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Critic’s Pick

Music
A closeup shot of an electric guitarist.

Re:SET day 1: Off to a bang with LCD, Idles, Jamie xx and more

Brandon Rupp
  •  
June 6, 2023
Culture
The photo of an Asian man holding a plant and three women posing around him

TheatreWorks’ “Little Shop” highlights new horrors of gentrification in San Francisco’s Chinatown

Annie C. Reller
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Dec. 6, 2022
Arts & Life
Depiction of Octavia Butler's story 'Bloodchild' showing an unidentifiable insect with many legs emerging from a boy with a large whole through his chest

Spooky reads for Halloween in quarantine

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Lily Nilipour, Ellie Wong, Valerie Trapp, Emma Kexin Wang, Shana E. Hadi, Cindy Xin and Carly Taylor
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Oct. 29, 2020
Arts & Life
Photo: United Feature Syndicate

The Daily’s Halloween movie picks

Hannah Blum, Kyla Figueroa, Jared Klegar, Zora Hudson, Peyton Lee and Jonathan Arnold
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Oct. 29, 2020
Arts & Life
The "What's Big, Sweetie?" (2020) podcast series showcases the Black FLI experiences of Tyah Amoy-Roberts '23 and Linda Denson '23 at Stanford and at large in the world. (Graphic: Sreya Halder '23 and Nicole Johnson)

Black FLI Stanford sophomores weigh in on ‘What’s Big’ in new podcast

Nicole Johnson
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Aug. 19, 2020
Arts & Life
Lauren Clark '20, BAH American Studies (top left) moderates a dynamic Zoom webinar discussion between Stanford alumnae and Hollywood screenwriters Allison Schroeder '01 (bottom left), Elizabeth Martin '00 (top right) and Lauren Hynek (bottom right). (Image source: Stanford Arts)

‘The stone is rolling’: screenwriting Stanford alumnae talk industry shifts in Arts webinar

Annie Li and Nicole Johnson
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Aug. 11, 2020
Arts & Life
Emmy award-winning Marc Levin directs the HBO documentary "Stockton on My Mind" (2020), which follows the life of Mayor Michael Tubbs and his transformative love for Stockton, California. (image source: hbomax.com)

Stanford alum Michael Tubbs’ Stockton is on the rise in HBO documentary

Karlaine Francisco
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Aug. 3, 2020
Arts & Life
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‘Devised at Dink’: Producer Chloe Chow ’23 on revamping Gaieties 2020 to open-air sketch comedy

Vivian Jiang
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July 17, 2020
Arts & Life
Jason Dunford

Artist Spotlight: Jason Dunford ’09 on creating music for the pandemic and racial justice

Jocelyn Chen
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June 22, 2020
Arts & Life
Eve La Puma '20 majored in TAPS with a minor in music (bassoon performance) and is a highly valued member of the Stanford Arts community. She celebrates her graduation this weekend with the class of 2020 and will be dearly missed. (Photo courtesy of Eve La Puma)

Artist Spotlight: Eve La Puma ’20, actor-musician

Natalie Francis
  •  
June 13, 2020
Arts & Life
The Off the Farm Benefit Cabaret was live-streamed at 7 p.m. PT on Friday, May 8. The event simultaneously showcased the talents of many Stanford performers and fundraised for the Stanford Students for Worker's Rights Fund. (Graphic: Vincent Nicandro)

The Off the Farm ‘Benefit Cabaret’: Finding permanence in a time (and art form) of transience

Justine Sombilon
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May 25, 2020
Arts & Life
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Voices of Canceled Stanford Shows: Producing a concert at the end of the world

Carly Taylor
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May 8, 2020
Arts & Life
Sarah Mergen '19 always knew she wanted to produce a show that pushed the artistic limits of Shakespeare, so she wrote and directed TheaterLab's "HAL" (2020) — until it was cancelled by COVID-19. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Mergen)

Voices of Canceled Stanford Shows: Sarah Mergen ’19 on adapting Shakespeare and directing ‘HAL’

Natalie Francis
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May 1, 2020
Arts & Life
Yannie Tan '23 plays Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 by Franz Liszt in her 2017 viral "Cat Concerto" video featuring her piano performance and Tom and Jerry (Photo: Youtube)

Artist Spotlight: Yannie Tan ’23 on being an experimental musician, Youtube creator

Nadia Jo
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April 27, 2020
Arts & Life
Stanford-affiliated concert violinist Francisco Fullana performs for enthusiastic, socially-distanced neighbors in local park. (Photo credit: Alice Ting)

Del Sol Quartet, Francisco Fullana enliven Bay Area with ‘socially distanced’ music

Natalie Francis
  •  
March 23, 2020
Arts & Life
Kendrick Lamar, Saba and Lupe Fiasco claim the final 3 spots of the top 10 hip-hop/rap albums of the decade. (Graphic: AMY LO/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #10-1

Nick Sligh
  •  
March 18, 2020
Arts & Life
Miriam El-Mansouri '22 surprises the audience with her cover of French classic "Rein de Rein" accompanied by William Kingsfield '20 on the guitar at Wednesday's Music @ Mars event, the second of the school year. (Photo courtesy of Paulo Makalinao)

Palm Drive Records’ Music @ Mars gives indie musicians the mic

Megan Faircloth
  •  
March 6, 2020
Arts & Life
"Music Director Designate Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the San Francisco Symphony in Britten’s Les Illuminations featuring SFS Artist-in-Residence soprano Julia Bullock on February 20, 2020 at Davies Symphony Hall." (Photo: Brandon Patoc/SF Symphony)

New music director Salonen brings ‘Silicon Valley’ ingenuity to SF Symphony

Jasmine Liu
  •  
March 3, 2020
Folk artist-activist Rhiannon Giddens and Italian percussionist Francesco Turrisi perform "Buffalo Gals" at CCSRE's 2020 Kieve Lecture (image source: Harrison Truong)

Dynamic duo Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi combine folk music, racial justice in concert

Natalie Francis
  •  
Feb. 11, 2020
Arts & Life
Ariana Grande (pictured during 'Sweetener' 2019 world tour) is a serious contender for the Best Pop Album and Record of the Year wildcard. (photo source: Wikimedia Commons)

Predictions for the 2020 Grammys experience

Nadia Jo
  •  
Jan. 24, 2020
The Stanford Daily

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