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The Lang Dance Fall Production Saw Emotion, Silence and Strength

Dancers in the opening piece titled “Flash,” where tissues were a prop for the first two minutes of the piece. Photo by Sam Ford.

Each semester, students in the dance program at Lang perform the intense and avant-garde pieces they’ve worked to master all term. The three pieces in this semester’s show,…

“Wave of Sorrow, Take Me There:” “The Infiltrators” Documentary Screening

One of the many signs made in preparation for the film screening and panel discussion. Photo by Claire Boudour

A crowd filed into the Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall on Nov. 6 for a screening of “The Infiltrators”, a hybrid documentary depicting the hard work and risks taken…

Day of the Dead in NYC: A Look Into How the City Celebrates this Traditional Mexican Holiday

Traditional Mexican decorative skulls used to honor the dead. Photo by Daniela Garcia-Arce

Day of the Dead is a traditional Mexican holiday in which family and friends come together to remember those who have passed away. “I remember going to my…

A Kernel Planted: The Corn Symposium Makes its Debut at the New School

Corn kernels on display in the University Center lobby from various Native American farmlands. One of the focuses of the Corn Symposium was to pay homage to the traditions and heritages where corn is a staple cultural food.

To many it is simply a sweet summer night cookout food served with butter, but to farmers like Zaid Kurdieh, corn on the cob has a more visceral…

New Schoolers React to The Festival of New

In celebration of 100 years since its founding, The New School is hosting the Festival of New. The weeklong festival will last from Oct. 1 to Oct 6.…

Steve Madden @ Parsons

Steve Madden hates the dad shoe trend. In the beginning of the month, the shoe mogul came to The New School to sit down with Mickey Boardman, the…