To acquire wisdom, one must observe

Jenna Lewis, Elienne Grossman and Alisha Anderson

Eva Levine

Being able to create an entire album is an incredible feat, but it is even more impressive when it tells a cohesive story. Many artists have created songs that ultimately have a greater meaning when...

Eva Levine

I’m back at it again with my favorite albums of the year! 2025 has been a fantastic 12 months for music, featuring releases from various genres and styles. Admittedly, this year’s list was far harder...

Judah Belgrade

The Backlog is a pillar of gaming discourse and general self-deprecating humor. A never-ending list of titles, new and old, at the whims of the player, sounds perfect on paper. You always have something to...

Chloe Ballew

“Ride the Cyclone” is a show that is near and dear to many theatre and theatre-adjacent kids’ hearts, mine included. With some challenging vocal performances and a dreamlike setting that gives the show the option...

Tales From The Empty Notebook

And so I run. Down the burning smoking hill through the field of fire. No erfl gets in my way as I kick up dirt, running through a world that has become merely a bright...

Jenna Lewis and Elienne Grossman

Chloe Ballew

This time of year is all about listening to melancholic music by terrible people, or at least that’s what I do every fall. In revisiting some of my favorite mournful musicians, I was once again...

Jenna Lewis

I Hate Thanksgiving The Turkey is always dry What is in stuffing?   I Hate Thanksgiving The Pilgrims are repugnant Let’s do better, please   I Hate Thanksgiving The Macy’s Parade is fine Get better...

Chloe Ballew

There is a bug trapped The window is open Its buggy body is pressed against the screen The window is open   I cannot tell you what kind of bug it was, I am not...

Chloe Ballew

Those who know of “The Merchant of Venice,” one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, know of the debate around the central themes of the show: Was the intention of the play antisemitic? Hold Thy Peace...

Eva Levine

The Brandeis Undergraduate Theater Collective’s recent production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” directed by Hannah “Phoenix” Feldman ’27, details the lives of the Webb and Gibbs families, along with the stories of several other people...

Tales From The Empty Notebook

It is hopeless, I think, muffling my anger in this hauntingly familiar environment. I slip the spear back in its sling, where it belongs. I breathe in, the air smelling like sweat and cut wood....

Juni Aferiat

So, it seems like fate has decided that you will be going to this concert alone. At this point, you might be frantically messaging friends of friends to see if anyone under the sun could...

Eva Levine

“Macbeth” has been my favorite Shakespeare play for as long as I can remember. I didn’t truly fall in love with Shakespeare’s works until I read it, so when I had the opportunity to see...

Judah Belgrade

Want to play something spooky? Something to get you in the Halloween spirit … but what’s the vibe, y’know? Maybe you don’t want to be scared shitless, you just want to have some spooky vibes!...

Eva Levine

Horror is one of the most underrated, yet widespread film genres. From classics “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” to the more recent “Weapons,” horror is a constant in mainstream media and pop culture. Nearly everyone...

Tales From The Empty Notebook

I scuttle backwards as fast as I can, fearing the pillars might collapse onto me. I stare upward, awaiting the blemished cylinder’s height to come crashing onto my body. Its height is like one of...

Chloe Ballew

I was always told I was tall for my age,  yet I can’t quite reach the next branch, Stretch, Press. At the end of the limb I can see a lemon, Sun bright, Vibrant. I...

Eva Levine

Horror is a fantastic genre of film, podcasts, literature and much more. The definition, as of most genres, is subjective, but I like to define horror as something created with the intention to scare, unsettle,...
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