National Theatre series broadcasts plays live from London

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Courtesy of the Hopkins Center The Hopkins Center has added a new feature to its lineup this term screenings from the National Theatre Live HD broadcast series.

East explores faith, environmentalism in one-woman show

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff By Rachel Carter Monday night, a surprising blend of economics, ecology and faith Tevyn East's one-woman show "Leaps and Bounds" came to Dartmouth's Rollins Chapel.

East explores faith, environmentalism in one-woman show

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Monday night, a surprising blend of economics, ecology and faith Tevyn East's one-woman show "Leaps and Bounds" came to Dartmouth's Rollins Chapel.

Visiting artist's works fuse varied techniques

Hood displays Stella's ‘Polygons'

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Last February, President Barack Obama presented abstract artist Frank Stella with a National Medal of the Arts, describing the artist as "obviously a legend for his accomplishments as one of the world's most innovative painters and sculptors" and calling Stella's works "modern masterpieces." In his new book, "Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons, 1965-66," former Hood Museum director Brian Kennedy declares that Stella is "one of the most important visual artists to emerge from the mid-twentieth century." The Hood's new exhibit, "Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons" which opened on Saturday and celebrates the museum's 25th anniversary brings Stella and his legendary abstract designs back to the Dartmouth campus. Stella's relationship with the College began in 1963, when he came to campus as an artist-in-residence, the artist said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

AS SEEN ON: Saving CNN

Damien Donck/Courtesy of Visionspring.org Damien Donck/Courtesy of Visionspring.org CNN, the founding father of the 24-hour news channel, hit rock bottom last week with the news that afternoon CNN anchor Rick Sanchez had levied harsh some say anti-Semitic accusations at Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show." A frequent target of Stewart's humorous criticism of the modern media, Sanchez while a guest on Pete Dominick's radio show asserted that Stewart was a bigot and insinuated that Jews control the media. Sanchez was almost immediately sacked by the executives at CNN.

HEAR AND NOW: Kanye West's 'SNL' appearance

Courtesy of TheSource.com Courtesy of TheSource.com It seems that hip-hop superstar Kanye West is apologizing to everyone, left and right, this year. Over the weekend, West showed up to perform twice on "Saturday Night Live" a somewhat surprising guest appearance given the "SNL"-bashing lyrics in his new single "Power," the first single off of the rapper's upcoming album.

Wolf Kahn exhibit opens at Spheris

Courtesy of JeraldMelberg.com Courtesy of JeraldMelberg.com Spheris Gallery's new exhibit of painter Wolf Kahn's works, which opened on Saturday, focuses on his vibrant pastel paintings of New England landscapes.

Lloyd plays Miller's Loman with intensity, vulnerability

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth It is difficult to make the lines of Arthur Miller's famous play, "Death of a Salesman," sound original.

Kronos Quartet to premiere new Gordon Hop commission

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Saturday evening, Dartmouth students and Upper Valley community members will have the opportunity to hear the internationally renowned Kronos Quartet perform at the Hopkins Center.

BOOKED SOLID: Suffering for their art

Courtsey of Lane7.Wordpress.com Courtsey of Lane7.Wordpress.com The characters in Kazuo Ishiguro's "Nocturne," (2009) a collection of five short stories recently released in paperback, are united by their love for classical music and, consequently, by the power music can exert over their lives.