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‘HIMYM' goes kitschy for Valentine's episode

By Aarti Kamat | February 21, 2011

Valentine's Day is a hard holiday for singles, and it doesn't help when traditionally escapist TV shows air themed Valentine's Day episodes. Such was the case with last Monday's episode of "How I Met Your Mother," a popular CBS sitcom currently in its sixth season.

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HEAR AND NOW: Britney Spears

By Dana Venerable | February 21, 2011

Courtesy of Britneyspears.Hollywood.com Last week's premiere of Britney Spears' new single "Hold It Against Me" led me to wonder why established artists have to adapt to popular trends in the music industry in order to remain popular and successful. Although I am not the biggest Spears fan, I do respect the charming, catchy pop music that she pioneered in the '90s.

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‘Eurydice' captivates audiences with tragi-comic tone

By Liz Faiella | February 20, 2011

DENNIS NG / The Dartmouth Striking an impressive balance between the macabre and the whimsical, the Dartmouth theater department's surreal production of "Eurydice" which opened on Friday effectively blurs the lines between life and death, the bizarre and the mundane.

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‘Eurydice' stages re-interpretation of classic Greek myth

By Liz Faiella | February 16, 2011

DENNIS NG / The Dartmouth Presenting a bizarre world in which Orpheus plays an electric guitar and a lively trio of stones acts as a Greek chorus, the theater department's production of "Eurydice" promises to bring a new level of originality to Sarah Ruhl's modern interpretation of the classic Greek myth. Based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, "Eurydice" which opens Friday night at the Moore Theater explores classic themes such as love and longing, life and death.

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DAO Culture Night to present zany ‘Oz' spoof

By Matt Garczynski | February 16, 2011

For this winter's Asian Culture Night taking place on Saturday at 6 p.m. in Collis Common Ground the Dartmouth Asian Organization will present a spoof on "The Wizard of Oz" that explores the effect of Asian stereotypes on Dartmouth students.

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Students drum to the beat of blues rhythms

By Katie Sinclair | February 15, 2011

Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu On Friday night, a diverse group of Dartmouth drummers including some students who are new to percussion and others who have been playing the drums all their lives will come together to tackle dynamic African and blues rhythms in the World Music Percussion Ensemble's Winter term concert. The concert, titled "The Power of Rhythm: From Africa to the Blues," will chronicle the emergence of blues in the American music scene, demonstrating the crucial role that African beats and music played in the formation of the genre, according to Ensemble member Christina Chen '12.

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HEAR AND NOW: 2011 Grammys

By Dana Venerable | February 15, 2011

Although I always enjoy seeing who the Grammy winners are, Sunday's 53rd Grammy Awards Show was all about the performances. The show opened with a tribute performance to Aretha Franklin, who has won a whopping 18 Grammys in her career.

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Mack takes first prize at juried film festival

By Jackie Donohoe | February 14, 2011

Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu Hand-painted bottles and plastic, pastel-colored Easter egg shells all decorated with a smattering of horizontal and vertical lines overflow from boxes stored in film professor Jodie Mack's animation studio. "I have a movie called Rad Plaid' about the alternation of horizontal and vertical lines," Mack explained.

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Omar Sosa joins Barbary Coast for world jazz performance

By Shannon Draucker | February 9, 2011

Courtesy of Hop.dartmouth.edu By Shannon DrauckerThe Dartmouth Staff Renowned jazz pianist and composer Omar Sosa will join the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble in Spaulding Auditorium on Saturday for the group's 33rd annual Winter Carnival concert, "Global Jazz: Coast Goes Latin." Born in Camaguey, Cuba, Sosa discovered his love for piano while attending the National Music School of Havana.

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DHMC hosts exhibition of genome-inspired paintings

By Alison Leung | February 8, 2011

Courtesy of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Correction appended### While many people regard science as purely objective and art as purely subjective, Daniel Kohn's paintings including "Data Sets," a series currently installed in the public spaces at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center blur the lines between these seemingly disparate disciplines. Kohn spent the past six years as an artist in residence at the Eli and Edythe L.

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