Feminist writer Betty Friedan dies
Betty Friedan, whose manifesto "The Feminine Mystique" became a best seller in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, died Saturday, her birthday.
Betty Friedan, whose manifesto "The Feminine Mystique" became a best seller in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, died Saturday, her birthday.
Nostalgic contrasts between a poetic, damsel-in-distress-riddled past and our own cold, technology-driven world have (rightfully) become cliche, but if your only knowledge of the Middle Ages stems from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," take note: this week, troubadours grace the provenance of BlitzMail and Keystone. A poetry reading promises to set the scene.
This Tuesday night the Hopkins Center will be hosting Warabi-Za, a group of Japanese folk performers, to add international flavor to the otherwise Dartmouth-centered week of Winter Carnival.
Courtesy of Calla Music February is starting with a bang this year thanks to Friday Night Rock.
Meredith Fraser '08: So I woke up earlier this morning than I have in a long time ... to watch the Oscar nominations be announced.
On the weekend of Feb. 3, a familiar sound will vibrate the walls of the Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center as the Dartmouth College Glee Club takes the stage with their major winter performance.
Courtesy of Dark Horizons "The man who said I'd rather be lucky than good saw deeply into life." This is the first line of dialogue in Woody Allen's "Match Point," but it echoes throughout the film all the way until the credits roll.
Sarah Shaw / The Dartmouth Staff If you've walked in the front entrance of the Hop this term, you've probably noticed Kiku Langford's most recent project in the rotunda.
Dartmouth students should be anticipating a wonderful winter term in the world of art. The Hood Museum of Art has been adamantly strategizing, preparing and reorganizing their objectives, with the aim of creating visually exciting exhibitions that will inspire student interest. "We want Dartmouth students to know that this is their museum, and they're welcome," said Hood Public Relations Coordinator Sharon Reed.
When critics bandy about the precious hyphenate 'singer-songwriter,' they often use words such as 'confessional' and 'sensitive' to evoke the tone of the style, a populist amalgam of rock, country and folk idioms that emerged in the late '60s and early '70s to describe the music of artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake and Townes Van Zandt.
Case cracked: "The Da Vinci Code" will be the opening-night movie at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organizers said. Based on Dan Brown's esoteric thriller about code-breaking and conspiracy, the film will debut at the Riviera festival and in French theaters on May 17, the festival said Saturday.
Courtesy of Trailer Park Boys Online What I'm about to say may anger many of you, though some of you may correctly agree with me: American television is crap.
Courtesy of Dark Horizons The story of John Smith and Pocahontas has been told many times before, in many different ways -- as a simple love story, a cross-cultural first encounter, a national myth.
Courtesy of the Hopkins Center At the post-concert public discussion that Maria Schneider, composer and conductor of her own Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, held in Spaulding Auditorium this past Saturday, she responded to a question from an audience member about soloists and the process of improvised soloing by saying, "I give them the harmonic framework." This is, of course, slightly paraphrased, as she had much more to say than that, and her music does much more than give the members of her orchestra a simple harmonic framework. The concert given by Schneider and the members of her orchestra on Saturday was, quite simply, wonderful.
Courtesy of the Hopkins Center In the suburb in which I grew up, not everyone thought of Bob Marley's classic song when they heard the phrase "Buffalo Soldier." (I did, but perhaps because my father was raised in Jamaica -- Jamaica, New York, that is.) So maybe, among other things, the poignant new play directed by Lou Bellamy, "Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers," will add more meaning to Marley's memorable melody. The play, set on an eastern Montana reservation, is the story of the Robe family.
Courtesy of Dark Horizons I hate violence, particularly in movies. From the beginning, "Munich" made me more than a little uncomfortable, but, for the sake of professionalism and my editors, I decided to stay.
Courtesy of Dark Horizons As far as Hollywood awards ceremonies go, the Golden Globes have always played second fiddle to the Oscars -- they're like the Wendy's to the Academy's McDonald's, or, if you prefer, the Apple to their Microsoft.
Courtesy of the Hopkins Center "I have a dream," Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you hear Chinese techno music flowing from the Hood Museum this Friday, don't be alarmed. In fact, it might be worth your while to check it out. In celebration of the new exhibit, "Same and Different Art: Art, Artists, and Cultural Space in Asia," the Hood Museum will hold a party for students this Friday from 8 until 10 p.m.
Courtesy of Montreal Friday Night Rock kicked off another term this Monday at the year's first meeting in Tindle Hall, announcing a schedule that will provide Dartmouth students a sonic alternative to frat playlists or the crushing silence of Baker Library. So far, two shows are planned for next month, and a final performance is in the works for March.