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(02/04/04 11:00am)
There is a trail that goes north into the woods just behind the Hanover Food Co-op. It takes seven minutes to walk there from the Green and about 30 minutes to get to a lookout point from the sign at the trailhead. Plain and simple. You want to take a walk in the woods? Follow former Hanover resident Bill Bryson's lead.
(04/11/03 9:00am)
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal made the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest. That makes 2003 the 50th anniversary of that groundbreaking expedition and brings back to the public arena the powerful story of determination and obsession that drove two men to climb 29,028 feet above sea level to the highest point on earth.
(09/30/02 9:00am)
Hanover, while not quite nestled in a Canadian mountain range, has a rugged, outdoor allure of its own. Sitting in the shadow of the Whites with ties to Moosilauke and miles of the Appalachian Trail on the fringe of a national forest, it's natural that several cultural events from mountainous regions find their reflections here on the banks of the Connecticut, the natural gateway to Vermont.
(05/28/02 9:00am)
It is not a coincidence that so many people experience a childhood urge to climb -- to grip and follow the rough bark of a tree that guides one gracefully off the ground. John Joline '70, climbing gym manager, instructor and climbing partner to any interested student at Dartmouth, still holds that connection to nature so often lost in the concrete groundings of our world. The grace he shows in vertical motion reminds one of video clips of chimpanzees riding up trunks and branches -- a natural poise accounted for in evolutionary traits that, as Joline said, could be "deeply embedded in the central nervous system, therefore probably resonates with some very deep instinctual drives."
(04/17/02 9:00am)
I heard more than one student comment on the grotesque nature of CBS's new sitcom, "Baby Bob," long before the first episode aired. I couldn't blame them, having been unwillingly subjected to the show's previews weeks in advance myself -- disturbing snippets of a cute infant croaking well-crafted sentences to his parents in an air-headed Oscar the Grouch voice.
(04/01/02 10:00am)
One by one, casually dressed dancers took to the bare stage. In smart shirts, skirts and khakis they arranged themselves circularly to an escalating background score of rough electric guitar played by members of the company.
(03/06/02 11:00am)
In her youth, Iris Murdoch lived by words, generously caressing intellects by rolling brilliant phrases from her lips and pen.
(02/20/02 11:00am)
Opera, the artistic ber-child of European composers and upper-class intellectuals, has always lagged in America, especially during the 20th century. Now the cultured elite have traded in their prim theater binoculars for tasteless humor as they ridicule instead of feign interest in grand, operatic splendor.
(02/15/02 11:00am)
With its recognizable cast and string of flowery Beatles covers, one could treat "I Am Sam" with the laxity of just another surface-skimming tear-jerker. There is, however, an undercurrent within the film of something a little more edgy, a little more taboo.
(02/13/02 11:00am)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday nominees for the 74th annual Academy Awards, which will air on ABC March 24, at 5 p.m.
(02/08/02 11:00am)
With only sporadic fraternity appearances and weeknights at Lone Pine Tavern, performance opportunities for campus bands are limited.
(01/31/02 11:00am)
Imagine my surprise when I learned that, come April, my chance to contribute to the fight against global warming would be sitting in the nearest grocer's freezer.
(01/21/02 11:00am)
There is something about murder mysteries and rain. There is also something about pretentious old England and dreary weather, drizzling her gaudy, grim Brits in aging pearls polished to shades of brown and gray.
(01/17/02 11:00am)
After 10 seasons of MTV's popular reality show, "The Real World," audiences have accustomed themselves to the outrageous consequences of throwing seven contrasting personalities into a posh, elegantly decorated den of fire. "Real World 11: Chicago" complicates the equation by saturating the sofas with gasoline and tossing in a match in the form of a doubled-headed shower and monster-truck sized hot tub.
(01/15/02 11:00am)
A film comes along once every five years or so when an actor uncannily conveys the dark uncertainties and idiosyncrasies of a mentally unstable character to the point that the audience becomes convinced they are observing his subtle, distinguishing characteristics in real life. Russell Crowe manages to pull off such a feat in his portrayal of John Forbes Nash, Jr., mathematical genius and paranoid schizophrenic, in Ron Howard's "A Beautiful Mind."
(01/09/02 11:00am)
The movie opens with the depressing flicker of a neon sign outside of the Kansas City, Kan., location of the fictional nationwide restaurant chain, Bilgewater's (think Big Boy meets Applebys), where Hedwig and his band, The Angry Inch, are beginning their American tour.
(01/07/02 11:00am)
Lies, love, death and deception. Weddings, divorces, affairs and funerals. These intriguing themes, along with director and screenwriter Wes Anderson and co-writer Owen Wilson's dark, deadpan humor await anxious viewers of "The Royal Tenenbaums," the latest film from the pair.
(11/16/01 11:00am)
Directors and writers could not have planned the scene to be more comical. Two lines of hooded druid figures filed onto the camera to a climactic "Pure Moods" score. Four anxious couples watched the scene in complete and utter terror. The real highlight, however, came when the druids shrugged off their robes and revealed twenty-six tanned, smiling faces and sculpted bodies beneath. Fear abated and the couples stared down their competition.
(10/30/01 11:00am)
Sit back, start the cappuccino machine brewing, and blast Destiny's Child's Independent Woman. That's right, it's posh, it's sexy, it's female power. It's a new season of Fox's "Ally McBeal," starring Callista Flockhart.
(10/23/01 9:00am)
Drew Barrymore's character, Beverly, the focus of "Riding in Cars with Boys," struggles to come to terms with and accept her true identity.