Hood '09 confuses passersby with playful clam exhibit

Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff The question most people ask when they first encounter the artwork currently on display in the Barrows Rotunda near the front entrance to the Hopkins Center is, "What are those?" The cluster of brown, beanbag-like objects with googley eyes and gaping mouths that smile absentmindedly at passersbys stubbornly resist classification.

Grocery store mayhem abounds in Snyder-Spak's thesis

Courtesy of Olivia Snyder-Spak Courtesy of Olivia Snyder-Spak Olivia Snyder-Spak '10 spent the weekend before last running down the aisles of a grocery store screaming like a baby as a camera rolled along side of her. "A four-year-old girl that we had to film having a tantrum refused [to make noise], so I ran off camera making baby noises as she kept her mouth open in the carriage," Snyder-Spak said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

Mandvi dishes on ‘Daily Show' gig

Courtesy of NewYork.TimeOut.com Courtesy of NewYork.TimeOut.com On Saturday, correspondent for "The Daily Show" Aasif Mandvi visited the Lebanon Opera House, where he performed a part stand-up comedy act, part information session that touched on everything from how he conducts his "field work" to Jon Stewart's body odor. Apparently, he smells like paprika. During the performance subtitled "Behind the Scenes of the Real Fake News" Mandvi recreated the average workday of a "Daily Show" correspondent, shared the story of his success and fielded questions from an audience of several hundred people, including a noticeable contingent of Dartmouth students and faculty. While the story initially seemed to be a standard autobiography of his early years, Mandvi deftly wove comedy and sincerity into a heartfelt monologue chronicling everything from his early years to his time at "The Daily Show." His talk both revealed the deep affection he has for his father and the source of his laugh-out-loud humor. Mandvi began the monologue describing his father's motive for wanting to move from India to England to America.

German crime novelist Dorn comes to College

Courtesy of Alexander Savin Courtesy of Alexander Savin This term, 12 German studies students at Dartmouth have the opportunity to examine stories of murder and mayhem with one of Germany's most acclaimed crime writers, Thea Dorn.

Traoré to bring lyrical skill to Hop

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Tonight, singer-songwriter Rokia Traor will bring her exciting, fresh fusion of Malian, jazz, folk, blues and rock music to the Hopkins Center.

Derulo leaves fans wanting more

Courtesy of JasonDerulo.com Courtesy of JasonDerulo.com Jason Derulo walked on to the stage of Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center Wednesday night to a cacophonous blend of cheers, hollers and star-struck girls.

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Listening Room provides new venue for music on campus

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff The lights dim and the chatter lessens to hushed murmurs as a performer takes the stage.

Hop hosts selection of Hilliard's gritty, multi-paneled works

Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Courtesy of DavidHilliard.com Courtesy of DavidHilliard.com Studio art department artist-in-residence David Hilliard did not disappoint a packed Loew Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon when he introduced his exhibition "Highway of Thoughts." Laughter staccatoed his lecture, which included Hilliard's hilarious and often heartbreaking stories of his life growing up in rural Massachusetts as the gay son of long-divorced parents. Hilliard, who received a master's from the Yale University School of Art in 1994, has earned several awards including a Guggenheim fellowship and a Fulbright grant for his photographs, which are characterized by their multi-panel or panoramic form and use of vibrant color and details, according to the artist's web site. The frankness of Hilliard's life stories translates to his photographs in the exhibition, which focuses on his father, an ex-Navy atheist, and mother, a born-again Christian.

New Hood exhibit pays homage to career of Susan Meiselas

Courtesy of HoodMuseum.Dartmouth.edu Courtesy of HoodMuseum.Dartmouth.edu Curators at the Hood Museum of Art chose to display "Susan Meiselas: In History" not just because the artist's work is visually striking, but because it is socially, politically and personally engaged.

Professor's bright collages take over Hop gallery

Eric Finkelberg / The Dartmouth Staff Eric Finkelberg / The Dartmouth Staff Eric Finkelberg / The Dartmouth Staff Eric Finkelberg / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth studio art professor Esm Thompson creates eye-catchingly bright works that incorporate artistic forms and themes from the past into a more contemporary aesthetic style.