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NYU Dream Team protester holds a sign at 30 Rockefeller Center in retaliation to Donald Trump’s appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Trump SNL gets more protesters than laughs

Jordan Reynolds, Staff Writer November 9, 2015
Donald Trump was an awkward, misogynistic and racist host on "Saturday Night Live."
Allison Ulrich and Katrina Cunningham of Company XIV performed in their world premiere of Cinderella, conceived, directed and choreographed by Drama Desk Award nominee Austin McCormick.

Scandalous ‘Cinderella’ takes stage

Annaluz Cabrera, Staff Writer November 9, 2015
Cinderella loses the ballgown and the slippers in Company XIV's burlesque re-imagining of the classic fairytale.
Christopher Abbott stars in the new American drama film, James White.

Alum directs gritty, emotional ‘White’

Daria Butler, Staff Writer November 9, 2015
Experience the struggles of being a young adult in New York with the self-destructive James White in N.Y.U alumni Josh Mond's latest film, "James White."
“Many Moons” has been released by Martin Courtney, member of indie rock band Real Estate.

Martin Courtney goes solo with ‘Many Moons’

Jacob Fox, Staff Writer November 6, 2015
Martin Courtney of rock band Real Estate releases his debut solo album, the pleasantly dreamy and graceful "Many Moons."
Ben Williams and Jenny Seastone Stern performing a scene from Julia Jarcho’s “American Treasure.”

Professor, playwright Julia Jarcho combines academia and theater

Abraham Gross, Staff Photographer November 5, 2015
NYU English professor Julia Jarcho presented scenes from several of her distinctive, witty plays.
The WSN staff recommends their favorite high school movies.

Staff Recs: High school films

Zach Martin, Maddie Pazzani, Audrey Deng and Anne Cruz November 5, 2015
Reminisce your high school memories with these staff-recommended high school movies like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Heathers."
Misan Sagay, who wrote the screenplay for "Belle," spoke at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Film Center last Thursday.

NYU’s Cantor Film Center hosts ‘Belle’ screenwriter Misan Sagay

NYU’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Film Center welcomed guest speaker Misan Sagay last Thursday to participate in a Q&A before a screening of the 2014 film “Belle."
Daria Butler, Staff Writer November 4, 2015
"Belle" screenwriter comes to NYU.
Laurie Anderson uses the death of her dog, as the starting point for reflections on life, death, religion and philosophy in her new film Heart of Dog.

Anderson’s ‘Heart of a Dog’ combines art forms to reflect on life and death

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer November 4, 2015
Experimental artist Laurie Anderson's new film "Heart of Dog" spirituality by combining several different art forms.
André Allen Anjos of the Remix Artist Collective sat down with WSN to talk about his career and performances in New York.

Remix Artist Collective tours with friends

Alexa Wong, Creative Director November 4, 2015
Remix Artists Collective founder André Allen Anjos talks with WSN about releasing music by song, not by album, and how this effects his tour. Catch RAC at Webster Hall this Friday.
Frederick Wiseman's latest film, “In Jackson Heights,” explores the diversity of the Queens neighborhood.

‘In Jackson Heights’ director Frederick Wiseman talks gentrification

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer November 3, 2015
Frederick Wiseman's "In Jackson Heights" explores the intense cultural diversity of the Queens neighborhood. WSN spoke with Wiseman about gentrification robbing neighborhoods of local personality and his documentary style.
"The Hallow" is set in rural Ireland, where a conservationist Adam Hitchens (Joseph Mawle), his wife Claire (Bojana Novakovic) and their infant son Finn have recently moved.

Monsters scare in ‘The Hallow’

Dejarelle Gaines, Staff Writer November 3, 2015
A conservationist unwittingly awakens ancient demonic forces in the Ireland-set film "The Hallows."
"Masterpieces of Chinese Painting” is currently on display at the MET from Oct. 31, 2015 to Oct. 11, 2016.

Art of the ancient Americas and paintings from China open at the Met

Carter Glace, Staff Writer November 3, 2015
Ancient American exhibit "Design for Eternity" and "Masterpieces of Chinese Painting" opened at the Met, providing a wide-ranging scope of Ancient American architectural design and Chinese calligraphy.