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The Power of a Woman’s Face
February 9th, 2010The small exhibit of contemporary portrait photography now showing at the Johnson Museum, In Your Face, contains a bewildering array of attitudes that strike — and strike out — many views toward sex and gender, reflecting and redefining the different and sometimes overlapping waves of feminism and queer theory that have evolved over the past four decades. Read More
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There’s Sick, and Then There’s Sick
February 9th, 2010I know winter in Ithaca is never all that kind to anyone, but I feel these early days of February have been especially cruel to me. Read More
An UnEffected Display
February 8th, 2010Saturday night’s show at Ithaca’s Wildfire Lounge was one of reinvention. A local Ithaca band, The Cos, transported the audience to the nitty-gritty streets of New York City. Cornell group Blow! — who recorded their debut EP on a laptop in the bathrooms of Willard-Straight and Balch arch — created a sound as big and full as an orchestra. The headliners, Brooklyn’s Asobi Seksu, may have made their reputation blasting layered guitars in the tradition of the best elements of shoegaze, but brought out the acoustic guitars and piano for their return to Ithaca. Read More
Celebrating 40 Years of Alternative Cinema
February 8th, 2010Raise a glass and toast, as Cornell Cinema celebrates its 40th anniversary! Let’s hope that 40 really is the new 20, and that this birthday does not spawn the typical midlife crisis (I don’t know if I could handle a paint job touch-up that turns Willard Straight Theater’s walls bright yellow, or something of that sort), but instead is just the first of many age related celebrations. Read More
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Student Artist Spotlight: Blow!
February 8th, 2010Located on South Cayuga Street, slightly off the Commons, the Wildfire Lounge has the potential to become one of Ithaca’s premier music venues. This is a place with multiple options: you can sit a good distance away from the action and talk while enjoying a drink from the bar; you can relax on plush couches, put your legs up and rest your eyes; you can sit or stand as close to the music as you want and share the experience with like-minded friends and friends-to-be; and Saturday night, the up and coming Wildfire Lounge was host to one of Cornell’s up and coming bands —Blow! The band opened for Brooklyn group Asobi Seksu, and did not fail to impress with their innovative set. Read More
This Year's Best ... An Bested
February 8th, 2010It’s all well and good in Hollywood as far as awards season goes, and the 82nd Academy Awards — the crown jewel of the season — are set to take place on March 7. The nominations are in, with some surprises and some shoe-ins; not to mention some films no one has seen or heard of, and some movies that no one will or should. This year, the Academy is trying something new in allowing for 10 slots of consideration for the coveted Best Picture award. Read More
Spoiler Alert: The Sun Tackles "Lost" Season 6
February 5th, 2010Previously on Lost: the biggest cliffhanger of the series completely erased any preconceived notions we had about the direction of one of television’s most enigmatic and engaging programs. Like us, the viewing audience and the blogging world were overwhelmed with questions, both mythological and about the characters we have come to know and love over the span of six seasons. Read More
40 Years & Still in One Piece
February 5th, 2010Cornell Cinema’s 40th anniversary series, which features classic films of the 1970s, began this Monday with Mel Brooks’ 1974 film Young Frankenstein, a comedic take on Mary Shelley’s classic tale about life, death and everything in between. Read More
Jackson Gives Bones Bare Adaptation
February 5th, 2010Director Peter Jackson is now a household name, deservedly mentioned in the same breath as Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Read More
A New Twist on an Old Dream
February 5th, 2010Based on the novel Push by Sapphire, Precious presents a shockingly bleak picture of Harlem in 1987 through the eyes of sixteen-year old Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe). Twice impregnated by her own father, Precious is also overweight, illiterate, and the victim of much physical and verbal abuse from her unemployed and dysfunctional mother, Mary (Mo'Nique). Read More