Hello, and get ready for another batch of delicious media to consume in the coming week! Whether you’re looking for a sweet romance novel (see: Liquid: A Love Story in the “To read” section ) or a flavorful Afropop album (see: 5ive in “To listen”), the Arts & Entertainment section has something to suit your tastes. With midterms hopefully coming to an end and spring break right around the corner, we hope you can find some time to indulge in these films, books, albums and live events.
It can be overwhelming to gaze across such a wide array of offerings, so to help you narrow down your search, I’d like to recommend Novocaine as your next watch. This movie is about a man who cannot feel pain due to a rare disorder, and his quest to save his kidnapped girlfriend. His insensitivity to pain turns into his greatest strength, and his mild manners transform into superhero-like bravado. Novocaine promises to be both heart-warming and cold-blooded, so consider catching it in theaters after it releases on Friday Mar. 14!
As for reading offerings, choices are abound this week. My personal pick would be 33 Place Brugmann: a novel set in a Belgium residential building in 1939. I die for a story centered around a single apartment and its residents, and this book seems like it will deliver, through and through. As the personalities housed within 33 Place Brugmann wrestle with the impending reality of Nazi occupation, their characters change, and the once familiar structure of the building takes on new and dangerous forms.
For something to listen to, I would recommend I Die Where You Begin by Stela Cole, releasing on Mar. 14. This album blends confessional lyrics with all the best elements of the pop genre for a product that is both satisfying and empowering to listen to. Tracks include “Blood Orange Wine” with a pumping beat and suave vocals, as well as “Candyland,” which has a really fun pre-chorus and sticky, sugary imagery.
Finally, we have live events. Peabody will perform “La Clemenza di Tito” this week: an opera by Mozart. The orchestra and opera will come together for this production, promising a concert of impressive proportions. Plus, the show will run for three consecutive days, so you have several opportunities to catch this weekend! Tickets are free and available online.
If none of the selections above seem to satisfy your media cravings, we hope that some of these will:
To watch...
Novocaine, directed by Robert Olsen and Dan Berk — March 14
Black Bag, directed by Steven Soderbergh — March 14
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, directed by Peter Browngardt — March 14
Opus, by Mark Anthony Green — March 14
The Last Supper, directed by Mauro Borrelli — March 14
To read...
33 Place Brugmann, by Alice Austen — March 11
Luminous, by Silvia Park — March 11
The Californians, by Brian Castleberry — March 11
Waiting On the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses, by Peter Wolf — March 11
The Women on Platform Two, by Laura Anthony — March 11
The Antidote, by Karen Russell — March 11
Liquid: A Love Story, by Mariam Rahmani — March 11
To listen...
I Die Where You Begin, by Stela Cole — March 14
5ive, by Davido — March 14
Liberation, by ZZ Ward — March 14
Vaxis — Act III: The Father of Make Believe, by Coheed and Cambria — March 14
Live events...
Fire and Ice: The Music of Barbara Strozza and Isabella Leonarda at Bird in Hand — March 11 from 6:30–7:30 p.m.
- This event is free; registration is required.
Hop Talks Book Discussion: “Fighting to Breathe: Race Toxicity and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore at Levering Hall — March 12 from 6–8 p.m.
- This event is free; registration is required.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito at Miriam A. Friedberg Hall — March 13, 14 and 15 from 7:30–9:30 p.m. and March 16 from 3–5 p.m.
- Tickets are free; registration is required.
Depths of History: Gender-Based Violence in Art at the Walters Museum — March 13 from 6–7:30 p.m.
- This event is free; registration is required.
