Imagination, “Anything you want Read more about Inspiration Night Spotlight: Faridah Laffan ’18 – Katzenjammers[…]
1) What will you be performing at Inspiration Night, and why is it meaningful to you/your group? I will be performing a very “unique” love poem, and it’s meaningful to me because I think everyone deserves something that can be their day’s motivation or some offering of reassuring words of why they are important. Read more about Inspiration Night Spotlight: Sara Howell ’20 – Songline[…]
Perhaps my favorite moment in the Princeton University Art Museum unraveled in front of “The Death of Socrates,” a piece by Jacques-Louis David and his studio. A calling card of the European Art (17th-18th Centuries) gallery, the intentionally unfinished chef-d’œuvre, at least according to scholar Thomas Crow, served as a teaching tool. In a Read more about Art and Accessibility: Mariah McVey ’20 Shares a PUAM Experience[…]
Growing up in London for the first eighteen years of my life, there was no dearth of museums and galleries to visit. In fact, the constant presence of art, though enjoyable, could also be overwhelming. Some of my favorite museum experiences in the city have been at exhibits that explore the intersection between fashion Read more about The Storied Past – Mohammad Adnan ’19 on the Katas Raj Temple Complex[…]
As a second semester senior in high school, my friends and I had no shortage of trips to DC. After school we’d take short, 30 minute metro rides to the city, and arrive at different stops each week: Dupont Circle, Gallery Place, Smithsonian, and occasionally, U-Street. Our adventures were varied, one day we’d check out Read more about Wave After Wave – Cathleen Kong ’20[…]
I first saw the Unicorn Tapestries when I was about ten. My fifth-grade class took a field trip to the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park in New York, a hidden, castle-like museum which displays medieval art. Our tour guide led us through the maze of corridors before depositing us in the Unicorn Tapestries Room. Read more about Unicorn in Captivity – Liana Cohen ’20[…]
The SAB interviewed Songline members Catalina Trigo ’17, Lavinia Liang ’18, and David Exume ’19. Catalina: What poems will Songline be performing at Failed Love? Catalina’s poem is about love as the struggle of picking out a set of plates when you know you won’t be throwing them out. What motivates you to Read more about Failed Love Spotlight: Songline[…]
What songs will you be performing at Failed Love? – Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison – I Won’t Give Up by Jason Mraz – Bring It On Home To Me by Sam Cooke – If by Bread – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg by The Temptations What inspires you to sing? I really value the Read more about Failed Love Spotlight: Christopher Hsu ’18 of the Tigertones[…]
What songs will you be performing at Failed Love? We’ll be singing Lies by Glen Hansard, Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran, and our founding song, Perfidia. What inspires your group to sing? I’m not sure I can speak for everyone, but for me, it’s fun, it feels meaningful to create something bigger than myself, Read more about Failed Love Spotlight: Daniel Pinto ’20 of the Nassoons[…]