Arts

Wayfaring Strangers play hit and miss set in Spaulding

By David Archwamety | November 17, 2003

Described by jazz critics as a "bluegrass band" and by bluegrass critics as a "jazz band," The Wayfaring Strangers is neither.

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O.A.R. to plug in at Leede Arena

By Lindsay Barnes | November 14, 2003

When "That Was a Crazy Game of Poker" became an underground hit for O.A.R., some called the band an overnight success.

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Jazz group to cross cultural lines tonight at Collis

By Caroline McKenzie | November 13, 2003

American culture is, undeniably, attuned to perceiving certain things as "natural" pairings. For instance, what American doesn't think that peanut butter and jelly naturally go together? But, for most, the pairing of African and Jewish musical traditions doesn't exactly ring this Pavlovian bell.

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'Bridge' production nears debut

By Frances Cha | November 12, 2003

Building the 'Bridge:' Cast and crew come together

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Campbell content without B&S

By Carl Burnett | November 11, 2003

In 2002, Isobel Campbell left Belle & Sebastian, one of the most successful indie bands in the world, to pursue a solo career.

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Phillips recalls film's golden age

By Rebecca Leffler | November 10, 2003

"I specialized in bitches," announced Kate Phillips, formerly known as Kay Linaker, as she addressed a group of students and faculty in Wilson Hall last Friday. Phillips, who just celebrated her 90th birthday, is just as well-spoken and poised as she was back in her prime when she starred in over 50 Hollywood films in the 1930s and 40s. Some of her most memorable turns on the screen were in "Buck Benny Rides Again," "Young Mr. Lincoln" and some of the "Charlie Chan" mystery films. She has acted alongside such luminaries as Henry Fonda, Jack Benny, Bing Crosby and Sonja Henie.

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Entertainment News

By Rebecca Leffler | November 10, 2003

After complaints from conservatives, CBS honcho Les Moonves is shelving the network's "The Reagans." It'll go in that big underground room where Dick Cheney is hiding. Porn actress Mary Carey is one of three adult film stars hosting a new reality show "Can You Be a Pornstar?" Good news for Monica Lewinsky. Oscar-winning actor Paul Newman made a "generous" donation to the southeast Kansas town of Franklin, hit hard by a tornado in May.

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Arts

Stubblefield works Coast hard

By Kate Carolan | November 7, 2003

Wednesday night, Hartman Recital Hall was not only a room full of 20-some instrumentalists, but also a room full of intensity, creativity and energy.

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Forget the hype, 'Room on Fire' is just plain great

By Caroline McKenzie | November 6, 2003

Forget that Radiohead producer Nigel Goodrich almost produced it, because he didn't. Stop the comments about contrived scruffiness, skinny ties and posh New York upbringings, because those things never changed the music.

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Musical alums do go home again

By Christine Huggins | November 5, 2003

Last Saturday night, Rollins Chapel became a time machine with the Musica Antiqua Sankt Peterburg at the controls.

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Estonian choir sings truly foreign music

By Christine Huggins | November 5, 2003

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is not your typical glee club, and the sound they produce is not characteristic of most choirs. This was apparent from the first chord that rang out through Spaulding Auditorium last night -- a rich, deep, soul-piercing sound.

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Arts

Building the 'Bridge:' Outbursts are carefully planned

By Frances Cha | November 4, 2003

This is the first in a series of four behind-the-scenes articles looking at the creative theatrical process by chronicling the theater department's mainstage production of Arthur Miller's play "A View from the Bridge." Four hours a night, six days a week, self-destruction and incestuous jealousy unravel over and over at the Moore Theater.

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World-renowned Pat Metheny Trio visits Dartmouth

By Christopher Moss | November 3, 2003

Metheny and company play Spaulding

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McBride shares his musical journey in SAE lecture series

By Lisa Chau | November 3, 2003

When members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity discovered that acclaimed electric and acoustic bassist Christian McBride would be on campus with the Pat Metheny Trio this weekend, they knew they had an opportunity they couldn't miss.

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Wilshire evokes yawns, cringing

By Vivian Chung | October 31, 2003

As if there weren't already enough pretty pop- stars out there who can't sing. Unfortunately Columbia Records decided there weren't.

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Blanchett's talents wasted in glossy 'Veronica Guerin'

By Caroline McKenzie | October 30, 2003

The mix of film personalities in the new film "Veronica Guerin" is indeed a perplexing one. Cate Blanchett is essentially the only star with box-office pull in the whole film.

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Arts

Black gets angry, then gets old

By Matthew Kelly | October 29, 2003

Lewis Black wants everyone to know that he is angry. He's angry at the incompetence of leadership, angry at the cold, angry at candy corn, angry at corporate greed, but mainly angry at the stupidity of society.

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Lewis Black talks television, politics and wrestling

By Lindsay Barnes | October 28, 2003

Comic suggests future leaders at Dartmouth go someplace warm where they are not 'looking for a dog to touch'

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Elliott Smith passes away at 34

By Lindsay Barnes | October 27, 2003

Last week, singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, most famous for his brand of dark folk-rock music, was found dead in his home in Los Angeles at the age of 34.

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Emerson Quartet performs with intensity and passion

By Christine Huggins | October 27, 2003

Dartmouth College was lucky to be graced with the presence of the world-renowned Emerson Quartet this past Thursday.

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