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Wallace Baine on March 11, 2020
Dreamers’ Circus is a trio out of Copenhagen, Denmark that fuses classical music and Nordic folk (with jazz influences as well), a formula that has made them one of the most big-ticket acts in their home country. Using the basic ingredients of piano/accordion, violin and cistern (a string instrument similar to a…
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C.J. Prusi on October 2, 2019
Three decades after his death, Stanford Live brings Robert Mapplethorpe’s legendary photographs back to life. Created by composer (and guitarist for The National) Bryce Dessner, librettist Korde Arrington Tuttle and director Kaneza Schaal, Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) “explores the origins and impact of Mapplethorpe’s controversial photography.” A multimedia event, the…
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Erika Rasmussen on April 17, 2019
Where is AI taking human agency and democracy? It’s not a question for Alexa. Nicholas Thompson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, will moderate a conversation between Fei-Fei Li, a Stanford professor of computer science, and Yuval Noah Harari, a history professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Li, a former vice president for…
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Erika Rasmussen on April 17, 2019
Stanford’s Taiwanese Cultural Society celebrates the Bay Area’s diverse Asian population by indulging visitors with a traditional Taiwanese open-air market. Student associations and vendors will share the cultural and culinary customs of Taiwan and the surrounding region. By virtue of its location—near mainland China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Japan and Korea—the island state…
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Miramar’s musical knowledge is staggering. Over the course of an hour, pianist Marlysse Simmons Argandona and singer Reinaldo Alvarez cover classical, salsa, reggae, tropicalia and bossa nova. But what they really want to talk about is boleros.
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Tad Malone on November 8, 2018
Barber Shop Chronicles is a funny, poignant journey through community and culture. Written by playwright Inua Ellams, Barber Shop Chronicles traverses African barber shops in Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala and Lagos, and eventually winds up in London. Along the way, the play explores how the barber shop is a central hub of activity…
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Wallace Baine on October 25, 2018
The first time Evan Ziporyn heard David Bowie’s album Blackstar, it was from the other side of a wall. The Boston composer was at an artists retreat in Florida when he heard his neighbor in the next room playing music way too loud.
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Kaylee Lawler on June 21, 2018
The Stanford Jazz Festival is back. This year’s lineup is packed with a total of 28 concerts. Saxophonist Joshua Redman and his quartet help kickoff the festival with a performance on Saturday. A Grammy winner, Redman has worked with musicians such as jam band Umphrey’s McGee, collaborative band James Farm and performed…
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Yousif Kassab on May 2, 2018
Some of Silicon Valley’s most talented percussionists will be pounding on very big drums this weekend as a part of the Stanford Taiko Spring Concert. The university’s 18-piece resident taiko ensemble has prepared a brand new show to celebrate the season. Titled “Wavebreak,” the concert will feature new arrangements from the group’s…
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Nick Veronin on May 2, 2018
What price do we pay for the longer lives modern science can give us? It is a question that has haunted humanity since Mary Shelley’s seminal speculative horror novel, Frankenstein. Today, 200 years since Dr. Frankenstein’s monster first sprang to life on the page, artists and thinkers continue to grapple with many…
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