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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.

According to Medha Raj, Peter Jackson's adaptation of
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‘The Lovely Bones' fails to impress

By medha raj | January 26, 2010

Courtesy of AwardsDaily.com Courtesy of AwardsDaily.com Humans are naturally attracted to morbid events a fact that both the book (2002) and film (2009) versions of "The Lovely Bones" exploit and develop.

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Exhibit champions green design

By Caitlin Kennedy | January 25, 2010

Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff A striking arrangement of transparent blocks tinged blue by lights lining the edges is illuminating the Strauss Gallery in the Hopkins Center this term as the key feature of an architecture exhibit by studio art professor Karolina Kawiaka.

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Bostonian trio Alloy Orchestra draws sound from silence

January 24, 2010

What could accompany a silent Russian film with no discernible plot better than 70 minutes of banging on scrap metal? Friday evening saw the Boston-based Alloy Orchestra prove that nothing else could, in their rendition of "The Man with the Movie Camera" (1929). This was not the first time, however, that the three-man ensemble and their self-described "Wall of Junk" graced the Spaulding stage to update silent classics with new and exciting scores. "I went into [the Alloy Orchestra's 2006 performance of] The Phantom of the Opera' ten minutes late and I had no idea what I'd walked into," Dartmouth Film Society director A.J.

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Internet Meme of the Week

By sophia archibald | January 24, 2010

Israeli singer-songwriter Oren Lavie's video for his song "Her Morning Elegance" has attracted over 10 million views on YouTube with its impressive use of stop-motion animation.

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Hop teachers show personal work

By Jackie Donohoe | January 19, 2010

Kevin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Kevin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Given my clumsy tendencies, I try to keep away from sharp instruments, but Gregory Elder, director of student workshops at the Hopkins Center, had faith in me as he handed me a carving utensil and a slab of wood and showed me how to shave off one side. "No experience is necessary for the workshops.

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HEAR AND NOW: Gaga's 'Monster' fall

By Divya Gunasekaran | January 18, 2010

I was beginning to think Lady Gaga wasn't human. After all, she's been virtually ubiquitous over the past few months: Beyonce's music video for "Video Phone," a meeting with the Queen of England, the "Monster Ball" tour to promote her sophomore album "The Fame Monster," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," my music column.

Isabelle Ciaravola, front, performs in Casse-Noisette, choreogra
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DFS presents Film Award to documentary legend Wiseman

January 18, 2010

Courtesy of Vogue.com Courtesy of Vogue.com Esteemed filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's most recent documentary, "La Danse: Le Ballet de L'Opera de Paris," is a visual feast for dance lovers, providing an intimate look at how one of the world's greatest ballet companies creates its art.

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Tiny soldiers portray Great War

January 13, 2010

Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff In trenches smaller than a person's palm, tiny World War I-era French soldiers battle German troops in a reenactment of one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

According to Cailtlin Kennedy, there's more to the newest Disney princess than the much-publicized color of her skin.
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‘Frog' heroine rejects Disney model

By Caitlin Kennedy | January 12, 2010

Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Disney's latest princess trades in royal ennui for entrepreneurship as an aspiring restaurateur in the much-awaited "The Princess and the Frog" (2009). The film that states its message that hard work is necessary because "wishing on a star can only take you so far," according to Princess Tiana's late father in a manner appropriately obvious for its young audience. Although execution of the movie's theme may lack nuance, such candor is to be expected from a mainstream animated film.

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BOOKED SOLID: Natural Balance

By corinne white | January 12, 2010

We've all heard the story before. A troubled rich kid reads a little Thoreau in his 10th grade English class and rebels against his family's lifestyle by becoming (or at least trying to become) a hermit in the wilderness.

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