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'8 Hour Father' makes world premier at College
The play 8 Hour Father delves into the most complex questions of life, love and love of football with a wonderfully amusing grit and cynicism. It also features a lot of drinking, drugs and the scattering of peanut shells across the stage. After all, half the production takes place in a bar.

Meet 'The Unknown Monet'
Most people associate Monet more with waterlilies than caricatures and sketches, but they will soon have a chance to see a hidden side to the great Impressionist. On June 24, the Clark will bring a never-before-seen treat to Williamstown: The Unknown Monet, the first-ever exhibit devoted to Monet’s drawings.

'Hot Fuzz' mocks action films and Hollywood stereotypes
Spring Lee - STAFF WRITER
As the name might indicate, Hot Fuzz is a genre-swapping, role-bending, self-acknowledging parody of a parody, a movie that seems to have everything, including the kitchen sink. The filmmakers obviously had a blast making Hot Fuzz, a transplant of American genres onto English soil. The pop culture references, inside jokes and unsubtle homage all evoke the feeling of playing in a huge sandbox filled with familiar Hollywood tropes. However, the film doesn’t feel at all bloated. There is nothing gratuitous, nothing jarring, even in the mish-mash of genres that includes slasher flicks, classic westerns, and romantic action films. It’s a true mesh of movie magic.

'Government Inspector' disappoints
The last five minutes of The Government Inspector are witty, incisive and well-timed. If only the same could be said of the rest of the production. Sadly, the modernized version of Gogol’s play, directed by Omar Sangare, professor of theater, has many weak points to counterbalance its many strengths.

Sankofa steps through its ten-year 'Evolution'
Miriam Bilsker - CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The word Sankofa means “looking back to step forward.” The Sankofa step team’s spring concert, “Evolution,” fully incorporated this meaning.