Hop seeks student feedback, input with cultural census

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff For some students, the Hopkins Center for the Arts is a shortcut from the Lodge to Dartmouth Hall when snow piles three feet deep and the wind chill drops into negative numbers.

World Percussion Ensemble merges R&B, African Beats

'Voices' program brings political hip-hop, theater to campus

Courtesy of the Dartmouth theater department In February of 2005, Peter Hackett left the Dartmouth theater department's tribute to the late playwright August Wilson and had an epiphany.

Spaghetti Western Orchestra remixes Morricone at Hop

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center / The Dartmouth Staff You may not know Ennio Morricone by name, but you certainly know his music.

Students stay up all night for WiRED, immersed in theater

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff At eight o'clock Saturday morning, while most of campus was still sleeping off Friday night, a small group of dedicated student actors filtered into the Bentley Theater at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. There they joined three pairs of playwrights and directors who had spent the last 12 hours chugging coffee as they penned three short plays for this Fall term's WiRED -- a theatrical challenge that invites its participants to write, cast, rehearse and perform plays within a 24-hour period once every term. As usual, the final product, performed at eight o'clock Saturday evening in the Bentley, provided plenty of laughs.

Brothers bring hope home to Kenya from Dartmouth

'Sons of Lwala: Here, You Belong to Everyone' tells story of Milton and Fred Ochieng, Saturday at the Hop

Iraq veteran, writer Fick '99 celebrated in HBO series

Courtesy of teamsugar.com Most Dartmouth alumni never experience a firefight in the heart of Iraq's Fertile Crescent, but when Nathaniel Fick '99 became a marine officer he knew to expect an unusual path after college. Fick served in the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the marines, which led the invasion of central Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

Lifetime-bound 'Runway' wraps up unimpressive fifth season

Courtesy of Demonoid.com It's curtains for "Project Runway!" Last Wednesday's landmark episode marked the end of season five and, quite possibly, Project Runway as we know it. Project Runway is embroiled in a nasty legal battle over a lucrative, five-year deal that its producers signed in April with Lifetime, taking the show away from Bravo, which has carried it since it began in 2004. Filming for season six is well underway, but the show may well find itself homeless once production wraps.

Hood displays California natives' dreamlike watercolors

Courtesy of Hood Museum The Hood Museum continually strives to connect Dartmouth students with diverse cultures from around the world, but a new exhibition watercolor paintings shows us foreign aspects of our own American culture. "Coastline to Skyline: The Philip H.

'Lost' creator Abrams rides sci-fi wave with FOX's 'Fringe'

Courtesy of IMDB.com In J.J.

Art history FSP displays travel journals

'The Art of Traveling' showcases student sketches, reflections on Italian art

Spheris Gallery shows new works by landscapist Eric Aho

Courtesy of SpherisGallery.com With rush in full swing this weekend, most conversations in FoCo dwelled on what to wear for the second round.