Category: Extracurricular Activities

  • Life Back on a Roll

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    By Nicolas Renier I recently got myself an old and clunky film camera, but couldn’t completely get rid of the feeling that my frequent visits to Williamsburg had taken their toll, and my commitment to hipster culture had gone too far. There’s apparently not a strong rationale to keep shooting with film today, unless you…

  • Memorable Music at the Cloisters

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    By Susan Russo In Fort Tryon Park, overlooking the Hudson River in uptown Manhattan, through December 8th, an extraordinary sound installation is being presented at the Cloisters, a branch of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which houses rare and beautiful medieval treasures. Recorded by the Canadian-born artist Janet Cardiff, The Salisbury Cathedral Choir in…

  • De Gustibus: The Bird’s the Word

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    By Mark Rinaldi If you’ve never had occasion to enjoy the marvel that is Japanese yakitori, I’ll break it down for you: wooden sticks are stuck through bits of chicken, and then those bits are grilled over coals. Simple, right? Not so fast–there’s a bit more to authentic yakitori. The grilling medium absolutely must be…

  • Happy Halloween!

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    By Aileen Marshall Halloween is coming up at the end of this month on October 31st. It has become a very big holiday in this country, for children as well as adults, and it is growing in other countries. How did Halloween get started? The holiday we know today is actually a combination of a…

  • Culture Corner A Visit to the Musée national du Moyen Âge (Paris)

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    By Bernie Langs By roundabout way of introducing this museum review, there is a funny scene in Woody Allen’s film comedy Midnight in Paris when, after having visited the Rodin Museum accompanied by a know-it-all art history buff, Owen Wilson returns there alone and asks the docent (Carla Bruni) if she remembers him from the…

  • For Your Consideration– Best Picture Check-In Edition

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    By Jim Keller I dare not take a stab at the ever-changing supporting actor categories when several of the films that could very well give us our nominees haven’t been seen, so stay-tuned to fyc next month when I’ll offer my thoughts on the Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories and conclude the four part…

  • Football (The American Kind)

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    By Aileen Marshall Have you ever wondered what your lab mates are talking about when they discuss Sunday’s football game every Monday morning? Or have you seen a game on television and tried to follow it? Have no fear, football is a very exciting and entertaining sport that can be enjoyed by all. The season…

  • Culture Corner: A Visit to the National Gallery (London)

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    By Bernie Langs I sometimes joke that the value of world currency should not be pegged to the dollar or to gold but to something truly valuable: paintings, drawings, and sculpture. And the arts of greatest value, in my opinion, are those from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. What, one may wonder, is the basis…

  • For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch Vol. 2 Edition

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    By Jim Keller Last year around this time, I covered the Supporting Actor and Actress races in this column in order to save the Best Actor race for last, since it’s generally much more exciting. The trouble is the Supporting races really don’t begin to take shape until later in the season, making them difficult…

  • The Fourth of July

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    by Aileen Marshall This month we celebrate the Fourth of July. But do you know what we are really celebrating? It’s not just a day of picnics and fireworks. The holiday is also known as Independence Day. It marks the day the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, signifying America’s independence from the United…