For most students, Powell Library is seen as the gate to such works as Shakespeare and Chaucer, not Scorsese and Spielberg. But with the help of the Archive Research and Study Center, located on the second floor, watching classic films and spending time in the halls of Powell are becoming more integrated. Read more...

Ten years ago, anyone who wanted to learn how to archive film had to work in a vault, among canisters and reels instead of human beings. Read more...

Valentine’s Day is neither the litmus test for love nor Hallmark’s devil spawn. There’s no need for all the angst surrounding the frilly pink holiday. If you have a date, enjoy. Read more...

When a holiday that usually entails either a sappy or self-empowering celebration falls in the middle of midterms on a Monday, the idea of indulging in festivities is most likely limited or eliminated altogether. Read more...

Picture a dinner party with Katherine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead and Golda Meir. It’s interesting to imagine their conversation, and Tovah Feldshuh probably has a keen sense of what the evening would be like. Read more...

I bumped into an old acquaintance on campus the other day. Though it had been quite a while since I’d seen the guy, he refused to shake my hand. Read more...

In a strange way, going to see “Golda’s Balcony,” a one-woman show about the life of Israeli heroine and former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, at the Wadsworth Theatre in Brentwood is a bit like going to synagogue. Read more...