Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
Log in
Search
Subscribe to Digest
Donate
Remove Ads

Spotlight

Many actors in "Gaieties" are freshmen, making their debuts on Stanford's stages (KHUYEN LE/The Stanford Daily).

Gaieties 2018 is an enchanting testament to individualism and community

Chloe Wintersteen
  •  
Nov. 15, 2018
Arts & Life
This Thanksgiving, take time to check out these meaningful books (DELAWARE LIBRARIES/Flickr).

Reads of gratefulness

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Carly Taylor, Sarah Kim, Katherine Silk, Scott Stevens and Shana E. Hadi
  •  
Nov. 15, 2018
Stanford's student-written musical opens today and runs through Friday. Performances are at 8 p.m. (courtesy of Ram's Head Theatrical Society).

Composers capture the spirit of ‘Gaieties 2018’

Natalie Francis
  •  
Nov. 14, 2018
G.W. Pabst portrays the horrors of war in unrelentingly realistic detail. (Courtesy of Janus Films and The Criterion Collection)

In ‘Westfront 1918,’ Pabst evokes the traumas of World War I

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Nov. 12, 2018
Craig Thompson muses on memory in his graphic novel "Blankets." (Courtesy of Craig Thompson)

Listening to the silence of memory in Thompson’s ‘Blankets’

Lily Nilipour
  •  
Nov. 12, 2018
Rebecca Sun, a senior reporter at The Hollywood Reporter (left), talks with “Crazy Rich Asians” screenwriter Adele Lim (right) at the 2018 Confluence Summit hosted by Winston Baker in Menlo Park. (OLIVIA POPP/The Stanford Daily)

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ screenwriter, VR leaders unite at second annual Confluence Summit

Olivia Popp
  •  
Nov. 9, 2018
Glenn Silber experienced firsthand the events he documented in "The War at Home" (courtesy of The Wisconsin Historical Society).

Interview: ‘The War at Home’ is as relevant today as it was upon release

Hannah Blum
  •  
Nov. 8, 2018
Although he is only 29, JPEGMAFIA has become a renowned rapper (VALÉRY HUGOTTE/Flickr).

Damn, Peggy: The Stanford Daily talks with JPEGMAFIA

Dylan Grosz
  •  
Nov. 6, 2018
In "Being There," Hal Ashby asserts that politics are absurd (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Elect to revisit these artworks on election night

Olivia Popp, Amir Abou-Jaoude and Shana E. Hadi
  •  
Nov. 6, 2018
Capoeira is a martial art steeped in Afro-Brazilian culture (SARAH ONDAK/The Stanford Daily).

Stanford Martial Arts Program features a variety of diverse disciplines

Angela Yang
  •  
Nov. 5, 2018
Ben Werdegar plays guitar on the soundtrack of "A Star Is Born" (NEAL PRESTON/Warner Bros. Pictures).

Interview: Stanford’s Ben Werdegar on music for ‘A Star is Born’

Hayley Hodson
  •  
Nov. 2, 2018
"The War at Home" discusses the domestic discontent that developed during the Vietnam War (courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society).

‘The War at Home’ connects present with past

Hannah Blum
  •  
Nov. 2, 2018
In Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," Heathcliff is a haunted antihero (ZINC CARAS/Flickr).

Culture and the occult: Eerie reads for Halloweek

Claire Francis
  •  
Nov. 1, 2018
Arts & Life
The Reads beat recommends some spine-chilling stories for Halloween (BRIAN HERZOG/Flickr).

Bewitching Halloween reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Olivia Manes, Carly Taylor, Scott Stevens, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
  •  
Oct. 31, 2018
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill play a plethora of different personas in "Maniac" (courtesy of Netflix).

‘Maniac’ considers the mysteries of the mind

Emilia Diaz-Magaloni
  •  
Oct. 31, 2018
Ben (Cassidy Brown) and Daniel (Jomar Tagatac) in "You Mean to Do Me Harm." (Courtesy of Ken Levin)

‘You Mean to Do Me Harm’ challenges bias and perception at SF Playhouse

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 29, 2018
The Voyager Golden Record contains information intended for extraterrestrials (courtesy of NASA and Wikimedia Commons).

Timothy Ferris and Frank Drake discuss their dispatch to deep space

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 26, 2018
The San Francisco Opera presents Puccini's "Tosca" (CORY WEAVER/San Francisco Opera).

Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ is melodramatic and moving

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 25, 2018
Although it is commonly cited as a great love story, Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" really isn't a romance (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Is NOT a Love Story: CHANGE MY MIND!

Mark York
  •  
Oct. 25, 2018
In "Reader, Come Home," Tufts professor Maryanne Wolf considers literacy in the digital age (TODD CHENEY/UCLA).

‘Reader, Come Home’ discusses the difficulty of staying literate

Scott Stevens
  •  
Oct. 24, 2018
The Stanford Daily

Login or create an account

Apply to The Daily’s High School Winter Program

Applications Due NOVEMBER 22

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
  • JOURNALISM WORKSHOP
  • MULTIMEDIA & TECH TRAININGS
  • GUEST SPEAKERS
  • FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE
Apply Now