Arts

In ‘Play,' symphony seeks to inspire young students

By Alison Leung | May 9, 2011

Conductor Matthew Marsit constantly strives to expose the people he works with whether sixth grade students or members of his Dartmouth Wind Symphony to different ways of thinking about music.

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‘Doubt' carried by acting, not spectacle

By Katie Sinclair | May 8, 2011

The Bentley Theater was transformed into a mid-1960s nun's office this weekend, complete with a rotary telephone, crucifix and portrait of the pope.

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Now playing IN HANOVER: Thor

By The Dartmouth Arts Staff | May 8, 2011

Courtesy of Collider.com "Thor" begins in the mystical realm of Asgard, where god of thunder, Prince Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is about to ascend the throne.

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AD presents other ‘Sides of Sex' with poetry, dance

By Rachel Carter | May 8, 2011

AKI ONDA / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The "Sides of Sex" show at Alpha Delta fraternity was a night of firsts the first time the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble performed in a fraternity house and the first time campus performance groups collaborated to inspire reflection on sex, to name two.

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Internet meme of the week: The Situation Room

By Jane Cavalier | May 8, 2011

Courtesy of Knowyourmeme.com Count on the internet to make light of one of the more significant events in the so-called "War on Terror" the death of Osama bin Laden.

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Black Maria festival is back, set to feature Mack

By Katie Kilkenny | May 4, 2011

Patton Lowenstein / The Dartmouth Staff A journey between Pakistan and India, a 104-year-old church pianist, a pinball rolling around Pittsburgh, Pa., and a two-headed fish will all grace the silver screen as part of the 2011 Black Maria Film Festival's 90-minute program of 10 short films, to be screened at Dartmouth this Friday at 7 p.m.

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‘Light' dawns on Roth Center in photo exhibit

By Jane Cavalier | May 3, 2011

God's first words in the Book of Genesis are "Let there be light," but the view of Los Angeles at nighttime suggests that man might just as well have created light for himself.

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Green '00 hopes to inspire others through film

By Dana Venerable | May 3, 2011

Courtesy of Blog.hollywoodshorts.com *Editors Note: This is the second in a five-part series profiling several Dartmouth alumni in entertainment and the Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment and Media Association.**## Spring term is halfway over, which means that seniors are finishing up theses and juniors are scrambling to find thesis advisors.

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DAEMA entertains idea of linking students, alumni

By Alison Leung | May 2, 2011

Courtesy of Daema.wordpress.com *Editor's Note: This is part one of a series profiling the Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment and Media Association, now in its fifth year.**## For those with no interest in banking or consulting, the Dartmouth-to-Wall-Street pipeline might seem enviably straight-forward resume drop, interview and a junior summer internship followed by a post-graduation job.

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Prints present Passion of the Christ

By Jenny Che | May 2, 2011

Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Jerusalem's place in religion dates back centuries, when the city was imagined to exist at the center of an idealized world comprised of the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Lights, music, dinosaurs weave the tale of ‘Darwin'

By Kate Sullivan | May 1, 2011

MEGHAN COONEY / The Dartmouth When two large, glowing birds entered a dark Spaulding Auditorium on Sunday afternoon, a gasp rose from the audience as the pair danced their way towards the stage to an ominous soundtrack.

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Allen '07, Wessel take home $50,000 for NuevoStage

By Gavin Huang | May 1, 2011

Courtesy of Nuevostage.com Correction Appended Harvard Business School student Maxwell Wessel attended a concert during the winter of 2009 and found the opening band to be "far superior" to the headline act.

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Internet Meme of the Week: Dads are the Original Hipsters

By Matt Garczynski | May 1, 2011

Courtesy of Dadsaretheoriginalhipster.tumblr.com Dads Are the Original Hipsters is a simple Tumblr blog that takes us back to the days before vintage was vintage, before sincerity became irony and when post-irony meant accidentally getting your neighbor's mail.

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Now Playing in Hanover: The Conspirator

By The Dartmouth Arts Staff | May 1, 2011

Courtesy of Filmlinc.com "The Conspirator" focuses on the trial of Southerner Mary Suratt (Robin Wright) for her involvement in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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Kidjo returns to Dartmouth with worldly sound

By Katie Kilkenny | April 27, 2011

The last time Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Anglique Kidjo came to Dartmouth, she inspired a baby to dance before it was even born. "When Kidjo came here like 10 years ago, she actually came up into the audience and started dancing with a woman who was pregnant," Hopkins Center for the Arts Director of Programming Margaret Lawrence said.

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As Seen On

By alex duckles | April 27, 2011

In purely quantitative terms, cable programming dominates broadcast TV. The amount of airtime occupied by cable-exclusive shows towers over primary network programming from CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX and PBS and overshadows their combined production almost 100-fold.

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Booked Solid

By Aarti Kamat | April 26, 2011

As I sit in my room writing this, I can't help but feel dejected. I know part of my feelings stem from the dull, rainy weather that I can clearly see out my window a gloom worsened by the book that I just finished reading and now must write about.

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Soul Scribes provide unexpected creative outlet

By Lauren Sarner | April 26, 2011

TINA MA / The Dartmouth For those who have watched Lauren Glover '11 eloquently perform a slam poem, it might come as a surprise to learn that she had no idea what slam poetry was before coming to Dartmouth. It was Glover's sophomore year when she ended her career as a dancer.

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Hear and Now

By Dana Venerable | April 25, 2011

Last Spring, I took a writing seminar focused on music's history of stealing, sharing and expanding music collections and how devices have changed how we listen to music.

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‘Half-Lives' examines resiliency in wake of disaster

By Rachel Carter | April 25, 2011

AKI ONDA / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Months ago, before the tsunami struck Japan, coordinators at the Dickey Center for International Understanding were already discussing nuclear disasters.

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