Arts

Wilco members fuse diverse talents into one ‘Whole'

By Matt Garczynski | September 21, 2011

Courtesy of About.com "The Whole Love," Wilco's eighth studio album, plays like a "Best of" album run through a blender set to "puree." Track by track, it is diverse in sound and consistent in quality.

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Arts

Telluride returns with top-tier films for 26th year

By Jane Cavalier | September 21, 2011

With the return of the 26th Telluride at Dartmouth Film Festival, students can once again get an advance look at several Oscar-hopeful performances and top-tier film offerings from around the globe.

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Arts

Chorus puts old-school spin on modern classics

By Rachel Carter | September 20, 2011

Courtesy of Jodi Nicholas Although the tone of the music industry is often set by the latest up-and-coming acts, the Young@Heart Chorus seems to prove that the fusion of both new and old in music can also work wonders.

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Arts

New EYEWASH series offers experimental films

By Katie Kilkenny | September 20, 2011

Films played across eight projectors or shot with a camera from 1927 Germany are among the offerings in this fall's EYEWASH film and video series, which is sure to add some variety to Dartmouth's film offerings this fall.

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Arts

Student groups court musicians for fall concerts

By Matt Garczynski | September 13, 2011

Courtesy of carparkrecords.com An active concert scene during the first week of classes promises to provide students with an alternative to the variety of social options on campus.

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Arts

Student artists excel over Summer term

By Jane Cavalier | September 13, 2011

While many Dartmouth students view summer as an opportunity to forego hectic class schedules in favor of nine-to-five jobs and weekends in the sun, other students devoted their Summer term to the arts.

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Arts

‘Faking It' addresses theme of sexual assault in college

By Jay Webster | August 22, 2011

Amidst campus-wide discussions of sexual assault and its prevalence at Dartmouth, theater minor Laura Neill '13 penned a play called "Faking It," a work that discusses the issue of sexual violence from dual timelines.

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Arts

Spring blockbuster ‘Bridesmaids' pleases Hop audiences

By Kelly Tropin | August 22, 2011

Courtesy of UniversalPictures.com This past Friday, audience members alternated between laughing and cringing at the Hopkins Center's free screening of the spring blockbuster Bridesmaids (2011). Judd Apatow, best known for his work with Superbad, Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, produced the comedy.

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Arts

Aires set to compete on NBC's ‘Sing-Off'

By Angie Yang | August 18, 2011

The Dartmouth Aires will appear on the third season of NBC's "The Sing-Off," a televised singing competition that features a cappella groups from across the country, Paul Telegdy, executive vice president of alternative programming for NBC and Universal Media Studios announced on Tuesday.

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Arts

Film students showcase documentary projects in Loew

By Shannon Draucker and Jackie donohoe | August 18, 2011

The students of Film and Media Studies 30: Documentary Filmmaking will present their final projects in Loew Auditorium tonight at 7 p.m.

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Arts

'The Help' underplays poverty on colorful 1960s backdrop

By SAYEH GORJIFARD | August 15, 2011

Courtesy of Veryaware.com Set against the early 1960s world of daisy dresses and dolly hairdos, "The Help," based on the novel of the same name by Kathryn Sockett, peers into the world of civil injustice through a new lens the secret life of black servants under Jim Crow.

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Arts

Internet Meme of the Week

By Priya Krishna | August 15, 2011

Take all of the best things on YouTube Rebecca Black, Justin Bieber and randos with marginally satisfactory guitar skills looking to get discovered on the internet and you get this week's internet meme: "It's Friday, Baby (Rebecca Black/Justin Bieber mashup)." This meme features a motley duo of teens sporting Bieber haircuts playing the guitar in questionably dim lighting.

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Arts

Finkelstein leads orchestra in Rollins

By Jackie Donohoe | August 15, 2011

Under the guiding hand of Paul Finkelstein '13, the Dartmouth Summer Orchestra performed in Rollins Chapel for the first time in 12 years on Monday night.

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Arts

Booked Solid: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading

By Shannon Draucker | August 11, 2011

When I first heard about Nina Sankovitch's memoir "Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading," a chronicle of Sankovitch's efforts to read a book every day for a year, my curiosity was immediately piqued. A lifelong bookworm, I am often drawn to books about books.

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Arts

Hop reveals lineup of performances in 2011-2012

By Casey Aylward | August 11, 2011

Programming Director Margaret Lawrence unveiled the Hopkins Center performance schedule for the 2011-2012 season on Wednesday.

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Visually salient, ‘Tree of Life' attempts too much

By Jackie Donohoe | August 8, 2011

Courtesy of IMDB.com Terrence Malick's new film "The Tree of Life" chronicles the history of a 1950s Texan family through a series of existential questions that wrestle with the origins of the universe and life after death.

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Arts

Hop offers museums, art studios

By sydney ayers | August 8, 2011

Dartmouth can be a very busy place throughout the school year, but balancing academics with extracurriculars and other activities can help provide a bit of relaxation.

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Arts

Dartmouth provides various performance options

By Shannon Draucker | August 8, 2011

While many colleges' art scenes profit from their proximity to major cities, Dartmouth offers a vibrant artistic community and myriad opportunities for students to explore their artistic abilities despite its rural location.

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Top 40 musicians, alternative acts frequent Hanover

By sophia archibald | August 8, 2011

Despite being a small college located in middle of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, Dartmouth is home to a vibrant and expansive arts scene, attracting many types of performances all throughout the year.

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Grace Dowd '11 sculpts her ‘world'

By Jackie Donohoe | August 8, 2011

The latest exhibition displayed in the Barrows Rotunda in the Hopkins Center for the Arts is an assortment of colorfully painted objects precariously balanced on blocks and shelves or hanging from wires.

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