The summary provides the key details about the Film and Video Collective student organization at Mount Holyoke in 3 sentences:
The Film and Video Collective at Mount Holyoke, which was founded over a decade ago to expose students to cult films, has been revived by co-directors Ariel Hahn and Cuyler Mitchell who hold monthly screenings and plan to organize larger events including film lectures and workshops. The organization intends to provide resources for film students and hopes to collaborate with other colleges on films; members meet monthly to discuss movies and plan screenings open to all students interested in film.
This is a sample lesson of how an iPod touch can be infused into a standards-based lesson to enhance the curriculum. This lesson is in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon.
The article summarizes a performance of Mozart's Requiem that took place at Mount Holyoke College. The performance featured the Mount Holyoke Glee Club, the University of Virginia Men's Glee Club, and the Valley Festival Orchestra. The author notes the diverse audience in attendance and discusses gaining a new appreciation for classical music through experiencing the performance. The article provides background on the pieces performed and praise for the Glee Clubs' performances.
The article discusses the opening of a new jazz club in Belchertown called "Belchertown's new jazz spot". It explores whether the club can succeed given challenges facing live music venues. The club aims to provide high-quality live jazz in a welcoming atmosphere to attract patrons. Its success will depend on building a loyal customer base and creating a unique experience that draws people away from other entertainment options. The article questions if the club can overcome odds facing similar venues and thrive in the competitive market.
This article discusses two cult classic horror films: Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It describes how Repo! originated as a stage musical and developed a cult following through word-of-mouth and touring productions before gaining widespread popularity. Similarly, it notes that Rocky Horror initially failed commercially but grew a dedicated fan base through shadow cast performances and audience participation at screenings. The article compares the two films and their cult status, noting how both inspire fans to attend screenings in costume and participate in call-backs and other traditions.
A student's self-portrait was found deliberately torn to pieces in the Art Building at Mount Holyoke College, disturbing the artist and the author of the article. The author reflects on how exposing oneself creatively is anxiety-provoking due to the desire to elicit an emotional response from others through one's art. While Mount Holyoke aims to encourage self-expression, incidents like this undermine the sense of safety and judgment-free environment needed to take creative risks. The author fears how their own creative writing will be received in an upcoming peer review class.
The document summarizes the Mount Holyoke College Orchestra and their recent performances. It also provides a summary of the theater department's upcoming production of "Brave Smiles", which explores lesbian culture through pre-1980s literature and cinema. The play follows the lives of five adolescents at an orphanage for girls and how each meet tragic ends related to their sexuality. It satirizes the stereotype that lesbians in media before 1980s always met unhappy endings. The production aims to both entertain and critique this notion.
The document summarizes the television series adaptation of the 2005 film Crash. It discusses how the series, like the film, depicts racial tensions in Los Angeles through interconnected stories. While the series goes into more depth than the film through its multiple episodes, the review argues it lacks the compelling message of the original and fails to generate meaningful conversations about race in its first five episodes. Key characters, such as a police officer torn between his Korean and American identities, are introduced.
This summary provides the key details about Cynthia Delgado's art installation "Bilateral Contaminatio: Three Faces" in 3 sentences:
Cynthia Delgado's art installation at the Blanchard Art Gallery features grids of differently colored sands on the floor that viewers can interact with, mixing the sands and changing the installation. The piece is meant to go through three phases, starting with just the sands and progressing to viewers interacting and mixing the sands. Delgado hopes to observe how both the artwork and viewers present themselves through this interactive experience.
This is a sample lesson of how an iPod touch can be infused into a standards-based lesson to enhance the curriculum. This lesson is in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon.
The article summarizes a performance of Mozart's Requiem that took place at Mount Holyoke College. The performance featured the Mount Holyoke Glee Club, the University of Virginia Men's Glee Club, and the Valley Festival Orchestra. The author notes the diverse audience in attendance and discusses gaining a new appreciation for classical music through experiencing the performance. The article provides background on the pieces performed and praise for the Glee Clubs' performances.
