Category — Reviews, Features, & Interviews

Paper Reparation

When I go to a group show of work by visual artists, my tendency is to head straight for the artist whose work drew me to the show. It is not a great habit because my impatience prevents me from taking in the context of a show before exploring individual contributions. When I headed to see Zoë Sheehan Saldaña’s work in a current group show exhibition, my usual viewing habits failed me.

I have had the good fortune of working with Zoë for a few years now at Baruch and have developed a sense of her work through passing conversations with her and through exhibition announcements and press releases. This is the first show I’ve actually seen in person. [Read more →]

By: Sarah Hussain, Masha Kamenetskaya, and Ariella Levian

Phantom of the Opera podcast

Phantom of the Opera

I went to see the longest running musical, Phantom of the Opera on Wednesday, November 18 at the Majestic Theatre for the second time. The first time I saw it I was still in elementary school and I can still recall how mesmerized I was by the play. It is the type of show that lingers forever in your heart. [Read more →]

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Last Friday, Maria and I were able to visit the Arts of Japan tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We had to navigate ourselves through the museum to the Asian Art section and made it just before our tour guide, Sakura Mitarai, opened the doors revealing the dim-lit, quiet Arts of Japan gallery. Matarai explained how Japanese art evolved from the 12^th century to present day because of the influence of foreign countries like India, China, and the United States. Through a matter of eleven rooms, Japanese art changed from sculptures of Buddha to colorful artwork of everyday life. [Read more →]

Paula Danielle Roby
December 2, 2009
Choice Reporting – Feature Article

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is one of the biggest parades in the country. From its first run on Thanksgiving Day in 1924, it has run almost every year from Harlem all the way down to west 34th street in front of Macy’s in Manhattan, New York. It is most known for its giant helium balloons, which have graced the parade since 1927 (with the first balloon “Felix the Cat”) that are spectacles that draw crowds every year. This year thousands of spectators crammed onto the streets off of Broadway and into every apartment building and coffee shop along the way, trying to get a good view. The good weather seemed to draw the majority of the city and its surrounding counties into the streets and to get a good view was neigh impossible for those who arrived to line up after 6 AM. [Read more →]

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Just right around the corner of the Baruch 23rd street building, there’s a little gallery that most people have never heard of. The gallery is located on the ground floor of Baruch’s Administrative Center at 135 East 22nd Street. It is a small gallery that has offered museum-quality shows for over a decade. The gallery is free and open to the public and the schedule reflects the College academic calendar. It seems to be an inside secret. So secret in fact, that a majority of the college students who attend Baruch and who might walk past it everyday, don’t know that it’s there. If you’re not specifically looking for them, it’s easy to miss the plated words, “Sidney Mishkin Gallery,” on the side of the administrative center. [Read more →]

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The first episode of Glee was broadcasted in May 2009 on Fox and continued its season this September. This comedic yet touching show features both old and contemporary hits ranging from ballads to musical numbers. Each episode never ceases to amaze its audience always putting on a performance that gets harder and harder to top. With the combination of each character’s unique and strong voices, the songs are performed with harmony and dynamics that can move the soul. Moreover, each number has its own story behind it and with it, comes emotions that can bring joy or tears. The characters possess great charisma along with passion for what they do. Undoubtedly, they are all very great actors. [Read more →]

Beginning with the rumbling of the rails, below is a compilation of the music of MTA and mini-interview of what one musician, Salieu M. Soso, thinks music is.

This is, the New York City MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority). The next stop is…Please listen clear to the music of MTA.

Believe it or not, the New York City MTA provides millions of rides (specifically 8,739.680 average weekday ridership) daily. People depend on it to go school, to work, to tour or just to commute their personal lives. But asides from transportation, the MTA provides something that is worth more than a $2.25 MetroCard. That something is the enlightening music, which lurks and lives, in the city caves; yet graceful gives…the joy of music.

Hoping on the train, commuters have much on mind: Where is the train? Where are we going? How are we going there? When will we get there? How can I spend my time wisely? Why isn’t the train faster than Time? All these Ws are the cause of much stress of commuter’s lives. Some can handle it, others can’t. But something that acts as a catalyst in helping us cope better with MTA mishaps is some music. Musicians are licensed and scattered across the major of the 734 stations. Some are New York’s own, and some come from around the country and world to show their magic to New York. And many, if not most, are quite talented. They have the musical charm which stops some busy New Yorkers in their feet, so they may listen, admire, and give dollar or two, as a way to sacrifice some of their sickness and stress; for as they say, music is the medicine for the sick soul. It truly is a spectacle to hear the magic of these humble musicians, who are willing to sit on the floor, underground, in the midst of a sea of people, so they can possibly satisfy at least one person, and thus satisfy and justify their love, their art.

I hope that this music lives forever, despite all our technological ignorance; i.e. iPod in my ear equals nothing I can hear. Give a minute and enjoy this minute music. It will become a reason to partially love, if not wholly, the MTA. So let rumble and rattle the roaring music of the rails. Listen to the music of vivid voices, those deaf and loud, the stories that the entail. But if you still fail, listen to the Kara player, the drummer, the guitarist, the crier and the music to which they hail.

By: Shelley Jiang & Daxin Lin

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