‘Pros and Convicts' gives voice to the ‘socially invisible'

Courtesy of Signe Taylor This past weekend at "Telling Stories for Social Change," as audience members watched the late afternoon sun reflect off both the barbed wire fence in the foreground and the Green Mountains in the distance, it became clear that performing in the confines of a Vermont prison yard is certainly not a typical theater experience.

‘Soulful Celebration' combines choir and jazz at Hop

Courtesy of Joseph Mehling In "Soulful Celebration: Gospel Meets Jazz," the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble and the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir performed their first collaborative performance this weekend in Spaulding Auditorium, celebrating the intersection of jazz and gospel music and the friendship of their respective directors, Don Glasgo and Walter Cunningham. Invigorated by the longstanding relationship between Glasgo and Cunningham, the performances explored the history and traditions of jazz and gospel music, distinct genres that share similar musical origins.

Chinese-American author will engage in ‘conversation' today

Notable Chinese-American author and human rights activist Bette Bao Lord, who is in residence this week as a Montgomery Fellow, will engage in a public "conversation" about her personal and professional experiences in Filene Auditorium today at 4:30 p.m., in a talk monitored by English professor Melissa Zeiger. Lord best-selling author of "Spring Moon: A Novel of China," "Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic" and the well-known children's book "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" serves on the Board of the Newseum, Freedom House and the Council on Foreign Relations.

First annual digital arts exhibit screens Thursday at Nugget

Courtesy of YouTube.com The first annual Dartmouth Student Digital Arts Exhibition will be held on Thursday at the Nugget Theater to honor and celebrate current and former students' work in the digital arts.

Wheelan finds inspiration for ‘10 1/2 Things' after Class Day

Courtesy of Joseph Mehling "10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said" by Charles Wheelan '88, author of "Naked Statistics" and "Naked Economics," was inspired by his 2011 Class Day speech at the College.

Wrobel's rotunda exhibit aims to create peace from dualities

Friday Night Rock expands repertoire with Danny Brown

Courtesy of Alexander Procton Friday Night Rock, typically known for bringing alternative and indie rock performers to campus, expanded its traditional repertoire this weekend by bringing in Danny Brown, a 30-year-old hip-hop artist from Detroit.

Overtly symbolic, ‘Hunger Games' still fails to entertain

As the last "Harry Potter" (2011) film becomes a distant memory and the "Twilight" series similarly comes to a close at the end of the year, one would think Hollywood had run out of young adult franchises, but Suzanne Collins' enormously popular "The Hunger Games" trilogy has proven that is not so.

Espada's Puerto Rican-influenced poetry highlights religion

Jackie Donohoe / The Dartmouth Senior Staff A New York City native of Puerto Rican descent, poet Martin Espada read samples of his poetry and prose and discussed what he sees as the role of the poet in contemporary society on Tuesday evening in the Wren Room of Sanborn House.

‘Going Gaga' approaches feminism through low theory

JACKIE DONOHOE / The Dartmouth Senior Staff While pop culture does periodically find its way into classroom discussions and the realm of academia, it is not often that contemporary, mega-famous icons weave their way seamlessly into the university landscape.

New Music Festival showcases talent of student composers

Ying-Qi Wong / The Dartmouth Staff This year's New Music Festival, called "Song and Sound" and performed on Sunday, features a harmony of contemporary sounds complemented by more traditional music.

‘Undue Influence' returns with revisions that address sexual assault

Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth Dance Theater Ensemble brought last May's production of "Undue Influence" a theatrical commentary on the pervasive issue of sexual assault at Dartmouth back to the stage this past week with five performances, showcasing the production's revisions and new cast members.