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GOING THE DISTANCE
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Lacking authenticity, ‘Going the Distance' comes up short

By Shannon Draucker | September 14, 2010

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Despite being advertised as this summer's refreshingly romantic, feel-good movie, Nanette Burstein's "Going the Distance" begins and ends like a typical New York City romantic comedy: guy gets dumped, goes to a bar to drink his sorrows, meets a pretty new girl and falls in love.

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Students produce and edit documentaries for film class

August 23, 2010

From unwilling interviewees at a local charity to horses spooked by camera equipment, students enrolled in Film 30 had to overcome several challenging and unexpected obstacles as they produced films for their class throughout the Summer term.

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Andy Warhol exhibit at the Hood reveals complex artist

By Brendan Dooley | August 19, 2010

<img alt="The Hood exhibit "Follow the Money: Andy Warhol's American Dream" highlights a variety of Warhol's styles." title="The Hood exhibit "Follow the Money: Andy Warhol's American Dream" highlights a variety of Warhol's styles." src="http://static.thedartmouth.com/2010/08/20/photos/5290articlephoto.jpg" /> Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff <img alt="The Hood exhibit "Follow the Money: Andy Warhol's American Dream" highlights a variety of Warhol's styles." title="The Hood exhibit "Follow the Money: Andy Warhol's American Dream" highlights a variety of Warhol's styles." src="http://static.thedartmouth.com/2010/08/20/photos/5290articlephoto.jpg" /> Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff Known all over the world for his artistic renderings of Campbell's Soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles, Andy Warhol is one of the 20th century's iconoclastic artists and most fascinating personalities.

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N.Y. directors discuss theater works

By Robert szypko | August 19, 2010

In two installations of the 18th annual New York Theatre Workshop, New York playwrights Deen and Joan Vail Thorne will present their original works, "Draw the Circle" and "The Anatomy of a Female Pope," which will address current issues pertaining to preconceived conventions about gender. The Workshop, which presents two plays every Saturday during its residency, is a three-week program that allows artists to work on special projects and their performance techniques as a break from the bustling city atmosphere. As a transgendered man and performer, Deen has used drama to process the great changes and challenges that have happened in is life.

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Dartmouth students take the stage at Kennedy Center

By Tatiana Cooke | August 16, 2010

Although she is normally found at open mic nights in One Wheelock performing slam poetry wih fellow Soul Scribes, Aimee Le '12 experienced a change of venue when she and Murktarat Yussuf '12 shared the stage with members of the Grammy Award-winning reggaeton band The Roots, at the John F.

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INTERNET MEME: Not About Love

By Duncan Bryer | August 12, 2010

The video starts with shots of Grammy-winning pop star Fiona Apple lounging in bed and sitting around her apartment with low-key piano notes playing in the background.

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Herbie Hancock features jazz fusions in captivating concert

By Lloyd Miller | August 12, 2010

Courtesy of klausmuempfer.de Courtesy of klausmuempfer.de Although Grammy-winning keyboardist Herbie Hancock became famous for his use of electronics in a fusion setting, his mellow-sounding rendition of Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up" during his concert in Spaulding Auditorium on Tuesday night reminded the audience of the reasons why Hancock first earned his reputation as a jazz legend.

BY ABBIE KOUZMANOFF, THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
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'Fish Tank' depicts teenage angst

By Linda Chen | August 9, 2010

Courtesy of ComfortComes.com Courtesy of ComfortComes.com As the newest installment of Dartmouth Film Society's Leading Ladies series, "Fish Tank" (2009) is not the typical light-hearted summer film.

The Metropolitan Opera's Carmen is simulcast live at Loew Auditorium.
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Loew streams Carmen from New York

By Tatiana Cooke | August 2, 2010

Courtesy of The Hopkins Center for the Arts Courtesy of The Hopkins Center for the Arts *Correction Appended**### Sex, racism and betrayal were brought to the screen of Loew Auditorium during Friday night's simulcast of the Metropolitan Opera's Carmen.

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Musicians, theater troupes to perform at the Hop next year

By Duncan Bryer | August 2, 2010

The Hopkins Center for the Arts has a packed agenda for the coming year and will be bringing in a variety of exciting performances from internationally acclaimed and innovative artists. Fans of chamber and classical music will relish a highly-touted lineup that includes the Kronos Quartet a celebrated, Grammy Award-winning "chamber ensemble [with] the mind-set of a rock band." Piotr Anderszewski and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, distinguished for exhilarating, "spine-tingling technique" (Los Angeles Times), will come to campus to perform the likes of Beethoven, Mozart and Mendelssohn. Soloist, chamber musician and orchestra leader Joshua Bell will performing works by Beethoven, Kreisler and Schumann, and the Grammy-nominated Trio Medieval will perform the Worcester fragment a series of over 100 polyphonic compositions from the 13th and 14th centuries. This fall will also feature concerts by the Hop's pianist-in-residence Sally Pinkas as well as live, high-definition simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera. The Hop will also show a variety of dazzling and innovative dance performances, including "The Lives of Giants" a groundbreaking homage to Cambodian dance and mythology coupled with contemporary politics led by choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro. The Armitage Gone!

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