The article discusses the opening of a new jazz club in Belchertown called "Belchertown's new jazz spot". It explores whether the club can succeed given challenges facing live music venues. The club aims to provide high-quality live jazz in a welcoming atmosphere to attract patrons. Its success will depend on building a loyal customer base and creating a unique experience that draws people away from other entertainment options. The article questions if the club can overcome odds facing similar venues and thrive in the competitive market.
This article discusses two cult classic horror films: Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It describes how Repo! originated as a stage musical and developed a cult following through word-of-mouth and touring productions before gaining widespread popularity. Similarly, it notes that Rocky Horror initially failed commercially but grew a dedicated fan base through shadow cast performances and audience participation at screenings. The article compares the two films and their cult status, noting how both inspire fans to attend screenings in costume and participate in call-backs and other traditions.
A student's self-portrait was found deliberately torn to pieces in the Art Building at Mount Holyoke College, disturbing the artist and the author of the article. The author reflects on how exposing oneself creatively is anxiety-provoking due to the desire to elicit an emotional response from others through one's art. While Mount Holyoke aims to encourage self-expression, incidents like this undermine the sense of safety and judgment-free environment needed to take creative risks. The author fears how their own creative writing will be received in an upcoming peer review class.
The document summarizes the Mount Holyoke College Orchestra and their recent performances. It also provides a summary of the theater department's upcoming production of "Brave Smiles", which explores lesbian culture through pre-1980s literature and cinema. The play follows the lives of five adolescents at an orphanage for girls and how each meet tragic ends related to their sexuality. It satirizes the stereotype that lesbians in media before 1980s always met unhappy endings. The production aims to both entertain and critique this notion.
The document summarizes the television series adaptation of the 2005 film Crash. It discusses how the series, like the film, depicts racial tensions in Los Angeles through interconnected stories. While the series goes into more depth than the film through its multiple episodes, the review argues it lacks the compelling message of the original and fails to generate meaningful conversations about race in its first five episodes. Key characters, such as a police officer torn between his Korean and American identities, are introduced.
This summary provides the key details about Cynthia Delgado's art installation "Bilateral Contaminatio: Three Faces" in 3 sentences:
Cynthia Delgado's art installation at the Blanchard Art Gallery features grids of differently colored sands on the floor that viewers can interact with, mixing the sands and changing the installation. The piece is meant to go through three phases, starting with just the sands and progressing to viewers interacting and mixing the sands. Delgado hopes to observe how both the artwork and viewers present themselves through this interactive experience.
This document provides a summary of the play Time Flies, which will be Mount Holyoke's first production of the season. It consists of a series of short comedic sketches written by David Ives that will feature 8 students from the Five Colleges under the direction of Roger Babb. The sketches exhibit bizarre and zany humor similar to The Twilight Zone. One sketch depicts a woman experiencing constant déjà vu. The cast has worked to transform the individual sketches into a cohesive whole. The play is described as a light comedy that will have the audience laughing at the characters' antics and confusion. Time Flies is said to be a "must see" production and will run from October 23-25.
This document provides information about The Rendezvous bar in Turners Falls, Massachusetts and discusses its atmosphere and offerings. The bar has a variety of nightly events and food and drink options to appeal to a diverse clientele. It books mostly local musical acts from the area in a variety of genres like folk, jazz, and indie to keep the atmosphere relaxed. The bar is owned by four partners who each maintain other careers to prevent the bar from becoming their sole focus.
This article provides a summary of a woman's experience interning in fashion design in Manhattan for four weeks and how it impacted her spiritual awakening. During her internship, she studied fashion illustration and design intensively for six hours a day. She mastered skills like pattern drafting and perfected her own clothing collection. The experience left her feeling like a "devout fashion fanatic." Returning to Mount Holyoke, she felt disconnected from the fashion world but decided to start a biweekly fashion column to share her passion for fashion with other students on campus.
1. The document is a newspaper article from the Mount Holyoke News that provides recommendations for entertainment along the PVTA Route 48 in Western Massachusetts, including a used bookstore, art gallery, movie theater, and ice cream shop.
