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Festival of New Musics hits the Hop

By Sarah Frostenson | April 28, 2008

Courtesy of cloudsandclocks.net / The Dartmouth Staff Daring to go where no percussion, wind or string instrument has gone before, Dartmouth's annual Festival of New Musics will celebrate its 30th anniversary tonight.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed Tuesday and Wednesday night in Moore Theater.
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Alvin Ailey returns after 40 years

By Marielle Battistoni | April 28, 2008

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The dancers of Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theater shook Moore Theater on Tuesday and Wednesday night with their innovative blend of classical ballet and modern dance.

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'Pathology' seeks to desensitize audience, fetishize death

By John Ternovski | April 24, 2008

Courtesy of RottenTomatoes.com There was something deeply unsettling about leaving the theater after watching the horror film "Pathology" (2008). It wasn't simply the brutal, gruesome, and largely sociopathic ending, but rather the entire endeavor, which managed to be one of the most stoic pieces of misanthropy that I have ever seen on film.

Christa Parravani's images, now on display at the Hopkins Center, are based on Masters'
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Literature influences superb work of visiting photographer

By Rahul Malik | April 22, 2008

Courtesy of Christa Parravani Even in the mornings, when the line at the Hopkins Center's Courtyard Cafe is long and tunnel-vision towards that breakfast sandwich seems impenetrable, Dartmouth students have been taking note of the arresting photographs that adorn the wall along the Upper Jewett Exhibition Corridor.

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Underdog tops again with 'Marshall'

By Allison Ruderman | April 21, 2008

Courtesy of RottenTomatoes.com Since Judd Apatow and company have become the tastemakers of contemporary comedy, audiences across the nation are going to have to endure the sight of a lot of flaccid penises.

The Qawwali Masters, a musical group from Pakistan, eat dinner with students after a show in Brace Commons.
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Off the stage, international artists interact with students

April 16, 2008

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Visitors to Brace Commons in the East Wheelock Cluster on Monday night saw a merging of two worlds as the Pakistani Qawwali Masters met the Shaker Singers for an open demonstration to community members and students.

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'Finding the Doorbell' rings true with humor, honesty

By Matthew Ritger | April 15, 2008

Courtesy of bn.com A year ago, Cindy Pierce read aloud to me from the rough draft of the introduction to her book: "I am probably one of the few women to have her first orgasm in a college library bathroom stall, by herself and by mistake." We were sitting at the cafe in the Hopkins Center with her co-author, Edie Thys Morgan.

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Carnivorous vines lead to 'Ruin' with horrifying gravity

By John Ternovski | April 9, 2008

Four friends travel to Mexico for "fun in the sun," but when they go exploring an old Mayan ruin they get much more than they bargained for: "Carnivorous vines try to ensnare the friends in their deadly tendrils, forcing the group into a brutal battle for survival," reads one synopsis of "The Ruins" (2008). No, I'm not kidding.

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