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Pakistani comedians to perform with student improv groups

By Marina Shkuratov | November 6, 2012

Highly successful comedians Danish Ali and Ali Gul Pir will bring their brand of political humor to the College in collaboration with comedy groups Casual Thursday, Improv to the People and Sit-Down Tragedy. The show, titled "Very Live: Stand Up and Improv Our Country," will consist of improvisational and stand-up comedy about both life and politics in Pakistan and elections in the United States, using comedy to compare the two systems, according to Ali. "It'll be interesting to see if Americans will laugh at what we think is funny about the U.S.

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Pakistani comedians to perform with student improv groups

By Marina Shkuratov | November 6, 2012

Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff Highly successful comedians Danish Ali and Ali Gul Pir will bring their brand of political humor to the College in collaboration with comedy groups Casual Thursday, Improv to the People and Sit-Down Tragedy. The show, titled "Very Live: Stand Up and Improv Our Country," will consist of improvisational and stand-up comedy about both life and politics in Pakistan and elections in the United States, using comedy to compare the two systems, according to Ali. "It'll be interesting to see if Americans will laugh at what we think is funny about the U.S.

Directed by Gabe Rodriguez '13, Tennessee Williams' one-act play will run for one more night in Moore Theater.
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Tennessee Williams addresses own struggles in short play

By Kyle McGoey | November 5, 2012

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff Tennessee Williams' "I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark on Sundays," directed by Gabe Rodriguez '13, premiered on Sunday in Moore Theater and will have its final performance tonight. The one-act play was written in 1970 during a dark period in Williams' life, in which his lover had died and his favor with critics had long since evaporated.

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Film FSP students share music videos on Monday

November 5, 2012

Last night, 12 students who attended the first film and media studies department Foreign Study Program in Edinburgh, Scotland over the summer showcased their culminating projects from their weeks abroad three extremely different but equally impressive student-made music videos in Loew Auditorium in the Black Family Visual Arts Center.

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Beyond the Bubble: A Look at Pop Art

By Margot Cox | November 4, 2012

This fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is home to a new exhibition, "Regarding Warhol: 60 Artists, 50 Years." This exhibition celebrates Andy Warhol's eminence and innovation as a pop artist, as well as the effect his work has had on subsequent artists. The first section of the exhibition, "Daily News: From Banality to Disaster," explores Warhol's fascination with everyday life.

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Q&A with Shonda Rhimes '91

By Kate Sullivan | November 4, 2012

Since leaving Dartmouth, Shonda Rhimes '91 has established herself as a successful showrunner, producing and writing the Emmy Award-winning medical drama series "Grey's Anatomy" and its spinoff "Private Practice." At the College, she was heavily involved with the Black Underground Theater Association and was a creative writing major.

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Now Playing in Hanover: Frankenweenie

By The Dartmouth Arts Staff | November 4, 2012

The 3-D, black-and-white stop-motion film "Frankenweenie" (2012), directed and produced by Tim Burton, follows the basic plotline of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" but adds that unmistakable stop-motion comedy-horror family vibe that made Burton famous.

New York Film Festival director Richard Pena facilitated a collaboration between the festival and the Hopkins Center.
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Film series spotlights collaboration with New York Film Festival

By Katie Tai | October 31, 2012

Courtesy of the Lincoln Center Coincidentally, the New York Film Festival and the Hopkins Center for the Arts are both celebrating their 50th anniversaries this year, and it is perhaps fitting that the upcoming weekend represents the first and perhaps only time that the two will collaborate.

Titus Andronicus released
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Titus Andronicus releases new album ‘Local Business'

By Kyle McGoey | October 29, 2012

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.

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Beyond the Bubble: The Art of War

By Katie Tai | October 28, 2012

Sun Tzu might not appreciate the usage of the title of his military treatise in describing a trend in this week's art-related openings and events, but the application is perfectly apt.

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