‘(500) Days of Summer' proves to be a quirky gem

Courtesy of rottentomatoes.com When the trailer for "(500) Days of Summer" (2009) started playing on a television in Collis, my friends' reaction was a unanimous "Yuck, a chick flick." Indeed, the series of lovey-dovey images with some angst thrown in made me wonder why critics had been raving about the film since mid-July.

‘H20' probes water's beauty, turbulence

Courtesy of h20filmonwater.org At first glance, artist Avy Claire's installation, "Big Water," which opens at the Spheris Gallery in Hanover on Thursday, displays what appears to be 16 paneled photographs of the surface of water.

Sandler stands out in ‘People'

Courtesy of rottentomatoes.com In her review of the new film "Funny People," written and directed by Judd Apatow ("The 40 Year Old Virgin," "Knocked Up"), Newsweek's Jennie Yabroff tears the movie apart, labeling it as a sexist attack on women and branding Apatow a misogynist and misanthrope.

‘Public Enemies' humanizes the notorious Dillinger

Courtesy of RottenTomatoes.com Partway through the film "Public Enemies" (2009), a line of dialogue caught me off guard. "I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey and you.

Saint-Gaudens historic site offers art, leisure close to campus

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Hood exhibit explores African art connections

Sam Purcell / The Dartmouth "Art That Lives?: Exploring Figural Art from Africa," the newest exhibition at the Hood Museum of Art, offers viewers a vibrant, striking mix of pieces from the museum's African collections.

Students, alums take talents off campus in ‘42nd Street'

Courtesy of Darrell Dewey Although the Dartmouth theater department lacks a summer Mainstage production, some students have decided to take their talents to the Lebanon Opera House's stage through participation in the North Country Community Theater.

‘Half-Blood Prince' entertains with light-hearted romance

Courtesy of RottenTomatoes.com / The Dartmouth Staff Tuesday night, the Lebanon movie theater played host to the most magical movie event of the summer the release of the sixth installment of the Harry Potter franchise, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." I arrived at the theater for the midnight premiere adorned in my house colors, a lavish array of Hufflepuff's signature yellow and black.

Montgomery Fellow Jules Feiffer presents political cartoons

Music Box showcases eclectic acts

Courtesy of Christine Fiedler This summer, the Hopkins Center will bring three musical acts to campus for its Music Box in the Moore series, which provides an intimate performance by seating the audience on the stage.

Spheris summer exhibit showcases variety of media

Ballet company mixes classical and modern dance

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center The contemporary dance company Aspen Santa Fe Ballet will take center stage on Thursday and Friday night at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, showcasing their eclectic blend of classical ballet infused with modern dance as part of this year's Summer Arts Festival, "eMotion." ASFB's founder, Bebe Schweppe, wanted an ensemble that showcased the native talent of Aspen, Colo., to give the people in the Aspen Valley a dance troupe they could call their own, she said.

Arts staff shares summer TV picks

DFS film series to feature tourists, spies and singing sailors

Courtesy of rottentomatoes.com This winter, as Hollywood film moguls were busy cramming their summer release schedules with the usual American-friendly franchise reboots, blockbuster action flicks and raunchy comedies, the members of the Dartmouth Film Society chose to forego such conventional apple-pie flicks in favor of a more worldly collection of films. The DFS summer series, "Tourists," proposed by Lloyd Miller '10, plays off of the intricate and sometimes tenuous relationships that travelers establish with the foreign places they encounter.

Sierra Leonean refugees to bring upbeat rhythms to Green

Courtesy of The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars In times of war, culture and humanity often take a backseat to the killings and devastation that take place; yet Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars demonstrate that even in the midst of destruction, art can subsist and even thrive.