An Unexpected 'Marie-Antoinette'

So much of our fascination has been with the reputation, not the person, of this infamous queen. But the play “Marie-Antoinette, In Her Own Words,” which ran until Oct. 20 at the Modern Theatre, attempted to give us just the real person.

"Melissa and Cladiu", a short film by Deborah Ghim '14 and Kyna Patel at "Filming Berlin: Eight Short Takes by Harvard Students," a screening of shorts by students of the Harvard Summer School in Berlin.

Professor Eric Rentschler introduces "Filming Berlin: Eight Short Takes by Harvard Students," a screening of shorts by students of the Harvard Summer School in Berlin.

Art Therapy

The arts have collectively provided Harvard students with an outlet for creative self-expression, allowing them to explore issues of mental health in safe spaces and with freedom of expression. One campus artist who has utilized art to generate discussion about mental health, Bex H. Kwan ’14, sees the two as inseparable: “What is art not on mental health issues?”

Students use art to cope with and raise awareness of mental illness.

It's About Time to See 'Antigonick'

If a person were to pick up a copy of “Antigonick,” by Anne Carson, the cover will say it is a translation of Sophocles’s “Antigone.” The script of “Antogonick,” however, is more than a translation; it is an interpretation intertwined with artistic renderings, an odd mix between a graphic novel and a lyrical retelling—more a contained, visual experience than a traditional read.

"Antigonick," Anne Carson's adaption of "Antigone," will run until Saturday at the Loeb Mainstage.

Portrait of an Artist: Anne Carson and Ianthe Demos

I think you’re always trying to reach back, because she’s reaching back. I think one of the points of her text is this idea of how the ancient fuses into our modern understanding of the world, and that what’s inescapable about “Antigone” is the recurrence.

"Not Another Horror Movie" Challenges Genre

In a meta-theatrical moment in “Not Another Horror Movie,” Kevin (Joseph F. Tabasco ’15) ran away from his killer, turned to the audience, and seized control of his fate, transforming his character from victim to murderer. “Not Another Horror Movie,” a play directed by Daniel A. Citron ’16, ran through Sunday in the Adams Pool Theatre.

A Conversation with Ang Lee

Over his 21 years as a professional director, Ang Lee has explored many challenging and riveting stories through cinema. On Friday, Lee participated in a symposium at the Harvard Sackler Museum celebrating his diverse works.

Musical March Sisters Premiere

Not too far from Cambridge is the Orchard House, the home of famed Massachusetts author Louisa May Alcott and the inspiration for her 19th-century novel “Little Women.” This beloved classic was adapted as a musical in 2004. The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s production about the famous March sisters will run from Thursday to Nov. 9 in Farkas Hall.

Calle Crafts Art from Absence

French photographer Sophie Calle has returned to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to photograph the empty spaces left by the art thefts of March 18, 1990. “Sophie Calle: Last Seen,” is a study of the legacy left by those 13 stolen works.

French photographer Sophie Calle’s new exhibition “Last Seen” opened yesterday in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The exhibit includes work Calle created in 1991, shortly after the theft of 13 pieces from the museum, and new pieces made in 2012 inspired by the earlier project.

Still a Man's World?

“The essence of a conductor’s profession is strength. The essence of a woman is weakness,” said Yuri Temirkanov, former music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. As women’s representation in many fields increases, classical music lags further and further behind, both in the wider music community and at Harvard itself.

In classical music, the gender gap persists.

Artist Spotlight: Helen Lawlor

Helen Lawlor works at the intersection of music and cultural heritage. An award-winning Celtic harpist, Lawlor is also a renowned scholar in the field of Irish musical culture and ethnomusicology.

'The Bacchae' Botches Dionysus

“The Bacchae” is one of Euripides’ most enduringly resonant tragedies, centered on the misfortunes of the house of Cadmus that flow from its denial of the god Dionysus. “The Bacchae,” although it does not have a particularly well-known plot, at least has a well-known main character, the god Dionysus. David Greig’s generally elegant and faithful translation strikes a good balance between poetic expression and intelligibility.

Two members of the Greek chorus perform in "The Bacchae" in the Loeb Ex.

"Is He Dead?" Alive and Well

A night of fake mustaches, cross-dressing, revenge, French accents, and staged deaths ensued at Adams Pool Theatre in Mark Twain’s play “Is He Dead?” which ran through Sunday. With clever staging by director Olivia M. Munk ’16 and hilarious acting, the production was intriguing and funny, perfectly executing Twain’s witty script.

Inside "4th Graders"

It isn’t every day in the world of theater that juice boxes get thrown around as metaphors for life. Productions centering around the suicides of school-aged children don’t usually incite lighthearted laughter from audiences. Plays rarely aspire to the realm of unadulterated metatheatre that consists of adult actors portraying elementary school children portraying themselves in another play.

Athenæum a Hidden Gem of Art Collection

Boston is a city of numerous cultural institutions—one can easily attend school here for four years without exploring all the opportunities available. One such often-missed opportunity is the Boston Athenæum, which is trying to change this state of affairs with the exhibition “Collecting for the Boston Athenæum in the 21st Century: Paintings and Sculpture.”

In the 'Antigonick' of Time

In Anne Carson’s translation of “Antigone,” she attempts to express the importance of what is left unsaid. By choosing to take out much of the original text, Carson zeros in on the most pressing themes of the original Greek classic, at the same time creating space for the audience to fill in some of the gaps. In collaboration with the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, visiting director Ianthe Demos will put up a production of “Antigonick,” opening Oct. 25 on the Loeb Mainstage.

Harvard Pianists Give Street Piano Lessons

At Brattle Plaza, the people clustering around the piano were enthusiastic, with one member of the crowd drumming on the piano and another four flying up and down the keys. They conferred with one another which song to play next. Cherie Z. Hu ’17 offered “Hey Jude” as the final suggestion.

"Daisies" Exhibit Takes Playtime Seriously at GSE

Molly Quill's "Decapitating Daisies," in the Graduate School of Education's Gutman Library through Oct. 31, reflects on childhood as a defining moment in an individual’s social development and sense of identity. "I was really interested in the duality of being an adult and an outsider as well as a playmate to these children," Quill says.

Photographer Molly Quill's work focus largely on children at play.