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The Dartmouth
April 11, 2026
The Dartmouth
Arts
Arts

South Africa's Clegg to play Spaulding on Wednesday

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As Dartmouth sets into its third week of summer, the double-platinum, Grammy-nominated and internationally renowned musician Johnny Clegg will perform with his current outfit The Johnny Clegg Band in Spaulding Auditorium Wednesday at 7 p.m. Clegg, formerly of the bands Juluku (meaning "Sweat" in Zulu) and Saluka ("We Have Risen") will cap off the day's African-themed events, consisting of a 3 p.m.




Arts

Hanks makes waiting delightful in 'The Terminal'

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Much of the success of last year's critical darling "Lost in Translation" hinged on a great American comic actor playing the role of a man completely lost in a strange world he doesn't understand and playing that role with just the right mixture of pathos and silliness.




Arts

Frost fest showcases range of original plays and ideas

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Loving two people at once, black men loving black men and infanticide were the major themes in the plays presented in this year's 77th annual Eleanor Frost Playwriting Festival. The first play, "Complex Mathematics in the Backyard," was ambitious but often came off soap-operatic.








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'Lenin' makes unique statement on post-Soviet politics

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With a personal touch and a statement about life far beyond Socialist Germany, "Good Bye, Lenin," playing at the Nugget this week and slated to show at the Hopkins Center later this month, is one of few films documenting one of the most important political and geographic shifts in the past 25 years: the fall of the Berlin Wall. In East Germany in October 1989, the protests that would eventually lead to the toppling of the wall and the end of socialist party power have begun.