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The Dartmouth
August 27, 2026
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Daniel Wheeler's photographs of disturbed water are part of
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‘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.


Judd Apatow's
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Sandler stands out in ‘People'

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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.





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Wurzel '10 dances on NBC's ‘Talent'

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Correction appended The most recent episodes of America's Got Talent have featured the performances of Benja Wurzel '10, who is appearing on the show with the dance group SQ Entertainment.




Raging hormones in the latest Harry Potter release drive cutesy romance between characters.
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‘Half-Blood Prince' entertains with light-hearted romance

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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.




Daniel Tobias and Clare Bartholomew perform as German siblings Otto and Astrid Rot in Die Roten Punkte, an indie rock band with punk attitude.
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Music Box showcases eclectic acts

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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.



Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, known for its fusion of classical and modern dance, will perform Thursday and Friday night at the Hopkins Center.
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Ballet company mixes classical and modern dance

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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.



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Mobile exhibit space to add variety to art scene

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As "eMotion," this year's Summer Arts Festival, kicks off, Mary Flanagan, chair of the new digital humanities department, awaits the arrival of a mysterious new piece of technology called the "Play Cube." The arts festival touts this sixteen-by-eight foot cube as a mobile exhibition space that will host performances and art exhibits at various locations across campus, as well as enable a unique style of interactivity with the student body.


The summer film series features a variety of films, both old and new, including recent Pixar release,
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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.



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Hop raises ticket prices, cuts programs for the coming year

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The Hopkins Center for the Arts plans to raise ticket prices, cut back on commissioned works and reevaluate its long-term strategic plans, including its stake in Dartmouth's proposed Visual Arts Center, in light of College-wide budget cuts and a possible downturn in individual donations, according to Hop director Jeff James. "We, the Hop, have more reasons to be concerned than a lot of other players because we rely on ticket sales and donations, and those are the things we are spending the most time thinking about how to protect," James said. As a result of the economic downturn, the Hop intends to raise its student ticket prices from $5 to $10 for performances by visiting artists, from $3 to $5 for student performances, and from $12 to $15 for Dartmouth Film Society's film series passes. It will be the first price increase for the Hop in eight or nine years, according to James.


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HEAR AND NOW: Mandy Moore grows up

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Courtesy of popchunch.com From appearing in well-received films such as "A Walk to Remember" (2002) and "Saved!" (2004), to releasing her sixth studio album, "Amanda Leigh" (2009), on May 26, Mandy Moore has had a storied career and she's still only 25.