2. The article also includes commentary from a Mount Holyoke student who discusses her mixed feelings about the school and her preference for the constant free entertainment options available in her hometown of New York City.
3. The student further shares an anecdote about her encounter with actor Ben Stiller on a walk through New York City, representing the spontaneous performances the city provided her.
This document provides a summary of entertainment options along Route 48 of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) in Western Massachusetts. It describes several locations within walking distance of the route, including a used bookstore, art gallery, movie theater, and ice cream shop. It recommends stopping at each place, especially the ice cream shop Herrell's Ice Cream, which is praised for its variety of homemade toppings and flavors. The document also includes a sidebar article about the author's complicated relationship with Mount Holyoke College and preference for spontaneous free entertainment in New York City.
This student production at Mount Holyoke College featured three short plays on the theme of identity. The plays were written by students in a playwriting class and later selected to be produced. They received editing and directing support from other students. The productions gave student writers and theater enthusiasts an opportunity to see their works performed. The plays explored identity through themes of time travel, past and future selves, and a car accident. The productions aimed to showcase creativity and collaboration among the student body.
The document summarizes key fashion trends of the 2000s decade including trucker hats popularized by Ashton Kutcher, oversized hoodies, Ugg boots, ballet flats, and oversized sweaters. It notes how trends like trucker hats and hoodies were adopted from unconventional styles and made mainstream by celebrities and designers. While some trends like Ugg boots became year-round, other styles like ballet flats and oversized sunglasses were epitomized by early 2000s celebrities like Paris Hilton and the Olsen twins. The summary provides an overview of the major clothing styles that defined the decade.
This document provides gift ideas for the holiday season on a student's budget. It lists various gift items priced between $6-$25, including an antique typewriter key cell phone charm for $8, a Pinocchio tape measure for $6, a fan pen for $12, a personalized tea mug for $6.99, a thumb tack microphone for $13, a heart soap set for $20, and a talking Einstein bobblehead for $25. The gifts offer unique, affordable options for family, friends and pets.
The document summarizes a weekend event at Mount Holyoke featuring four pioneering female experimental filmmakers - Peggy Ahwesh, Ericka Beckman, Abigail Child, and Su Friedrich. Each filmmaker curated a program of works that influenced them, totaling over six hours of films spanning the avant-garde genre. The screenings highlighted how these filmmakers challenged the male-dominated experimental film establishment of the 1970s-1980s with their emotionally-charged works dealing with gender and identity. Their films have since influenced a new generation of female filmmakers working in experimental cinema.
This document provides a summary of the play Time Flies, which will be Mount Holyoke's first production of the season. It consists of a series of short comedic sketches written by David Ives that will feature 8 students from the Five Colleges under the direction of Roger Babb. The sketches exhibit bizarre and zany humor similar to The Twilight Zone. One sketch depicts a woman experiencing constant déjà vu. The cast has worked to transform the individual sketches into a cohesive whole. The play is described as a light comedy that will have the audience laughing at the characters' antics and confusion. Time Flies is said to be a "must see" production and will run from October 23-25.
This document provides information about The Rendezvous bar in Turners Falls, Massachusetts and discusses its atmosphere and offerings. The bar has a variety of nightly events and food and drink options to appeal to a diverse clientele. It books mostly local musical acts from the area in a variety of genres like folk, jazz, and indie to keep the atmosphere relaxed. The bar is owned by four partners who each maintain other careers to prevent the bar from becoming their sole focus.
This article provides a summary of a woman's experience interning in fashion design in Manhattan for four weeks and how it impacted her spiritual awakening. During her internship, she studied fashion illustration and design intensively for six hours a day. She mastered skills like pattern drafting and perfected her own clothing collection. The experience left her feeling like a "devout fashion fanatic." Returning to Mount Holyoke, she felt disconnected from the fashion world but decided to start a biweekly fashion column to share her passion for fashion with other students on campus.
