Arts & Life

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D.A. Powell glances up from a packet of poems to speak to the audience from behind the podium at Stanford Faculty Club, near a table with flowers and a glass of water.

Mohr Visiting Poet D.A. Powell’s reading offers intimate look at nature and desire 

Grace Liang
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Just now
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The words SHH on a black background

Fleet Street experiments with horror in original short film ‘SHH’

Melita D’Souza
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April 30
Culture
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “Come From Away” production is showing from April 15 to May 10. (Courtesy of Kevin Berne)

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s ‘Come From Away’ comes from a good place

Kyle Gerstel
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April 29
Culture
(Photo: CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

Students on their artistic hobbies for the spring

Audrey Chang, Kelly Wang, Melita D’Souza, Kyle Gerstel, Yeva Allyn and Chloe Loquet
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April 29
Reads
Hands with nails painted red hold a human heart inside a rib cage

Dirty Hungry Homosexuals: ‘The Moth Diaries’ merges obsessive queerness with mental illness

Dayanara Yepez Ramirez
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April 28
Music
Leaders of DIVE sang to a full crowd of profros

Student band DIVE brings eclectic sound to Admit Weekend

Caroline Cho
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April 27
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A pair of hands holding up a video game controller

Stanford students revisit their favorite video games 

Emmett Chung, Chloe Shannon Wong, Sebastian Strawser, Melita D’Souza, Iman Monnoo and Noah Murase
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April 26
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A mosaic of Steamboat Willie sketches

Pixar hops to the top with animated film ‘Hoppers’

Iman Monnoo
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April 23
Music
Headphones with an Admit Weekend badge and lanyard.

Songs that feel like a Stanford acceptance

Melita D’Souza, Audrey Chang, Jacqueline Larsen, Megan D'Souza, Dayanara Yepez Ramirez and Daniel Xu
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April 22
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The marquee of the Stanford Theater with the column name, "What I've Scene Lately."

What I’ve Scene Lately: ‘Something Very Bad is Going to Happen’ marries love and horror

Chloe Loquet
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April 21
Culture
Ceramic bowls made by community members are displayed in the front of the Anderson Collection’s new exhibit, “1,000 Ways to Hold” by Erika Chong Shuch.

‘1000 Ways to Hold’: Erika Chong Shuch creates community through ceramics at the Anderson

Audrey Chang
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April 20
Culture
Stanford's production of Grease

‘Hopelessly devoted to you’: ‘Grease’ brings mid-century romance to the stage

Dayanara Yepez Ramirez
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April 19
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A panel of speakers sits in Oshman Hall for the inaugural Black women's film festival at Stanford.

Inaugural Black women’s film festival unearths gems to convene community  

Blyss Cleveland
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April 16
Reads
A woman brandishes a knife with her right hand against a black background

What is There Not to Love: Inej Ghafa sheds the feathers of her past in ‘Six of Crows’ 

Ashley Diaz
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April 16
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Photo of Filmmaker Elizabeth Lo's MFA ’15 latest film, “Mistress Dispeller."

Q&A: Elizabeth Lo’s MFA ’15 ‘Mistress Dispeller’ examines a unique solution to China’s rising infidelity rate

Blyss Cleveland
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April 15
Culture
In “Culture of Craft,” Quinn Cook ’29 documents the culture and people engaged in the crafts and practical arts and what we might learn from them. (Graphic: REBECCA BYERS/The Stanford Daily)

Culture of Craft: Failure and the pedagogy of craft

Quinn Cook
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April 14
Music
EDM artist Barry Can't Swim headlines Stanford Concert Network's 13th annual Frost Fest at Frost Amphitheater on Saturday. (Photo: ANANYA NAVALE/The Stanford Daily)

Rainy start, steady finish: Frost Fest 2026 finds its rhythm

Joanne dePierre
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April 13
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Forbidden Fruits’ mystifies the mall

Blyss Cleveland
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April 13
Reads
Joy Harjo reads into a microphone mounted on a podium in front of a panel of windows.

Former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo shares power of storytelling

Alula Alderson
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April 12
Reads
A human heart stands before a mirror, which reflects a dark, ominous spot.

What is There Not to Love: ‘Once Upon a Broken Heart’ perpetuates stereotypical female delusion

Ashley Diaz
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April 9
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