Now Playing in Hanover: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Based on the 1974 British spy novel, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" examines the world of espionage during the 1970s, when Cold War tensions are running high.
Based on the 1974 British spy novel, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" examines the world of espionage during the 1970s, when Cold War tensions are running high.
The Metropolitan Opera in New York City and the National Theatre in London are respectively 270 and 3,000 miles away from Hanover, but faculty, students and local residents can watch performances from the comfort of the Hopkins Center thanks to the broadcasting services each company offers. The Metropolitan Opera production of "The Enchanted Island," which aired over the weekend in Loew Auditorium, marked the beginning of the high-definition transmissions offered this term. The opera is a pastiche devised and written by film director Jeremy Sams, consisting of the musical compositions of Handel, Vivaldi and other Baroque composers. The production blends the storylines of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to create a unique new story. While students may see the opera as an aloof, high-cultured institution, these broadcasts make the productions more accessible to the casual opera-goer. In a further attempt to increase accessibility, "The Enchanted Island" does away with the language barrier the librettos are all in English. Although Sams' contemporary production is a departure from the traditional scheme for operas, the two other operas being streamed at the Hopkins Center this term are decidedly more orthodox. Richard Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" (Feb.
Over the past year, actor and comedian Kyle Mooney has been gaining what can be referred to as nothing less than a cult following for his "man-on-the-street"-style interviews.
Correction Appended### The 2012 Sundance Film Festival which opens today in Park City, Utah will feature a nominated short film scored by Dartmouth's own Larry Polansky, a composer and a professor of music at the College.
Courtesy of the Hopkins Center On Tuesday, Tayo Aluko performing as Paul Robeson in his one-man play "Call Mr. Robeson: A Life, with Songs" took to the Hopkins Center's Warner Bentley Theater stage carrying a chair on his back, accompanied by soft pangs of a reverberating piano that supported his deep baritone vocals.
If there is any question as to who had the most remarkable success story of 2011, one need not look further than The Weeknd, a 21-year-old Canadian recording artist whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, who recently released his new mixtape "Echoes of Silence." Tesfaye's debut R&B mixtape "House of Balloons" secured a solid spot on many "Best of 2011" lists, and his follow up mixtape "Thursday" similarly garnered universally strong feedback. With the release of "Echoes of Silence" on Dec.
Courtesy of the Hopkins Center As the lights dimmed and dancers filed on stage, an enormous overhead view of a brain lit by neon hues transformed the backdrop of the Hopkins Center's Moore Theater during the world premiere of Brain Storm, an Everett Dance Theatre production performed on Jan.
This winter, moviegoers can rinse their eyes of mainstream cinema with the EYEWASH film series, a unique film experience that film curator and film and media studies professor Jodie Mack likens to the cinematic version of attending a live concert.
This term, a group of Dartmouth students will learn how to bind delicate pages between leather covers, use equipment such as shears and printing presses and develop the skill of fine hand lettering and ornamental penmanship through the library's Book Arts Program, which seeks "to promote an understanding of the art and history of the printed and written word," according to the class and workshop program's mission statement. Students in the program, which is available to those with all levels of experience, will receive instruction in the Letterpress and Bindery Studios.
Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Sally Pinkas, the pianist-in-residence at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, performed three piano trios alongside violinist Saul Bitran and cellist Jan Muller-Szeraws, featuring compositions by Antonin Dvorak, Dmitri Shostakovich and Beethoven on Tuesday night. Pinkas, who is a music professor and has been in residence for over fifteen years, first arrived at Dartmouth when she was in her mid-20s, and the Spaulding Auditorium stage has now become her home.
Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Staff Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Senior Staff As the house lights faded and the bass was cranked up, Swedish DJ-producer Avicii took to the stage in the Class of 1953 Commons last night, performing a heart-pounding set after nearly a week of anticipation among concert-goers, as well as agitation among ticketless students. A hazy fog and color-changing light display illuminated the North Hall as the crowd bobbed and jumped in unison to a mash-up of Avicii's own "Fade Into Darkness" and Florence and the Machine's "You Got the Love," the act's opening number.
/ The Dartmouth Staff Steven Spielberg's epic "War Horse" (2011) is an adaptation of the popular stage drama by Nick Stafford and book by Michael Morpurgo.
Puppetry, a form of entertainment typically associated with the Muppets and other family-oriented performances, shifts from its traditional lighthearted nature to offer a thoughtful look at the state of our Earth and a potential apocalypse in "Baby Universe: A Puppet Odyssey," which performed in Moore Theater in the Hopkins Center for the Arts on Jan.
Katherine Tai / The Dartmouth Quebecois folk music group De Temps Antan brought its audience to its feet and even a few members to the stage during their lively and exciting show "Les Habits de Papier" in Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center for the Arts on Saturday night.
Coming out of holiday break, why not continue reveling in the New Year with the adorable duo from "(500) Days of Summer" (2009) in their rendition of Nancy Wilson's song, "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" This is a seriously adorable video of Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who decided to show off their musical talents to their fans via YouTube.
Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Tonight, melodies from professionals tickling the ivories will echo through the halls of the Hopkins Center for the Arts as esteemed musicians Wu Han, David Finckel and Philip Setzer travel to the College to perform piano trio works by early Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn.
Fall may have been the season for single women, with such new hits as "New Girl," "2 Broke Girls," "Pan Am" and "Whitney," but the winter is the season for the eclectic male lead.
While perusing the "100 Notable Books of 2011" in The New York Times' Holiday Gift Guide last week and guiltily realizing that I had only read a handful of the chosen titles I came across a description of Helen Schulman's novel "This Beautiful Life." Schulman's best-seller relates the saga of a 15-year-old boy whose life unravels after he receives, and mistakenly forwards to a friend, a sexually provocative video made by a younger girl.
Courtesy of the Hopkins Center The Dartmouth Film Society's winter series "End of Times" aims to embody the cold blanket of frost that will soon descend on campus this term, according to series creator Mike Barile '13.
The Dartmouth Aires did not let the temperate climate of Washington, D.C., preclude them from celebrating an early "white" Christmas on Friday, when the a cappella group performed at the White House as part of its winter tour.