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Hood exhibits all 100 prints of Picasso's 'Vollard Suite'

By Alex Rich | February 5, 2001

Pablo Picasso is undoubtedly one of the great master artists of the twentieth century. Renowned for his Cubist techniques, Picasso was a prolific artist whose breadth of work has continually enticed and delighted museum audiences.

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Harper anticipates concert

By Ithan Peltan | January 29, 2001

Ben Harper's musical style defies classification, baffling critics and music journalists alike. And that's just the way he likes it. "I hate to be locked into one sound," Harper said.

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'Snatch' falls well short of expectations

By Kathryn Beane | January 29, 2001

Perhaps being British is prerequisite to thoroughly enjoying Guy Ritchie's sophomore directorial release "Snatch." Ritchie's newest film follows in the wake of the rather unexpected global success of 1999's "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." Ritchie assembles a solid cast of actors of both British and American fame.

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Becker to deliver poetry reading

By Richard Lazarus | January 25, 2001

Penn State prof. writes about animals, sexuality and her own past

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Ma discusses interest in Eastern music

By Alison Schmauch | January 24, 2001

Yo-Yo Ma spoke informally yesterday afternoon in Spaulding Auditorium about his career, focusing on his most recent experiments in Eastern music with the Silk Road Ensemble. Ma said he first became interested in such music when he attended a fiddle performance by violinist Mark O'Connor.

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Yo-Yo Ma dazzles in Hop show

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | January 23, 2001

Fingers quivering, elbows swinging and head rocking, Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble made a memorable first appearance at Dartmouth in front of a standing-room only audience last night in Spaulding auditorium. The Silk Road Ensemble features a collection of musicians, who, through their Eastern and Western instruments, highlight the contemporary culture of the legendary trading route and make Eastern and Western cross-cultural musical connections. The evening began with a Mongolian song about the Herlen River.

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Movies or Television? What's better in 2001

By John Teti | January 22, 2001

The critics have reached a consensus. 2000 was a bad year for Hollywood, and so far 2001 isn't much better.

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Yo-Yo Ma to take center stage

By Kelly Cameron | January 22, 2001

Distinguished cellist will preview the new Silk Road Project

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Udu fuses theater and activism

By Mosopefoluwa Ogunyemi | January 18, 2001

Because the institution of slavery has been eradicated for over a century in the United States and is rehashed only in history lessons, it can be easy to forget that the practice is continued in other parts of the world.

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'13 Days' makes for strong political flick

By Hank Leukart | January 16, 2001

Cuban Missile Crisis drama places audience in the Kennedy White House

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'Treasures from Rauner Library' a literary gold mine

By Alex Rich | January 15, 2001

The Hood's latest exhibit unveils rare printed works from the arts, sciences and state and College history

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Hip-hop fuses with Shakespeare

By Jennifer Thomas | January 11, 2001

'Romeo and Juliet' retold through modern hip-hop ballet

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Orchestra to amplify three silent movies

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | January 10, 2001

This weekend three silent comedies will be screened in Spaulding Auditorium, but the theater will be anything but silent. Instead, Alloy Orchestra will provide a live accompaniment to the classic American movies and fill the theater with sounds so convincing and synchronized one would think they were coming from movies themselves. Widely considered the premier silent movie band, Alloy is able to manufacture and convey the right mood through its eclectic assortment of instruments that include both conventional, state-of-the-art and highly original items known as the "rack of junk" that are more closely related to junkyard scrap metal than anything sold in a music store. Alloy's ingenuity derives from its ability to convincingly manufacture any sound to match the events in a silent movie, whether it be Martian radio signals or a German bar band from the 1920s, much to the audience's auditory delight. Alloy has existed for 10 years and each year they create a new score, which is performed at the Telluride Film Festival in southwestern Colorado.

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'Cast Away' comes up just short

By John Teti | January 9, 2001

Hanks dazzles in one of the most touted movies of the year

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'Traffic' offers chilling perspective on drugs, addiction

By Hank Leukart | January 8, 2001

In Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic," the U.S. drug czar's daughter has a boyfriend who suggests to her, "I want to have sex and do a [cocaine] hit right as we're both coming." In the bleak world of Soderbergh's film, these are the kind of romantic pickup lines prep school kids use when they can obtain crack cocaine more easily than alcohol. Adapted from a 10-year-old, five-part "Masterpiece Theater" series named "Traffik," the film explores the illegal drug trafficking industry in the United States and Mexico.

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