1. The document is a newspaper article from the Mount Holyoke News that provides recommendations for entertainment along the PVTA Route 48 in Western Massachusetts, including a used bookstore, art gallery, movie theater, and ice cream shop.
2. The article also includes commentary from a Mount Holyoke student who discusses her mixed feelings about the school and her preference for the constant free entertainment options available in her hometown of New York City.
3. The student further shares an anecdote about her encounter with actor Ben Stiller on a walk through New York City, representing the spontaneous performances the city provided her.
This document provides a summary of entertainment options along Route 48 of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) in Western Massachusetts. It describes several locations within walking distance of the route, including a used bookstore, art gallery, movie theater, and ice cream shop. It recommends stopping at each place, especially the ice cream shop Herrell's Ice Cream, which is praised for its variety of homemade toppings and flavors. The document also includes a sidebar article about the author's complicated relationship with Mount Holyoke College and preference for spontaneous free entertainment in New York City.
This student production at Mount Holyoke College featured three short plays on the theme of identity. The plays were written by students in a playwriting class and later selected to be produced. They received editing and directing support from other students. The productions gave student writers and theater enthusiasts an opportunity to see their works performed. The plays explored identity through themes of time travel, past and future selves, and a car accident. The productions aimed to showcase creativity and collaboration among the student body.
The document summarizes key fashion trends of the 2000s decade including trucker hats popularized by Ashton Kutcher, oversized hoodies, Ugg boots, ballet flats, and oversized sweaters. It notes how trends like trucker hats and hoodies were adopted from unconventional styles and made mainstream by celebrities and designers. While some trends like Ugg boots became year-round, other styles like ballet flats and oversized sunglasses were epitomized by early 2000s celebrities like Paris Hilton and the Olsen twins. The summary provides an overview of the major clothing styles that defined the decade.
This document provides gift ideas for the holiday season on a student's budget. It lists various gift items priced between $6-$25, including an antique typewriter key cell phone charm for $8, a Pinocchio tape measure for $6, a fan pen for $12, a personalized tea mug for $6.99, a thumb tack microphone for $13, a heart soap set for $20, and a talking Einstein bobblehead for $25. The gifts offer unique, affordable options for family, friends and pets.
The document summarizes a weekend event at Mount Holyoke featuring four pioneering female experimental filmmakers - Peggy Ahwesh, Ericka Beckman, Abigail Child, and Su Friedrich. Each filmmaker curated a program of works that influenced them, totaling over six hours of films spanning the avant-garde genre. The screenings highlighted how these filmmakers challenged the male-dominated experimental film establishment of the 1970s-1980s with their emotionally-charged works dealing with gender and identity. Their films have since influenced a new generation of female filmmakers working in experimental cinema.
1. For the love of cult cinema
6 A&E September 25, 2008 G
Mount Holyoke News
The
BY LARISA
SUNDERLAND ’11
Fast
BY EMILY CHOW ’12 According to co-director Hahn, “Though there has only been on
Talker
CONTRIBUTING WRITER campus movie screenings, the Film and Video Collective hopes to
plan larger double features, film lectures and workshops for the stu-
he first week back at classes is usually slow for most stu-
T dent organizations, but one group was already advertising
events with fliers. The Film and Video Collective is a group
ready to make their presence known on campus. During a discussion
dents.” As Hahn explained, “there are many great resources in the
valley that we want all students to be aware of and take advantage
of.” Ideally, the Film and Video Collective would provide film students
with the necessary resources for film productions.
of film, what comes to your mind? Many think of a plethora of block- I have a new favorite book
In addition, the Film and Video Collective intends to have and it’s called Yum Yum I Can’t
buster movies, glamorous female protagonists and an action-packed fundraising activities this semester, such as t-shirt making and a
sequence of events. But surely there is more to film than that, and Wait to Die, by a guy you’ve never
cookie bake sale. Hahn is also enthusiastic for the organization to be heard of—Sam Pink. I regularly
that is precisely what the Film and Video Collective is for. filled with students who want to watch and collaborate on films to-
About a decade ago, the Film and Video Collective was founded find new favorite books, fre-
gether and who are able to find community based on this common quently by care of the Barnes and
by a group of students who were bound together by a love for cult interest.
