Arts
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Q&A: How 2 first-years found community mixing music in their dorms
WSN spoke to first-year students Christie Brewer and Saima ‘Sai’ Hasan about experimenting musically, finding community and creating NYU Tiny Dorm Concerts.
Liv Steinhardt, Contributing Writer
• April 29, 2024
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Review: ‘boy’ is an ethereal recollection of nostalgia
The 5SOS frontman Luke Hemmings released his second solo project as an EP that works through his starstruck past on the stage.
Julia Diorio, Music Editor
• April 29, 2024
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Review: The sunny ‘La chimera’ finds tenderness in graverobbing
In this tale of stolen artifacts and found families, a long-lost love shines through.
Ethan Beck, Staff Writer
• April 29, 2024
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Books beyond Bobst: A summertime romance novel, an analysis of the art world and more
Books beyond Bobst is a book-rec column highlighting what NYU students are reading now, outside of their classes. If you’re in need of a new read, look no further.
Alexa Donovan, Ariana Wahab, Aarna Dixit and Ethan Beck
• April 29, 2024
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6 page-turners to get you out of a reading slump
These gripping reads are full of short chapters, fluid prose and enthralling plots, which will kick-start your reading era just in time for summer.
Lulu Chatterjee, Staff Writer
• April 25, 2024
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Review: The play ‘Stereophonic’ tells the bittersweet story of a ’70s band
After originating at Playwrights Horizons, “Stereophonic” brings the raw reality of band life to Broadway.
Skylar Boilard, Contributing Writer
• April 25, 2024
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Review: Taylor Swift is back, better and sooner than ever
Released two hours after the original album dropped, Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology,” proves her mastery in lyricism and a complete understanding of her sound.
Emily Genova, Deputy Managing Editor
• April 24, 2024
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Review: ‘Civil War’ asks viewers what kind of American they are
Alex Garland criticizes journalistic and bystander integrity in his new A24 film “Civil War.”
Bella Simonte, Contributing Writer
• April 24, 2024
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Review: ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is a humanizing and chaotic chronicle of heartbreak
Taylor Swift continues to keep her fans on their toes with an album that peers into her mind as she rises into incomprehensible fame.
Julia Diorio, Music Editor
• April 22, 2024
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Review: girl in red’s ‘I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!’ freshly approaches artistic development
In dropping an album both introspective and divergent from her traditional sound, the Norwegian artist paints a journey of self-discovery that cements her creative voice.
Eleanor Jacobs, Staff Writer
• April 22, 2024
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Q&A: Miki Berenyi on ‘Fingers Crossed’ and the new chapter of her life
WSN sat down with Berenyi to talk about her memoir, the impact of music as she ages and what it was like navigating the ’80s alternative music scene as a biracial woman.
Stephanie Wong, Arts Editor
• April 22, 2024
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Review: ‘Fingers Crossed’ is a stripped portrait of a shoegaze icon
Miki Berenyi’s memoir, “Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success” recounts the seasoned musician’s complicated upbringing and tumultuous journey navigating the British alternative music scene in the late ’80s to ’90s.
Stephanie Wong, Arts Editor
• April 19, 2024
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Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
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Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
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Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
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Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024