Stories by Jennifer Xu
Alzheimers and the Arts: museums push forward novel approach to combating dementia
- Terra Molengraff/Daily
BY JENNIFER XU
Andrea Simons, a docent for the Detroit Institute of Arts, is giving a tour. She pauses at a sculpture called “The Genius of the Dance,” showcasing a man with long, flowing locks holding a tambourine. His body, taut with muscles, sways with the motion of the imaginary music.
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Where do we go from here?: Portrait of a graduate
BY JENNIFER XU
College is a time for experimentation. But when all is said and done, what are you going to do after you graduate? Where are you going to live, how much are you going to get paid and does the school you enter into as a freshman really make a difference as to where you’re headed for the future?
Behind the cover story: Lucy Perkins discusses the appeal of YouTube
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY JENNIFER XU
Lucy Perkins is an Arts Writer and wrote today's cover story on a curiously close YouTube community known as the Nerdfighters. We learn more about her motivations behind writing the article in this one-on-one interview.
'The Artist' uses silence to express the universality of nostalgia
- The Weinstein Company
BY JENNIFER XU
When we watch a silent film, it’s as if the whole world had been bubbled through a distiller. Time slows down, breaths are prolonged.
‘Laguna Beach’ captured the carefree, simple truth of teenage life
BY JENNIFER XU
Teenager-hood is about vapid stares and empty spaces, and “Laguna Beach” is perhaps all the more potent because that’s all it is.
Letter from the editors
BY DYLAN CINTI AND JENNIFER XU
As its name suggests, The Statement is geared toward the kind of hard-hitting coverage that will get people thinking and talking. For us, this means coverage that’s backed up by evidence and interesting stories.
'U' MFA alum Jesmyn Ward nominated for National Book Award for 'Salvage the Bones'
- Bloomsbury
BY JENNIFER XU
University MFA graduate Jesmyn Ward knows how to write about natural disasters because she lived through one. Many of the events in “Salvage the Bones,” were colored by her own experiences during Katrina’s ravages in August 2005.
Trailer Review: 3-D dance documentary a parade of dimensions
- Neue Road
BY JENNIFER XU
Spindly fingers grasp at a woman’s stretched-thin skin and twiddle her nose. Dancers soar into their partners’ arms and then fold over, limp, like little lost rag dolls.
Trailer Review: Play-based 'Carnage' bares its potential
- Sony Pictures Classics
BY JENNIFER XU
Four heavyweights throwing down wobbly insults about their children in a swanktastic New York apartment. Drama, drool and throw-up abound. Delicious.
Trailer Review: 'The Artist' paints a glorious scene of the '20s
- The Weinstein Company
BY JENNIFER XU
When was the last time a movie just made you feel good? Hell, when was the last time a two-minute clip of a movie made you want to twirl around the lampposts singin’ in the rain?
