‘What’s going on in this picture?’
Karla Niehus ’88, curator of Education in the Faulconer Gallery, is part of a group that is taking and new approach to an old problem: how to interpret art. “If you look together with other people there are many right answers. There is no Truth,” Niehus said, “People with different backgrounds and different experiences will see different things.”
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bob's beat
A bit of flavor from the 1800s is about to come to Grinnell, and it actually has nothing to do with your friendly neighborhood Society for Creative Anachronism.
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Habitat for Humanity benefit concert
Tonight, if you’re not downing beers before you head over to Harris or terrorizing townsfolk on a trick-or-treating rampage, you might accidentally find yourself supporting a worthy cause and listening to some Grinnell musical talent to boot. Habitat for Humanity is holding a benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. in Sebring-Lewis that should include a wide variety of campus musical groups and soloists. The concert is free, but the organizers would appreciate donations for their cause. The organization will also take the opportunity to educate audience members about Habitat for Humanity’s mission and various projects around Grinnell.
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Writer and editor David Lynn shares novel
Yesterday, David Lynn, the novelist, short story writer, and editor visited campus to read from his works. David Lynn has written a collection of sort stories: Fortune Telling; a novel Waiting for Gabriel; has been a Fulbright scholar in India; and is currently the editor of the Kenyon Review, a prestigious literary magazine. He has been called, by the writer Amitav Ghosh, “a major talent.”
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The Blue Kite : existential fable
The Blue Kite is a Chinese film is ostensibly about the sufferings endured by one family during the great leap forward. On its most basic level the movie is a political condemnation of the irrationalities and human failings that drove the Communist regime to destroy the lives of those it supposedly liberated. And though it deals with concrete political events and culture The Blue Kite’s defter psychological mechanisms turn it into a sort of existential fable of human resilience.
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HAIR: our parallel world
Perhaps the reason that HAIR resonates with so many here is because Grinnellians often see the world of HAIR as similar to their own. The show opens with “The Age of Aquarius,” the musical number that many in the cast call “orgy-rific.” This introduction is only the beginning of the many traits that make HAIR oddly fitting for Grinnell.
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Sylvia: playful puppy play
According to Rachel Haile ‘04, this campus needs comedy. In directing and producing the play Sylvia, Haile hopes to provide comedy.
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Harris’s Horrific Halloween
Brad’s Fun Swedish Fact: Swedish children have gotten their wish—this year there will be a white Halloween in Stockholm. Actually, Halloween isn’t celebrated very heavily in Sweden, but I expect that you all will pick up the slack.
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