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Dartmouth musicians descend upon Austin

By Tatiana Cooke | March 27, 2011

Robert Szypko / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Correction appended### AUSTIN, Texas Campus musicians may struggle to find adequate performance venues in rural New Hampshire, but for Reptar bass player Ryan Engelberger '12, the pickings at last year's South by Southwest music festival were equally slim. "Our first [show] was at a burger stand across from the [Austin] Convention Center, the next one was at a coffee shop with speakers that had been left outside and weren't really working," Engelberger said. Dartmouth students flocked to Austin, Texas over spring break for the 25th annual SXSW music festival, which ran from March 15th to 20th.

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Dunne, ‘Penzance' win nine

By Alison Leung | March 27, 2011

Courtesy of Nlbarn.org Correction appended### Carol Dunne, a senior lecturer in the theater department, was named "Best Director of a Musical" at the 9th Annual New Hampshire Theater Awards in February for her work on "The Pirates of Penzance" at the New London Barn Playhouse. Dunne, who is entering her fourth year as the artistic director for the Barn Playhouse, oversees the casting and hiring of actors, staff and designers.

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AS SEEN ON: Fastforward to fall development season

By Allison Levy | March 8, 2011

Since we've reached the point in the term where most Dartmouth students (myself included) don't have time to watch too much TV, I thought I'd devote this column to the most promising shows slated to hit the small screen in the fall. In the months preceding the upfront presentations, where networks announce their primetime schedules for the next year, networks order pilots for their fall seasons.

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HEAR AND NOW: Adele's '21'

By Dana Venerable | March 7, 2011

Three years after releasing her critically acclaimed 2008 debut album, "19," Adele has returned to the music scene with a masterful sophomore album, "21." Debuting at number one on the U.S.

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Dog Day wins improv competition in Boston

By Alison Leung | March 6, 2011

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff When I asked members of the Dog Day Players to come up with one word to describe their improv comedy group, they explained to me that each year in a dog's life counts for seven human years.

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Actors bring life to one-act plays

By Katie Sinclair | March 6, 2011

DENNIS NG / The Dartmouth Although present day New England and mid-20th century Italy may seem worlds apart, last weekend's student production in the Bentley Theater proved that even a Jacobean tragedy and a contemporary play can find common ground.

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Musicians speak out about limited alternative music scene

By Lauren Sarner | March 1, 2011

Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Editor's Note: This is the second part in a three-part series investigating the College's campus music scene. From Dartmouth Idol competitors to a cappella group members, musical theater veterans to up-and-coming composers, Dartmouth draws scores of talented young musicians to its snowy hills.

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Student DJs deliver basement beats, dance party remixes

By Lauren Sarner | February 28, 2011

DOUG GONZALEZ / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Editor's Note: This is the first part in a three-part series investigating the College's campus music scene. When students open their inboxes to find a blitz about a fraternity foam party, they typically react with either enthusiasm or indifference certainly not terror.

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SHEBA dancers enter national talent search

By Gavin Huang | February 27, 2011

GAVIN HUANG / The Dartmouth Staff BOSTON In a sequence of coincidences fitting of the self-coined phrase "SHEBA is always late," the dance group met the first obstacle in the journey to its Boston audition for a nationwide talent competition before it even left Hanover on Sunday. After spending 40 minutes digging out a car from under the snow, nine members of SHEBA, along with this reporter, split off to pile into two cars.

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Azeda braves tragedy through art

February 27, 2011

Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Correction appended### Rwandan director and actor Hope Azeda uses performance to deal with tough issues like genocide and domestic violence, coping with the negative impacts of these events through her art.

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