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Alley art project builds community

Sometimes art in the hallowed halls of a museum can seem hollow. The Kirkland Avenue mural project moved art into an alleyway and welcomed anyone to participate in its creation. Last year, Haley Morgan, artist and Hampshire alum, began training at the Commonwealth Center for Change (C3) in Northampton.

'What Will Come': Kentridge installation is a must-see at the Art Museum

Stepping into the Smith College Museum of Art's room for the William Kentridge film What Will Come is like stepping into another world. This world is fraught with gray and is an eerie, post-apartheid reel that restates reality. In his hand drawings, Kentridge blurs the line between film and art, sculpture and installation and literally black and white.

The Boob Tube: When true love dies

I am all about second chances. I would have given one to The Beautiful Life, another CW show about models. This was the one where people had lots of sexy-time, did loads of drugs and revealed the secret fathers of secret babies - oh, and modeled or whatever.

In the Artist's Studio with Lora-Faye Whelan '10

In the Artist's Studio with Lora-Faye Whelan '10
Lora-Faye Whelan, one-half of the minimalist, indie band New Lows, is a singer-songwriter dedicated to art, life and, well, music. Whelan, a senior here at Smith, most recently performed with band mate Jack Fox at the Wilder Coffeehouse on Oct. 2.

Regina Spektor stops at the Calvin Theater

Remember that she hears in her mind all these voices? She hears in her mind all these words? She hears in her mind all this music? And it breaks her heart? And it breaks her ha-ha-ha-ha-heart? Well, that was Regina Spektor in 2006 when she released the quirky single "Fidelity" off her second label-released album, Begin to Hope.