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(10/05/11 2:00am)
Even as the cliche signs of fall such as brisk breezes and tinting leaves begin to arrive, readers can still extract some final drops of summer by indulging in J. Courtney Sullivan's novel "Maine." Although the cover of Sullivan's latest novel, which displays a tan, blond girl perched on the sand in a bathing suit, seems to cast the book as a mindless beach read, I found that Sullivan's prose posses an unexpected depth. "Maine" is in fact an honest and thought-provoking portrayal of three generations of women and how their relationships function as they converge at their summer home in Maine.
(08/19/11 2:00am)
The students of Film and Media Studies 30: Documentary Filmmaking will present their final projects in Loew Auditorium tonight at 7 p.m. Under the guidance of professor Jeffrey Ruoff, the students in the class worked in groups throughout the term to create 10-minute documentaries.
(08/12/11 2:00am)
When I first heard about Nina Sankovitch's memoir "Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading," a chronicle of Sankovitch's efforts to read a book every day for a year, my curiosity was immediately piqued.
(08/09/11 2:00am)
While many colleges' art scenes profit from their proximity to major cities, Dartmouth offers a vibrant artistic community and myriad opportunities for students to explore their artistic abilities despite its rural location. Student groups allow like-minded individuals to congregate through their shared love of the arts, and exhibit their talents to their friends and community.
(08/02/11 2:00am)
It was clear that Ficarra and Requa struggled between creating a family film akin to "Dan in Real Life" (2007), which also featured Carell, or generating a raunchier adult comedy. On one hand, "Crazy, Stupid, Love" includes several touching, family-oriented scenes. In one instance, the son portrayed by 14-year-old actor Jonah Bobo delivers an inspirational eighth-grade graduation speech. In another memorable scene, the family's matriarch, Emily, played by Moore, serves the kids ice cream at the kitchen table. These scenes, however, are offset by unoriginal penis jokes and chronicles of Carell's and Gosling's sexual conquests. This odd mix may confuse audience members, and it fails to cater to any specific category of viewers.
(07/29/11 2:00am)
Although Astro 3 quizzes, river-jumping excursions and gelato shop trips have made my summer reading more sparse than usual, I did manage to treat myself to a reading of the final installment of Ann Brashares's "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series, "Sisterhood Everlasting."
(07/15/11 2:00am)
The ensemble displayed its chic, retro sound as it performed songs containing elements ranging from Latin-inspired rhythms to French cabaret styles to classical influences.
(06/28/11 2:00am)
A broadcast of Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" on June 22 in Loew Auditorium marked the beginning of the Hopkins Center series entitled "Summer with the Met," which will include Donzietti's "Don Pasquale," Puccini's "Tosca" and Verdi's "Don Carlo."
(02/21/11 4:00am)
"Really? Really, Mom? Not you too!" I groaned. As a lifelong bookworm, I view devices such as Kindles, Nooks and Sony eReaders which reduce the works of brilliant writers to texts that can be viewed on a tiny electronic screen as insults to literature.
(02/14/11 4:00am)
But as I began to read, I found myself engrossed in Orenstein's provocative prose and fascinated by her innovative arguments. In "Cinderella Ate My Daughter," Orenstein does not simply attack princesses or the color pink, but rather raises compelling questions about the complex effects of the girlie-girl culture which Orenstein describes as an emphasis on things traditionally categorized as feminine at an early age on women in our society.
(02/10/11 4:00am)
Renowned jazz pianist and composer Omar Sosa will join the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble in Spaulding Auditorium on Saturday for the group's 33rd annual Winter Carnival concert, "Global Jazz: Coast Goes Latin."
(02/09/11 4:00am)
Whereas many of Vreeland's previous books depict the lives of famous painters, "Clara and Mr. Tiffany" relates the story of a relatively unknown artist, Clara Driscoll, who worked for the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company in New York at the turn of the 20th century.
(02/03/11 4:00am)
Last evening, the Dartmouth Idol Semifinals showcased Dartmouth's finest singers in a variety of styles and genres. Out of the 23 semifinalists, six contestants will move on to the Dartmouth Idol Finals on March 4: Perry Bradford '12, Xavier Curry '14, Kevin Oh '12, Sarah Peck '14, Michelle Shankar '12 and Ethan Weinberg '12.
(01/25/11 4:00am)
Edwards' first novel wowed readers and critics alike with its emotional storyline, which traces the guilt-ridden path of a doctor after delivering his own twins and sending away his Down syndrome-afflicted daughter without telling his wife. In comparison to this original and compelling tale, Edwards' new novel is disappointingly prosaic, nothing more than a run-of-the-mill homecoming narrative.
(01/10/11 4:00am)
On a summer afternoon in Central Park last year, Dartmouth percussion instructor Douglas Perkins and five other percussionists delivered a revolutionary rendition of Greek composer Iannis Xenakis' "Persephassa." Praised by critics and spectators alike, the performance which took place on Central Park Lake in the Park was recently named one of the top 10 classical music events in 2010 by New York Magazine.
(01/05/11 4:00am)
"A Rope and a Prayer," a memoir by New York Times journalist David Rohde and his wife Kristen Mulvihill, is the haunting account of Rohde's seven-month captivity under the Taliban in Pakistan.
(11/12/10 4:00am)
Renowned jazz composer and percussionist Adam Rudolph hailed by the Boston Globe as the producer of "world jazz of the highest caliber" will join the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble for its fall concert, "Global Jazz: World Rhythms," which will take place Saturday night at the Hopkins Center. In addition to performing several original compositions by Rudolph, the 22-member Barbary Coast, directed by Don Glasgo, plans to play several songs by contemporary composers, including Peter Apfelbaum, Yusef Lateef and Sun Ra.
(09/30/10 2:00am)
Harrington first conceived of the ensemble in August 1973, during the Vietnam War. According to Harrington, he was inspired to turn to music after hearing composer George Crumb's 1970 song "Black Angels" on the radio.
(09/15/10 2:00am)
It soon becomes clear that this is not "500 Days of Summer," despite the film's best efforts at recreating last year's wonderfully artsy, independent summer hit. These attempts came across as awkward and disorienting at best. An otherwise simple scene between Erin (played by Drew Barrymore) and Garrett (played by Justin Long) at an outdoor restaurant, for example, is disjointed by odd camera angles and documentary-styled dialogue that failed despite Burnstein's more humble documentary-making roots.
(05/12/10 2:00am)
While many Dartmouth students are studying works of the traditional canon in their English courses this term, the 47 students enrolled in English 67.5 have the opportunity to study a more unorthodox literary form: the graphic novel, more affectionately known as the comic book. The course, titled "The Graphic Novel" and held at the 2A hour, is taught by English professor Michael Chaney.