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(05/13/14 6:43pm)
Mining for jewelry materials, including precious metals and stones, can be detrimental to natural ecosystems and wildlife. Monday’s community-made jewelry exhibition and panel discussion showed that this need not be the case and offered a sustainable alternative.
(05/04/14 10:55pm)
Featuring foods from Scandinavia, Spain, the French Basque region, Germany, Switzerland and Cuba, a travel-themed party drew a crowd of over 180 people to the Fireside Inn & Suites in West Lebanon on Saturday evening. Hosted by the Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth, an organization intended to support learning among retirees and community members, the party concluded with an auction of posters from around the world.
(05/04/14 9:04pm)
From transforming long, cardboard carpet tubes and plastic straw into a flute to converting old tennis rackets and fire alarms into percussion instruments, Bash the Trash takes an artistic approach to sustainability, co-founder John Bertles said. Bash the Trash, founded in 1988 in New York City, will host workshops and “trash mob” concerts, as part of the Hopkins Center’s new Community Venture Initiative.
(05/01/14 11:07pm)
Seventh-grade students flooded into Alumni Hall Thursday for a Sister-to-Sister conference, an annual event that this year addressed issues related to self-esteem and interpersonal relationships. Hosted by Link Up, a mentorship and community-building campus organization, the conference invited 120 female students from six local middle schools to participate in activities and talks with 16 undergraduate facilitators, 10 Link Up members and other volunteers.
(04/27/14 10:23pm)
Anchored by a drag show featuring Alyssa Edwards of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and a keynote address by Laverne Cox of “Orange Is the New Black” fame, this year’s Pride Week lineup mixes new events with older offerings. Programming will continue through Saturday evening, concluding with an awards ceremony for leaders in the LGBTQ community.
(04/27/14 7:10pm)
Displayed in the shape of a rising sun on the wall, the African weapons in the new Hood Museum of Art exhibit, “Art of Weapons,” form intimidating yet beautiful rays. Meant to mimic the grand Victorian style common to elite homes and museums, the exhibit explores themes that include colonialism and gender binaries.
(04/17/14 10:57pm)
With less than a month left until the 42nd annual powwow, the 11 students on this year’s planning committee are wrapping up preparations for the program, which celebrates various Native American cultures through food, song, dance and drum. Based on previous attendance, around 1,500 people are expected to participate, making it the one of the largest student-run powwows in the Northeast.
(04/15/14 10:36pm)
Play Picasso’s “Girl with a Mandolin.”
(04/15/14 6:38pm)
Play Picasso’s “Girl with a Mandolin.”
(04/07/14 7:16pm)
A purple octagon with mustard yellow spots draws in the viewer’s eyes. Stepping closer, it becomes apparent the octagon was created from interwoven and overlapping pieces of fabric laid at crisscrossed and parallel directions.
(03/26/14 8:48pm)
When college spring breakers think of Costa Rica, they think surf, sun and siesta. However, when Dartmouth Wind Ensemble members think of their spring trip to Costa Rica, their thoughts are more along the lines of sun, song and service.
(03/04/14 10:41pm)
“Fortune, that favors fools, these two short hours/we wish away, both for your sakes and ours.”
(02/17/14 9:33pm)
Classical violinist Joshua Bell has performed across the globe in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and a subway station in Washington D.C. An Avery Fisher Prize recipient, Bell performed incognito in the station in 2007 for a Washington Post story examining art and context, an article that earned its writer a Pulitzer Prize.
(02/09/14 9:54pm)
Louise Bourgeois’s “Crouching Spider,” the giant stainless steel sculpture displayed outside of the Black Family Visual Arts Center, will take leave this spring. After a yearlong loan to the College by the Bourgeois family estate, the nearly 9-foot tall sculpture will be replaced by five sculptures constructed by Allan Houser, one of the best-known Native American artists of the 20th century.
(02/02/14 11:02pm)
“Hi!” a company member cheerfully greets me. “What’s your name?” She has a stack of name tags placed in front of her, a Sharpie poised in her hand.
(01/21/14 12:47am)
His dilated black pupils glare at viewers, seemingly daring them to continue staring while asking “Did I give you permission to look?” Composed from heavy strokes of black, brown, gray and red, Carlos Sanchez’s eyes remain just as haunting in his “Self-Portrait” as when the artist first painted the work in 1923 as a Dartmouth student.
(01/14/14 9:51pm)
Baraat is the Hindi word for a groom’s wedding procession, which travels to the bride-to-be’s house on the day of their nuptials. Though it may sound like a formal affair, a baraat is a party on the move. The groom, family and friends dress in elaborate, colorful clothing and dance their way to retrieve the bride.
(01/06/14 9:57pm)
A dancer stands motionless on stage. He is the clock. First, one dancer appears and performs a gesture. And another, then a third. Others emerge, an accumulation of “people, ideas, clothes” on stage, Janet Wong said, associate artistic director at Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
(11/05/13 11:00pm)
In an attempt to bring more undergraduates through its tall glass doors into its serene, red-walled interior, the Hood Museum of Art sponsors termly parties where visitors can enjoy the Hood’s varied collections in a relaxed, festive environment. This fall, the Hood sponsored two parties to welcome new and old students, most recently on Friday.
(10/23/13 2:00am)
In his Emmy-nominated film, "War Elephants," executive producer and National Geographic filmmaker David Hamlin '82 tells the story of conservationist Joyce Poole and her filmmaking brother Bob Poole's efforts to help the incredibly intelligent elephants heal from their trauma. Without rehabilitating the elephants, the national park cannot run safaris, which would severely cripple the park's revenue, and thus, restoration.