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Ranking the Best Films of 2016 (so far)

December 12, 2016 Austin Albertson and Erik Manditch

For our last movie article of the semester, we thought it was only fitting to assemble a complete ranking of the best movies we have both seen in 2016.

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In A&E Tags #MovieReview, #Movies, #2016Movies, #A&E

“Fantastic Beasts” Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

December 5, 2016 Austin Albertson and Erik Manditch

Five years removed from the final Harry Potter installment, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks a return to the wizarding world.

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In A&E Tags #MovieReview, #FantasticBeasts, #HarryPotter, #Movie
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"Arrival" is Otherworldly

November 28, 2016 Austin Albertson and Erik Manditch

And it's also sure to generate serious Oscar buzz. 

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In A&E Tags Movies

Why 'Columbinus' was Incredibly Moving

November 20, 2016 Eddie Godino

 Going in, I was skeptical about the team making adequate use of the space, since some past shows have struggled with staging in Studio A. These worries were proved wrong, as the show was brilliantly designed.

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In A&E Tags #Theater, #Columbinus, #Workshop, #StudentDirected

Review: Doctor Strange

November 16, 2016 Eddie Godino

  Just because summer is over does not mean the blockbusters have stopped. It has only been a whopping five months since Captain America: Civil War was released, but to make sure we did not forget about the superhero universe in that timespan, Marvel threw us another movie in the form of Doctor Strange. 

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In A&E Tags #MovieReview, #Review, #DoctorStrange, #BenedictCumberbach, #Marvel

The Blackbox Theater Presents: Orphan Sea

November 10, 2016 Hannah Fowler

The Skidmore College Department of Theater is pleased to announce the
premiere of a multilingual version of The Orphan Sea by Caridad Svich, 2012 Lifetime
Achievement OBIE award winner.

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In A&E Tags Blackbox, Theater, SkidmoreTheater, OrphanSea, EuniceFerreira

Show Me the Shoah

October 30, 2016 Karen Hafter

Who Will Carry the Word, written by Charlotte Delbo, is based on the stories of 23 female French Nationalists who were imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkinau during WWII.

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In A&E Tags #Theater, #A&E, #WhoWillCarrytheWorld, #mainstage, #oped

Don't Miss "The Accountant"

October 26, 2016 Austin Albertson and Erik Manditch

Ben Affleck's never been better. 

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In A&E Tags The Accountant, Movies

The Truth About Scary Movies

October 24, 2016 Lorenzo Brogi-Skoskiewicz

Halloween season is starting to roll around again. Everyone knows we are in for the season of brisk weather, oversized candy bags, skimpy costumes, and scary movies. There is  just one problem: scary movies are just not good anymore.

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In A&E Tags #Horror, #HorrorMovies, #5MoviestoWatch, #Scary
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Everything You Need to Know About the MDOCS Storytellers’ Institute

October 16, 2016 Hannah Fowler

This upcoming summer, the John B. Moore documentary studies collaborative (MDOCS) will be sponsoring its annual session of the Storyteller’s Institute.

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In A&E Tags #MDOCS, #Storytellers'Institute, #Film, #DocumentaryFilm, #A&E

Skidmore Theater Presents: Who Will Carry the World

October 6, 2016 Hannah Fowler

The Skidmore College Department of Theater is pleased to announce its Fall 2016 Mainstage production, Who Will Carry The Word.

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In A&E Tags #JKB, #theater, #mainstage, #october, #SkidmoreTheater, #PressRelease

Q & A with the Creator behind the Saratoga Film Festival

September 25, 2016 Hannah Fowler

Saturday September 17th Nightmare Code premiered at Bow Tie cinemas in downtown Saratoga Springs. This documentary was one of many that premiered throughout the day as part of The Saratoga International Film Festival.

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In A&E Tags #FilmFestival, #A&E, #CaitlinStedman, #SaratogaFilms

HEAD SPACE: An Interview with Curator Hannah Kolb ’16

May 2, 2016 Sean van der Heijden

An interview with Hannah Kolb '16, who put together Head Space: An Exhibition on Mental Health, a recent Case Gallery exhibit- a striking visual and emotional experience.

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In A&E Tags Case Gallery, Head Space

HEAD SPACE: An Exhibition on Mental Health

April 22, 2016 Sean van der Heijden

“Head Space” is the senior project of Hannah Kolb ’16, who is studying English and sociology. She has spent the past semester seeking and collecting submissions from Skidmore alumni and current students to bring together a range of artworks on mental illness, specifically anxiety and depression.

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In A&E Tags #Art, mental health, Student events

Skidmore Theater Presents: The American Premiere Production of HECUBA

April 5, 2016 Emmy Kuperschmid

Celebrated Irish playwright Marina Carr’s HECUBA will see its American premiere at Skidmore College, having been produced only once before at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Off-Broadway director and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow Ian Belton returns to his alma mater to direct the adaptation.

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In A&E Tags A&E, Hecuba, MainStageProduction, PressRelease

Reel Talk: Batman v Superman: Do Critics’ Reviews Matter?

April 4, 2016 Sean van der Heijden

Ever since the massive success of last weekend’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I have seen countless articles online of critics who are baffled at the movie’s box office haul.

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In A&E Tags #ReelTalk, #Movie

HECUBA

April 3, 2016 Jenna Wecht

HECUBA, the Skidmore Theater Company’s mainstage production, opens this Friday April 8th. 

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In Student Life, A&E Tags HECUBA, JKB, Skidmore Theater

Skidmore to welcome U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera March 23

March 9, 2016 Skidmore Office of Communications & Marketing

U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera will give a public reading at Skidmore College on Wednesday, March 23. Free and open to the public, the event will begin at 7 p.m. in Gannett Auditorium, Palamountain Hall.

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In A&E Tags A&E, #poetry
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The Palace Theater Announce: Chris Cornell

March 7, 2016 Sean Allen

Chris Cornell is a modern icon who transcends genre, he was a chief architect of the 90s grunge movement and remains one of the most iconic rock voices of all time

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In A&E Tags #A&E, #ChrisCornell, #HigherTruthTour, #Albany, #PalaceTheater, #GrammyAward-Winning, #Music, #Songwriters
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Reel Talk: Spring Film Preview

March 6, 2016 Sean van der Heijden

This spring, aside from the general blockbusters, there seem to be some promising films coming, and I’ve ranked a few of them below. Take a look and see if anything looks interesting.

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In A&E Tags A&E, #Movie, #spring
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