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Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

February 5, 2025

TIMOTHY MCSHEA

STEVEN SIMPSON / PHOTO EDITOR
A D&D Dungeon Master (Quishi Tan; center), describes the mythic tavern to his two player characters, Sir Fig Newton (Finnigan Keane; left) and the Barbarian (Ryan Garza; right).

Witness Theater’s 2025 I-Show raises the bar

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA | 3 hours ago

JARRET CALLAHAN / CC BY-NC 2.0
The award-winning rapper and producer announces his new position at the Peabody Institute teaching rap for the Institute’s new hip hop degree program.

Lupe Fiasco to teach rap at the Peabody Institute starting fall 2025

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA | January 3, 2025

COURTESY OF CATHY WANG
This week, Raphaël Feuillâtre performs at the Baltimore Museum of Art on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m.

To watch and watch for: Week of Nov. 11

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA | November 11, 2024

COURTESY OF LAVANYA GUPTA
The cast of The Barnstormers' production of Twelfth Night, imitating the famous photo of the 2012 Public Theater production featuring Anne Hathaway. From left to right: Katherine Budinger as Countess Olivia, Emma Peralta as Viola and Ander Diez as Duke Orsino.

Art Deco Shakespeare: The Barnstormers' performance of Twelfth Night

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA | October 29, 2024

RUI DO ROSARIO / DESIGN & LAYOUT EDITOR
Picks for this week include Chromakopia by Tyler, The Creator, The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins, Juror #2 by Clint Eastwood and Fountains of Rome and La Mer performed by the BSO and the Aaron Diehl Trio on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.

To watch and watch for: Week of Oct. 27

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA | October 27, 2024

RUI DO ROSARIO / Design & Layout Editor
This week's picks include the comedic film Saturday Night, directed by Jason Reitman, Jason Rekulak’s mystery novel The Last One at the Wedding, rapper GloRilla's new LP, Glorious, and the Film and Media Studies Faculty Showcase on Sunday, 2 p.m. in Gilman 50.

To watch and watch for: Week of Oct. 6

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA | October 6, 2024

COURTESY OF AIMEE CHO
This week’s picks include the the new novel, Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney, the album debut of Coyote by rapper-singer Tommy Richman, and the monumental Polyaspora Festival hosted by the Peabody Institute, which will feature performances by new composers at both the Johns Hopkins Mt. Vernon campus in Baltimore and the Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue.

To watch and watch for: Week of Sept. 22

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA | September 22, 2024

JUSTIN HIGUCHI / CC BY-SA 2.0
Contributing Writer Ruben Diaz picks singer Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet as the best album of summer 2024.

Our picks for album of the summer, 2024

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA , SPRUHA DEO , NOËL DA and RUBEN DIAZ | September 14, 2024

COURTESY OF AIMEE CHO
This week’s picks include the psychological thriller Speak No Evil directed by James Watkins, the murder mystery and romance novel Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout, Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin by English singer-songwriter Suki Waterhouse and Pearl Jam’s concert at CFG Bank Arena.

To watch and watch for: Week of Sept. 8

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA | September 8, 2024

COURTESY OF CONRAD LOUIS CHARLES
The Peabody Jazz Ensemble is led by renowned trumpeter Sean Jones, the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair in Jazz Studies.

A guide to the arts at Hopkins

By TIMOTHY MCSHEA | August 19, 2024

TIMOTHY MCSHEA

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