Titus Andronicus releases new album ‘Local Business'

Courtesy of StereoGum.com Friday Night Rock veteran Titus Andronicus recently released their third album "Local Business," an album that takes on new levels of self-loathing not seen since their 2010 release "The Monitor." While you're not likely to hear many of Titus Andronicus' songs on Top-40 radio stations, the band is a rising star in the indie-rock world.

Gilchrist's ‘Chalk Talk' lecture focuses on Aboriginal art

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In advance of Saturday's Homecoming football game against Harvard University, the Hood Museum of Art hosted the fourth installment of the "Faculty Chalk Talk" lecture series led by curator Stephen Gilchrist.

Ricki Stern '87 returns to campus to screen ‘Knuckleball'

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Having made films on a wide range of topics from the Darfur conflict to a year in the life of Joan Rivers, it's safe to say that Ricki Stern '87 has made her mark on the world of documentary filmmaking.

Bridging genres, beatboxer Adam Matta inspires students

For the past week, New York City-based audiovisual artist Adam Matta has been in residency at the College visiting classes, working with graduate students and teaching beatboxing workshops to a capella groups on campus.

‘Portable Vision' showcases artist Riley's abstract collection

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff "Portable Vision," a series of drawings and both oil and oil-stick paintings crafted by artist and studio art professor Enrico Riley '95, opened last night in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery, marking a considerable shift in the his style.

Hood incorporates student perspective with internship

In the midst of the Year of the Arts celebration, the five 2012-2013 senior Hood Museum of Art interns have a lot to look forward to in a program that has been in place almost since the museum's opening in 1985.

Derosier's rotunda installation draws from her own life

‘This Is Not a Gallery' displays abstract student artwork

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The new works of four students were launched on Thursday in the first student-run exhibition in the "This Is Not a Gallery" space in the Black Family Visual Arts Center.

Harlem String Quartet will merge classical with jazz tonight

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center The Harlem String Quartet, an acclaimed group that bridges diverse musical genres including soul, Latin, jazz and classical, will perform at the Hopkins Center tonight to a sold-out Spaulding Auditorium.

Ensemble Basiani performs secular, sacred Georgian music

Ensemble Basiani, a choral group from the Republic of Georgia, will perform an array of secular Georgian folk music alongside sacred Eastern Orthodox choral pieces at the Hopkins Center tonight. Composed of 12 members from various regions of Georgia, Ensemble Basiani was formed in 2000 as part of the Tbilisi Holy Trinity Cathedral Church choir.

Diaz's ‘This Is How You Lose Her' evades chick-flick genre

Courtesy of StarTribune.com "This Is How You Lose Her" by Junot Diaz is not quite a love story or at least not the kind you would expect.

John Lithgow performs one-man show on storytelling

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Before actor John Lithgow appeared on the Spaulding Auditorium stage to perform his one-man act "Stories by Heart" on Saturday night, audience members heard his booming voice instructing them to silence their cell phones.

'Igniting Imagination:' Q&A with Michael Odokara-Okigbo '12

Catherine Treyz / The Dartmouth Senior Staff *Editor's Note: This week, five members of The Dartmouth Arts and Entertainment Staff sat down with the featured guests in this Friday's "Igniting Imagination," who will be returning to campus to celebrate the Hopkins Center's 50th Anniversary.