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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

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Disney’s Domination of the Public Domain

Disney’s message of imagination and creativity contrasts sharply with the company’s actions limiting creative freedoms for the public.
Alexandra Chan, Staff Writer Oct 1, 2019

At the beginning of 2019, all published works from 1923 entered the public domain for the first time. Public domain refers to works that are available for public use without copyright...

The poster for Tisch Festival of the Voices. (Courtesy of NYU Tisch Institute of Performing Arts)

A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events this Weekend: Nov. 16 to Nov. 18

How to experience arts if you're pinching pennies.
Ali Zimmerman and Alex Cullina Nov 15, 2018
How to experience arts if you're pinching pennies.
A photo of Canstruction at Brookfield Place in 2014. (via artsbrookfield.com)

A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: Nov. 2 to Nov. 4

Stay entertained this weekend for $20 or less.
Ali Zimmerman and Alex Cullina Nov 1, 2018
Stay entertained this weekend for $20 or less.
Poster of NYU Skirballs 2-week PrepSchool: On Your Marx festival celebrating Karl Marxs 200th birthday. (via facebook.com)

A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events this Weekend

Ali Zimmerman, Deputy Arts Editor Oct 18, 2018

Midterm season is in full swing which  means I’ll probably be spending most of my weekend hours in some corner of Bobst Library. But everyone deserves a break, and a movie,...

In the Museum of Broken Windows, a man looks at a painting made from seven years of the artist’s criminal justice paperwork.

A Starving Artist’s Guide to Events This Weekend: Sept. 27 – 30

Stay entertained this weekend for $20 or less.
Ali Zimmerman, Deputy Arts Editor Sep 27, 2018
Stay entertained this weekend for $20 or less.
Food & Fun Guide 2018

Food & Fun Guide 2018

WSN Staff Aug 26, 2018

As upperclassmen and first-years slowly migrate into their new or familiar NYU stomping grounds, we wanted to give you a guide to start off your new semester of discovering, eating...

Trinkets is an off-Broadway musical that will challenge your perceptions and stereotypes of the parts of society that are often overlooked.

Finding Wealth of Humanity Through ‘Trinkets’

Matthew Holman, Entertainment Editor Feb 2, 2018
The Off-Broadway musical “Trinkets” is a non-stop party centered on the escapades of trans sex workers in the 1990s New York City.
The photo depicts Marsha P. Johnson, an African-American gay liberation activist, handing out flyers in support of queer students at NYU outside of Weinstein Residence Hall in 1970.

Hey Mama, Welcome (Back) to the ’60s

Julia Fields, Staff Writer Jan 30, 2018
You say you want a revolution? Well, the counterculture movement is back, alive and well in Gottesman Exhibition Hall. Tensions surrounding race, politics and sex are captured through various mediums of art exclusively at the New York Public Library.
NYU Alumni Sterling K. Brown (MFA, ‘01) and Susan Kelechi Watson (Tisch, ’03) took this years SAG awards for Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series and for Best Television Ensemble.

SAG Awards Sidestep the Big Issues

Lily Dolin, Staff Writer Jan 23, 2018
Hot on the heels of the 2018 Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards continued the discussion on gender equality and sexual harassment. The night was filled with touching tributes, awards for NYU alumnus and commentary that failed to address current problems in Hollywood.
NYU’s Skirball Center of the Performing Arts (via NYU).

Skirball Spices Up Spring Semester

Matthew Holman, Entertainment Editor Jan 22, 2018
Spring programming at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is here to appease academic woes with artistic jolts throughout the upcoming semester.