The voice of John Milton and the vivid watercolors of William Blake came alive in the performance of “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” by the Mark Morris Dance Group.

Today’s culminating MFA 4 exhibition at the New Wight Gallery expresses worlds between conceptual realms.

The debate that surrounds taking the last slice of cheese in a party has haunted countless guests that have not been properly trained in the art of etiquette.

“Copenhagen”
The Attic Theatre and Film Center
Through April 23

“Copenhagen” is a play about superstar physicists Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr discussing the uncertain construction of a fission bomb by the United States during the genesis of World War II.

Sitting in the middle of buzzing Kerckhoff Coffeehouse, Eric Gudas, a UCLA graduate student in 20th century American literature and an awarded poet, scanned his environment for images that could inspire one of his poems. Looking up at the ceiling, he noticed something that I had often overlooked in my many visits to Kerckhoff.

“I have a lot of questions, usually very ordinary questions,” Gudas said. “Right now I am wondering whether those hanging plants are real or fake.”

During his reading this past Saturday at the poetry center in Venice, Beyond Baroque, alongside poets Alissa Valles and Ilya Kaminsky, he read a series of poems about death, which included dialogues he had with his young daughter. His use of language and subject is approachable and crisp, sometimes formal or freewheeling.

Just a few floors away from Untitled Cafe, Claire Kohne, a fourth-year art student, opens the leaf-decorated walls of her art studio to art, conversation and surprisingly affordable coffee.

Art viewers may be missing out when they rely on a computer screen for their tenuous dose of fine art.

On Tuesday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards, which will be held on Feb. 27.