Innovative art graces Hop entrance

Zachary Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth Staff Hopkins Center visitors who have trouble making sense of the art installation in the Barrows Rotunda may be comforted by the knowledge that the artist intentionally made the work difficult to understand.

Basketry reflects Wabanaki history

Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff At first glance, the Hood Museum's exhibit of Native American baskets may appear to be a nod to the College's founding mandate and a celebration of a long-enduring craft.

Assad brothers perfectly in-sync at Hopkins Center concert

DOUG GONZALEZ / The Dartmouth Perhaps the most affecting and powerful part of the Assad brothers' playing style is their seemingly telepathic way of staying in time and in tune with each other -- a quality that Sergio Assad attributes to their training. "From the beginning, our teacher told us to play as a duo," Sergio said.

Hop hosts annual jazz double bill

Weeks tells stories through photos

Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Even if you're sprinting to get in line for a breakfast wrap, it's hard to overlook Eric Weeks' photographs hanging in the halls of the Hopkins Center.

'Road' traces tumultuous marriage

Courtesy of RottenTomatoes.com Correction appended Perhaps the most overlooked part of "Revolutionary Road" is the white clapboard colonial house sitting at the end of a quiet, suburban street.

Sweet Honey in the Rock addresses political issues in song

Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In the middle of Friday night's concert in Spaulding Auditorium, Carol Maillard, a founding member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, stopped to tell the audience about the a cappella group's CDs and tote bags, which would be on sale during intermission. "I've just been given an assignment, which I will execute faithfully," she said, taking a lighthearted jab at Chief Justice John Roberts' fouled-up administration of the oath of office to President Barack Obama during Tuesday's inauguration.

Met's operas to screen live at Hop

Courtesy of The New York Times Audiences in Hanover will continue to have access to Metropolitan Opera performances through live screenings at the Hopkins Center, even as it becomes clear that Lincoln Center is not immune to the economic downturn.

Montgomery Fellow Kinnell discusess poetry, translations

EDIE WU / The Dartmouth Poet Galway Kinnell, who began his Montgomery Fellowship at the College this week, fittingly started his public lecture in Filene Auditorium on Tuesday with a poem about Robert Frost's reading at former President John F.

Composer Philip Glass discusses music for the big screen

Courtesy of IAS.edu When Philip Glass was first approached by director Godfrey Reggio to write the score to Reggio's film "Koyaanisqatsi," Glass told Reggio he did not "do" film music.