films. To expose students to the complex world of film, the Film and Nobles bestseller table, or by
Co-director Cuy1er Mitchell ’10 said the org is an exceptional one. word of mouth, or by my mother’s
Video Collective also aimed to organ- “It is rare to have education discussions about film in an academic
ize movie screenings and workshops mandates (“Read Love in the
environment with a group of friends on campus, and this organiza- Time of Cholera!” slipped in
for students in addition to organizing tion takes what film majors are doing inside the classroom and brings
and funding on-campus film produc- neatly between “Clean your
it to everyone who enjoys cinema,” she said. room!” and “Get a Ph.D!”) and,
tion. Previous achievements of the students in the Film and Video Col-
Ariel Hahn ’10 more recently, off of Jenny Pyke’s
lective have included winning a prize at the Five College Student Film course syllabus (as it turns out,
revived the dor- Festival. In the past, Mount Holyoke students have also collaborated
mant organiza- Robinson Crusoe is pretty baller.)
with students of Smith College and Hampshire College to work on But Yum Yum I Can’t Wait to Die
tion last spring films together, according to Robin Blaetz, advisor to the Film and
by holding didn’t exactly happen like that.
Video Collective. A friend and I were strolling
monthy meet- Members of the Film and Video Collective meet once a month to
ings and screen- through Thornes, when we hap-
discuss cult movies and from there, pick the favourites for screening pened upon an empty store—
ing movies such and also plan other organization activities. No film knowledge is re-
as Attack Of The 50 empty but for a couple of
quired of students who would like to be included in these meetings. paintings, a small pile of pam-
Foot Woman, An Affair To Those interested in joining Mount Holyoke’s Film and Video Collec-
Remember and Wet Hot American Sum- phlets and a very sleepy looking
tive can contact Ariel Hahn at hahn20a@mtholyoke.edu or Cuyler man slumped over a cardboard
mer. This semester, Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing was the most re-
Attention: Hollywood killed women’s films
Mitchell at mitch20c@mtholyoke.edu. table. It really could have been the
cent screening.
entrance to Diagon Alley—it was
just that surreal. As I began to se-
riously question the effects of
Herrell’s rainbow-sprinkled
chocolate-malted ice cream
(which I highly recommend, by
the way), my friend approached
In her acceptance speech at the 2008 which is evident by the release of The Women this September. the weary-eyed man and de-
BY JOANNA ARCIERI ’10
A&E CO-EDITOR Emmy Awards, Glenn Close made a profound The Women is a remake of the 1939 George Cukor film of the same manded, “I’m sorry, but what ex-
statement about the place of female ac- name, which is arguably the best woman’s film ever made. The story actly is this place?”
tresses and characters on television. She said, “I think we’re proving is updated to have more appeal to current audience. It tries to be like So I guess this guy takes over
that complicated, powerful, mature women are sexy in high enter- Sex and the City, but without the appropriate dialogue or mem- empty Northampton commercial
tainment and can carry a show.” While Close’s obser- orable characters; there isn’t a Samantha or a Miranda in this spaces and uses them to promote
vation is very true for television shows, it couldn’t be group of friends. But above all, it tries desperately to be a few as-of-yet-glorified, but
further from a reality in mainstream Hollywood better than the original. wholly talented artists, like Sam
films. In fact, the woman’s film, a subset of the melo- Here lies the problem with the next decade of Pink, author du jour. Yum Yum I
drama, is dead and Hollywood is to blame. women’s films. They will try to be like Sex and the Can’t Wait to Die, should really
Considering the fact that women’s film, films City in order to be commercially successful, be titled Yum Yum I Can’t Wait to
with female protagonists, has been a mar- but as a result they will be nowhere near as Read This Over and Over and
ketable subgenre since the 1920s, it is rather good. So then they will attempt to be like Over Again! because the title is a
impressive that it has taken Hollywood more the classic woman’s films, updating seem- bit of a downer—bad advertising
than 80 years to wreck it. If I had to pinpoint ingly outdated stories. But the truth is, ear- for good material. Who could hate
the exact date this happened, it would be sometime in July, lier woman’s films such as The Women a line like: “Being alive on earth
after the release of Sex and the City and before the release or the soon-to-be-remade Midnight just makes me feel like a spoiled kid
of The Women. don’t translate well for today’s audi- on a sleepover at someone else’s
The Sex and the City movie, based on the immensely ences. house?”
