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The Dartmouth
August 26, 2026
The Dartmouth
Arts

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'Igby' meanders but enthralls

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"Igby Goes Down" is a film that goes neither down, up, left, right or in any direction. Starstudded and overflowing with spellbinding acting and compelling drama, this movie is so faithful to the concept of real-life filmmaking, that it meanders aimlessly away from any comfortable story structure. "Igby Goes Down" tells the dark, somber and yet incisive coming-of-age tale about a young man's quest versus the world.


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Corea & co. 'elektrify' Spaulding with two-hour set

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Jazz legend Chick Corea and his Elektric Band rocked Spaulding Auditorium Thursday night with a loud combination of jazz, rock, blues and Latin music that added up to an amalgam that was distinctly their own. From the first note of the concert, the audience was exposed to a hurricane of sound.


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Lynch offends, induces laughs

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"Most of my material is stolen directly from the works of Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Hustler Magazine," comic musician Stephen Lynch recently told Time Out New York, his tongue no doubt well-ensconced in his cheek. Thanks to his tuneful acoustic ballads about necrophilia and priests molesting altar boys, Lynch has accumulated a loyal college following over the last few years.











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'Kindred Spirits' same old line

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The tribute album is a tricky musical beast. Ideally, the newer versions of the songs should highlight melodic, lyric or timbral elements of the original that have inspired contemporary artists to pursue their own work.




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Williams dissapoints in 'Photo'

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Robin Williams has had a rather varied film career. Somewhere between "Mrs. Doubtfire," "What Dreams May Come" and "Death to Smoochy," the quality of his films has slipped.



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Marsalis to grace Spaulding

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Combined, they have well over a century of experience playing jazz. Its members have collaborated with artists as diverse as Matchbox Twenty, Rosemary Clooney and A Tribe Called Quest.