Innovation in Isolation: The Story of Ukrainian IT from the 1940s to the Present
“Russia tries to get rid of our presence by vanishing our past. So, we took this idea back to life and we decided that it would be our goal to engrave our history into paper and the internet.”
A lifelong journey of music and singing
The Tech interviews Srinivasan (“Srini”) Raghuraman SM ’17, PhD ’20, an EECS Lecturer and Staff Research Scientist at Visa Research.
The Huntington’s Sojourners Captivates and Stirs Emotion
In Sojourners by Mfoniso Udofia, we follow the story of Abasiama and her husband Ukpong, a Nigerian couple studying in Houston in the 70s. The play tackles several themes, such as assimilation, betrayal, love, longing, and friendship to create a stunning and emotionally resonant production.
A rich soundscape: Hiromi’s Sonicwonder is a seamless fusion of genres
On Nov. 9, she returned to Berklee, captivating the audience with her latest album release, Sonicwonderland.
Galileo’s Daughter tries too much and delivers too little
Through these parallel journeys, Director Reena Dutt attempts to explore the themes of female identity, freedom versus constraint, the danger of truth, and one’s relationship with work. Galileo’s Daughter is ripe with fresh ideas and interesting concepts, but ultimately fails to deliver telling something meaningful about any of them.
The BSO Ignites with Lisiecki on Mozart and Tchaikovsky’s Stunning Pathetique
A sensational performance of one of Mozart's piano concerti and Tchaikovsky at the BSO.
The tragicomedy of America’s urban underbelly in Anora, Sean Baker’s glossiest film yet
Baker has spent a career imbuing genuine, flawed humanity in characters from all walks of life. Anora is yet another notch in a celebrated belt for thoughtfully telling the stories of sex workers, but also offers an optimistically complex, humanizing take on all sorts of other tropes.
40 years of naysayers were right about Megalopolis, Coppola’s visually ugly and thematically inept magnum opus
For a movie this personal, its failure singularly lies in the hands of its director. However, it doesn't help that the leading actors are all in over their heads, including phoned-in performances that are neither camp or serious enough from a cast led by Adam Driver.
Boston Ballet Stuns in the 2024 Fall Experience Premiere
Boston Ballet combines phenomenal dancing, music, and creativity within four contemporary dance pieces.
Beyond the keys in Schubert: a dynamic between instrument and concert hall
A pianist’s instrument is both the piano and the hall, and the interplay of these was challenged at Paul Lewis’s all-Schubert Celebrity Series recital in NEC Jordan Hall. Known to be an expert in Schubert’s music, Paul Lewis made it clear that there were voices he wanted the audience to pick up in the performance.
Magic, tap dancing, and the electric wind instrument: MIT’s annual Family Weekend concert
Conducted by Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr., Kenneth Amis and Laura Grill Jaye, the three ensembles performed a wide array of pieces that kept the audience captivated.
Nassim, as performed by LaWhore Vagistan: A Drag Queen’s Compulsory Vulnerability
Each night, a different performer takes the stage without reading the script beforehand.
Leopoldstadt Invites Memory
Leopoldstadt leaves the viewer with the heaviness of the Shoah, inviting the audience to engage with the imperatives of historical memory, critically needed as genocide unfolds in Palestine.
Fantasies through piano: Emanuel Ax opens the Celebrity Series of Boston
With the eighty-eight black and white keys of a piano at his fingertips, Ax strung together soft and powerful melodies that resembled dreams and unrestrained imagination.
The organ takes center stage at Symphony Hall
The BSO concert on Saturday, October 12, was special for its focus on the organ, a keyboard instrument known for its resonant, high-range sounds.
Mahler’s Eighth echos through Symphony Hall with grandiosity
This performance of the rarely-played symphony was spectacular, and will certainly be remembered as a highlight of the 2024-2025 season.
Kyne Santos, author of Math in Drag, speaks at MIT
Kyne Santos, a drag queen and math educator, promotes her newest book published by Hopkins Press to an audience of MIT and Harvard students.
The Geometry of Love: Romeo and Juliet
Director Diane Paulus makes Romeo and Juliet not just a play you want to read or listen to, but a play you want to watch.
The BSO begins the 2024-2025 season with Concert for the City
On a drizzly, wet Saturday afternoon on September 21, the warm glow of Symphony Hall beckoned many concert goers to enter the Concert for the City, a sold-out concert for the BSO’s Opening Weekend.
Cirque de la Symphonie and the Boston Pops make a great combination
Unlike other Pops concerts, what made this concert special was the combination of circus acrobatics and instrumental music.