popular television series, has been a huge box office suc- Hollywood needs to take a hint from It’s really about the messi-
cess. In many ways, the movie has been beneficial for the future of television, or maybe just Glenn Close. Female characters need to be ness and spontaneity of life—its
woman’s films by reminding Hollywood executives that the female complicated, powerful and mature in order for the modern female au- metaphors are vague, it’s diction
audience exists and that they want to see successful, complicated and dience to truly appreciate and relate to them. And maybe a little Sex is casual, the punctuation is to-
powerful female characters on screen. But the Sex and the City movie and the City thrown in wouldn’t hurt either. tally kaput, and so it feels com-
To p 5 P o d c a s t s
has also pushed women’s films in a new and disconcerting direction pletely appropriate that the find
was unanticipated. I really didn’t
go out looking for a new favorite
You can’t always listen to This American Life
book, just some ice cream. Its
shabby look and feel on the exte-
rior mirrors its content, which is
something that just works for me.
I guess when I feel that something
just works, it’s like I'm piggy-
1. Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me (NPR) - You might have already caught Throw record label. Its recently recorded songs as well as lengthy
backing the artistic process by ap-
this hysterical weekly news quiz show on the radio, but its better DJ sets bythe artists signed onto the label. That means lots of in-
preciating the work all of my own
when can listen to whenever you want. Three panelists compete dependent hip hop, a little bit of dub step hailing out of southern
accord. And that really does make
in various trivia games about the weeks news, but the “Not my California.
me feel like a spoiled kid on a
Job” segment is the shows highlight, when notable people are
sleepover at someone else’s
quizzed about things they know nothing about. 5. Nardwuar Goes Podcasting (CITR) - Nardwuar, who has made a
house.
name for himself in his own right, interviews musicians, politi-
Sam Pink’s not really a part of
2.The Moth - These 15- minute stories told by the people who lived cians and the occaisonal movie star, but always someone famous.
the Great Literary Canon…yet.
them are a treat to listen to and the perfect time filler. The anec- Don’t stop listening just because of his high pitched, squeaky voice
Actually, I doubt he’ll ever be part
dotes are often funny and poignant looks at everyday life. and zany commentary, there is true journalistic ge-
of it, thank goodness, because his
nius behind the mayhem. His interview style is un-
book is beautiful in its shoddi-
3. Le Show With Harry Shearer (KCRW) - Shearer is an actor, matched by anyone, surprising the guests by
ness. The margins are incorrect
writer, satirist, director and comedian, although he is probably asking about such distant details from their
and so sometimes sentences get
best known for voicing at least 11 characters on the TV show The past that sometimes they don’t even remem-
spliced; it’s construction paper-
Simpsons. His radio podcast, Le Show, is a hodge-podge of ber. He is also a notable gonzo-journalist,
backed; it has yet to be reviewed
news,commentary, and the occasional comedy sketch where having snuck into press conferences, partic-
by The New Yorker (or whatever).
Shearer does all of the voices, usually of famous politicains. The ularly those of politicians, to get the scoop.
Sam Pink is only great because I
commentray all takes a definite liberal direction, so it may not be The interview with Snoop Dog is a partic-
say so. I really like the book—
the podcast for you if you are a Republican. However, if you can’t ularly good one if the huge backstock
just ’cause I do.
get enough Democratic commentary, or just really love The Simp- seems intimidating.
sons, you will enjoy Le Show.
4. Stones Throw Podcast - A radio recording from the Stones COMPILED BY JOANNA ARCIERI & ANNIKA YATES