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Critic’s Pick

Stanford's student-written musical opens today and runs through Friday. Performances are at 8 p.m. (courtesy of Ram's Head Theatrical Society).

Composers capture the spirit of ‘Gaieties 2018’

Natalie Francis
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Nov. 14, 2018
G.W. Pabst portrays the horrors of war in unrelentingly realistic detail. (Courtesy of Janus Films and The Criterion Collection)

In ‘Westfront 1918,’ Pabst evokes the traumas of World War I

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 12, 2018
Rebecca Sun, a senior reporter at The Hollywood Reporter (left), talks with “Crazy Rich Asians” screenwriter Adele Lim (right) at the 2018 Confluence Summit hosted by Winston Baker in Menlo Park. (OLIVIA POPP/The Stanford Daily)

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ screenwriter, VR leaders unite at second annual Confluence Summit

Olivia Popp
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Nov. 9, 2018
Fans of house, trap, EDM and hip-hop flocked to the Treasure Island Music Festival (courtesy of Josh Withers).

Treasure Island Music Festival features a variety of awesome acts

Dylan Grosz
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Nov. 9, 2018
Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) mentors a precocious poet in "The Kindergarten Teacher" (courtesy of Netflix).

“The Kindergarten Teacher” challenges audiences

Juan Fueyo-Gomez
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Nov. 7, 2018
Chicago rapper Noname performs in 2016 at the first annual REC., a music festival in Rotterdam (RENE PASET/Flickr).

Noname finds identity on sophomore album ‘Room 25’

Caroline Hallee
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Nov. 5, 2018
"The War at Home" discusses the domestic discontent that developed during the Vietnam War (courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society).

‘The War at Home’ connects present with past

Hannah Blum
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Nov. 2, 2018
Courtney Flores' costumes reflect the 1950s setting of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" (COURTNEY FLORES/Stanford TAPS).

Dream deferred? TAPS + BLACKstage’s “A Raisin in the Sun” is a dream fulfilled

Chloe Wintersteen
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Nov. 1, 2018
In Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," Heathcliff is a haunted antihero (ZINC CARAS/Flickr).

Culture and the occult: Eerie reads for Halloweek

Claire Francis
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Nov. 1, 2018
Arts & Life
The Reads beat recommends some spine-chilling stories for Halloween (BRIAN HERZOG/Flickr).

Bewitching Halloween reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Olivia Manes, Carly Taylor, Scott Stevens, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
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Oct. 31, 2018
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill play a plethora of different personas in "Maniac" (courtesy of Netflix).

‘Maniac’ considers the mysteries of the mind

Emilia Diaz-Magaloni
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Oct. 31, 2018
Jack Barrett, Lila Gold, Billy Hutton, Crissy Guerrero, James Lloyd Reynolds, and Moira Stone star in TheatreWorks' "Fun Home" (courtesy of Kevin Berne).

TheatreWorks’ ‘Fun Home’ imperfectly balances past and present

Chloe Wintersteen
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Oct. 30, 2018
"Contact Warhol" demonstrates that the artist's photography inspired paintings like "Hammer and Sickle" (courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art and the Andy Warhol Foundation).

Andy Warhol in our minds and in photographic film

Chasity Hale
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Oct. 29, 2018
Young Thug is one of the most talented trap musicians working today (DAN GARCIA/Flickr).

Young Thug’s ‘On the Rvn’ is tremendous trap music

Christina Macintosh
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Oct. 29, 2018
Ben (Cassidy Brown) and Daniel (Jomar Tagatac) in "You Mean to Do Me Harm." (Courtesy of Ken Levin)

‘You Mean to Do Me Harm’ challenges bias and perception at SF Playhouse

Olivia Popp
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Oct. 29, 2018
The Voyager Golden Record contains information intended for extraterrestrials (courtesy of NASA and Wikimedia Commons).

Timothy Ferris and Frank Drake discuss their dispatch to deep space

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 26, 2018
Veggie duck is a signature dish at Garden Fresh, a vegan Chinese restaurant (RANDY FUNG/FLICKR).

Is ‘Garden Fresh’ the new vegan favorite in town?

Blake Sharp
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Oct. 26, 2018
The San Francisco Opera presents Puccini's "Tosca" (CORY WEAVER/San Francisco Opera).

Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ is melodramatic and moving

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 25, 2018
Although it is commonly cited as a great love story, Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" really isn't a romance (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Is NOT a Love Story: CHANGE MY MIND!

Mark York
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Oct. 25, 2018
"Studio 54" focuses on the famous nightclub, which was frequented by celebrities like Liza Minnelli, Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol and Halston (ADAM SCULL/Zeitgeist Films).

“Studio 54” is a study of an (in)famous 70s nightclub

Simone Zhu
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Oct. 24, 2018
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