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Coast concert ‘No Bounds' to host celebrated jazz musicians

By Tatiana Cooke | February 10, 2010

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Courtesy of the Hopkins Center The Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, along with guest performers Steven Bernstein and Peter Apfelbaum, will bring a variety of different musical genres to the stage of Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center during their concert "No Boundaries: Big Band Now!" on Saturday, Feb.

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‘Mass Effect 2' improves on original

By Alec Brodsky | February 9, 2010

Just one month into this new decade, video game mogul Bioware famous for such classic titles as "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" (2003), "Baldur's Gate" (1998) and "Neverwinter Nights" (2002) has already released a game that will form the standard against which future games will be judged.

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‘Dartmouth Idol' semifinals narrow field to six finalists

By Caitlin Ardrey | February 9, 2010

Eunice Lee / The Dartmouth Staff Eunice Lee / The Dartmouth Staff Tuesday night, 18 Dartmouth students performed a range of songs from Christina Aguilera to James Morrison to Norah Jones to N'Sync as they competed in the third annual, bigger than ever "Dartmouth Idol" competition. In front of a packed Alumni Hall, the contestants, representing all class years and a range of musical backgrounds, competed for a spot as one of the six finalists.

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BOOKED SOLID: ‘Roses' capitalizes on ‘Twilight' paradox

By corinne white | February 9, 2010

On the inside cover of Leila Meacham's debut novel "Roses" (2010) the summary proclaims that the new novel "reads like a Texas Gone with the Wind.'" The publishers probably shouldn't have done that. "Roses" does not even begin to live up to the expectations set by Margaret Mitchell's epic saga.

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HEAR AND NOW: The Who-were-those-old-guys?

By Divya Gunasekaran | February 8, 2010

Courtesy of Sun-Sentinel.com Courtesy of Sun-Sentinel.com There are three reasons people watch the Super Bowl: the football game, the commercials and the halftime show, roughly in that order. For the game, viewers got to see this year's underdogs, the New Orleans Saints, defeat the Indianapolis Colts to gain their first Superbowl victory.

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Internet Meme of the Week: "Take U to Da Movies" by Bangs

By sydney ayers | February 7, 2010

With almost two million views on his first video, Sudan-born, Australia-based Bangs is just beginning his rise to Internet fame.According to the 19-year-old artist's official web site, Bangs8.com, "[Bangs] writes about life, love and hope and his music grows with him till the end of life." A YouTube search for "Take U to Da Movies" the most popular track off his first professional album "Hard to be Up" yields a music video replete with cheesy backgrounds, plenty of bling, awesome visual effects, an oddly high voice and tons of Bangs.

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Concert kicks off ‘Big Read'

By Trevelyan Wing | February 7, 2010

Sunday afternoon, the Lebanon Opera House kicked off "The Big Read Upper Valley" with "A Celebration of Emily Dickinson," a musical tribute to the New England-born genius of American poetry.

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Inconsistent, stale ‘Eli' falls short

February 3, 2010

Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com At least it's fun to watch Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman tear around the Hughes brothers' grim vision of post-apocalyptic America. "The Book of Eli," the first flick in nine years from Albert and Allen Hughes, seems pretty cool on the surface: Washington's character, Eli, journeys westward across the barren landscape in pursuit of some ethereal goal.

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Undeterred, ‘Sun God' shines on

By Dana Venerable | February 2, 2010

Courtesy of Johnathan James Recor Courtesy of Johnathan James Recor Few colleges can say that one of their students views the entire campus as his stage, but thanks to "Sun God" Johnathan James Recor, Dartmouth can.

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Anand '89 pens inspiration for film

By Jackie Donohoe | February 1, 2010

Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Before Geeta Anand '89 had even finished the manuscript to her book "The Cure" (2006), actor Harrison Ford and film producer Michael Shamberg (best known for 2000's "Erin Brockovich") optioned the rights to make a movie based on the true story of "How a Father Raised $100 Million and Bucked the Medical Establishment in a Quest to Save his Children," according to the book's subtitle. Shamberg's adaptation of the book resulted in "Extraordinary Measures," which was released Jan.

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HEAR AND NOW: Grammys prove irrelevant

By Divya Gunasekaran | February 1, 2010

As a self-proclaimed music enthusiast and the weekly music columnist for the Arts & Entertainment section of The Dartmouth, staying on top of music news, recent releases, upcoming festivals and notable awards is the most well-defined responsibility I have and one of the easiest to carry out.

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Campus groups collaborate for Haiti relief concert

By Joseph Debonis | January 31, 2010

Edie Wu / The Dartmouth Staff Edie Wu / The Dartmouth Staff Edie Wu / The Dartmouth Staff Edie Wu / The Dartmouth Staff Over 200 student performers from nine a capella groups, four dance troupes and several Hopkins Center ensembles came together in "Compas: The Haiti Relief Benefit," a 90-minute concert that took place in Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center Sunday afternoon.

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Alum. band Midnight Spin sees sudden rise in popularity

By sophia archibald | January 31, 2010

Sipping on Keystones and cracking jokes at Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity on Friday night, the five members of the band Midnight Spin played a three-hour concert for what the band described as "one of the best audiences we have ever played for, hands down" in a Facebook status update.

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Mezzotints at Hood depict celebrity

January 27, 2010

Kasia Vincunas Kasia Vincunas Mezzotints, though not a very well-known form of printmaking, have recently garnered attention in the art world following the British Museum's acquisition of over 7,000 examples of the medium, collectively valued at 1,250,000.

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