Arts

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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Internet Meme of the Week: Hyperbole and a Half

By Kate Sullivan | April 24, 2011

Courtesy of Hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com Allie Brosh, the author of the wet-your-pants-hysterical blog "Hyperbole and a Half," describes herself as "heroic, caring, alert and flammable" on the first of two "About" pages.

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Now playing in Hanover: Water for Elephants

By The Dartmouth Arts Staff | April 24, 2011

Courtesy of IMDB.com The film adaptation of Sara Guen's novel "Water for Elephants" tells the story of young Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson), a veterinary student who drops out of Cornell University after his parents' tragic deaths.

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Hood gives students ‘Space'

By Jessica Womack | April 24, 2011

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff Those paying attention last week may have noticed the unmarked Aztec faces pasted across campus.

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‘Thrones' trades detail for gore, violence, sex

By Allison Levy | April 24, 2011

Courtesy of Filteringcoffee.com HBO has a lot of faith in "Game of Thrones," its new fantasy epic adapted from George R.

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AS SEEN ON: "Soapy Roots"

By Allison Levy | April 20, 2011

Courtesy of ABC.com It's not easy being a soap opera these days.

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BOOKED SOLID: "Bossypants"

By Aarti Kamat | April 19, 2011

Judging a book by its cover has its perils. The humor and wit contained in the pages of Tina Fey's new autobiography, "Bossypants," however, matches up to the ridiculous impression that the book's cover makes. The front cover of the book features Fey's head superimposed on the body of a man with rather hairy arms, which made me chuckle to myself.

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Quilts line library with symbols of strength, life

By Alison Leung | April 19, 2011

MAGGIE ROWLAND / The Dartmouth Staff Jeanne Staples knew that she wanted to be involved with poverty relief efforts in Haiti, but was unsure how until she stumbled upon tablecloths for sale that had been embroidered by Haitian women.

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Wilco members visit Dartmouth for 'Sonic/Vision'

By Matt Garczynski | April 18, 2011

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff Guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Glenn Kotche of the band Wilco will team up with painter Norton Wisdom on Thursday night in "Sonic/Vision," which promises to be a feast for both the eyes and ears.

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Hear and Now

By Dana Venerable | April 18, 2011

When my best friend put Lykke Li's "Little Bit" on a playlist she made for me last summer, the breezy track swept me away to an easygoing car ride along the coastline.

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Now playing IN HANOVER: Hanna

By The Dartmouth Arts Staff | April 17, 2011

Courtesy of IMDB.com Often one to work on period piece films, director Joe Wright shifts gears and takes on the story of a daughter trained to be an assassin by her rugged ex-CIA father (Eric Bana). Packed with various action-movie themes, "Hanna" begins with young Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) tracking down and murdering a deer.

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‘Fluxus' exhibit offers chances for interaction

April 17, 2011

Courtesy of the Hood Museum "Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life," the current exhibition at the Hood Museum, does not resemble a typical art museum gallery.

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Themes of silencing in ‘Tempest' relate to Iti, Maori

By Katie Sinclair | April 17, 2011

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center "Tempest: Without a Body" is scarier than dance performances have any right to be.

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Internet Meme of the Week: Online Mixtapes

By sophia archibald | April 17, 2011

Courtesy of Designers.mx Living in an age of technology overload can be frustrating and overwhelming for music listeners.

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AS SEEN ON: "Comedy Awards"

By alex duckles | April 13, 2011

Courtesy of Daemonstv.com Comedians are good at so many things being funny at parties, being funny in movies, being funny in casual conversation but who would have ever imagined that an award show hosted by and for comedians could have turned out funny as well?

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