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Nakai kicks off pow-wow

By Catherine McCarthy | May 8, 1998

Traditionally during the weekend of Dartmouth's annual Pow-wow, the Hopkins Center invites a Native artist to come and perform as a cultural complement to the Green events. This Friday at 8:00 p.m., the music of R.

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'Much Ado' provides a delightful treat

By Shialing Kwa | May 8, 1998

Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' succeeds in updating the classic comedy

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Chamber Singers sing of freedom

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | May 7, 1998

The struggle to break free is the inspiration for this term's concert

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Dave Matthews combines old and new in latest album

By Sarah Rubenstein | May 6, 1998

The Dave Matthews Band returns with 'Before These Crowded Streets' and an upbeat, often angry sound

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Keller '99 wins kudos for film

By Ben Mandelker | May 5, 1998

Katy Keller has entered her animated film into three film festivals

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John Scofield changes styles with 'A Go Go'

By Eric Cross | May 4, 1998

Guitarist John Scofield grew up in the 1960s and 1970s listening to and loving the swinging grooves of James Brown, Booker T.

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'Les Miserables' is a faithful, but faulted, adaptation

By Joe Manera | May 4, 1998

With Liam Neeson as Jean Valjean and Geoffrey Rush as Javert, the latest version tries for mature drama

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Gibson '98 directs Handel musical

By Ki Mae Heussner | May 4, 1998

Joanna Gibson culminates musical learning with honors thesis

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'Sweet Hereafter' defines excellence

By Ben Mandelker | May 1, 1998

It is no coincidence that "The Sweet Hereafter" is on over 250 critics lists for the top 10 movies of 1997.

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Animator George Griffin '65 returns with films

By Ben Mandelker | May 1, 1998

Tonight, George Griffin '65 will be presenting his one man show, "The World of George Griffin" at the Hopkins Center.

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Aaron Russo '98 performs opera

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | May 1, 1998

For his senior fellowship

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Annual Festival of New Musics kicks off

By Hank Leukart | April 30, 1998

Tonight at the Festival of New Musics, students can finally discover the answer to the one question they have pondered for years: what do a hydraulis, Squiggy and shakuhachi all have in common?

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Peter Yoo '98 conducts orchestra, programs Baker bells

By Sarah Rubenstein | April 29, 1998

Yoo is the conductor of the Chamber Orchestra, which is only one of his many musical accomplishments

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Difranco's latest has its own pulse

By Catherine McCarthy | April 28, 1998

Ani Difranco's 'Little Plastic Castle' continues her success

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Inconsistent Indigo Girls still deliver

By Sarah Rubenstein | April 27, 1998

The Indigo Girls continued their Shaming of the Sun tour on Friday night with an incredible performance for an electrified audience at Leede arena. The duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, opened the concert with "It's Alright," an up-beat song from their most recent album, titled "Shaming of the Sun." They followed "It's Alright" with "Joking," from their less recent "Rites of Passage" album. Both of the first two tunes were anti-climactic, because the Indigo Girls did not put enough energy into them.

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The Flunky Bunch: 'Big Hit' misses: Mark Wahlberg can't salvage 'The Big Hit,' a noisy action-comedy

By Ben Mandelker | April 27, 1998

There was a certain point where this movie just fell apart. I think it was Elliot Gould vomiting on Lou Diamond Phillips in the middle of a kosher meal in the midst of a hostile shoot out.

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'World Goes 'Round' provides upbeat, charming fun

By Hank Leukart | April 24, 1998

From 'All That Jazz' to 'New York

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The Bible, the Musical

By Deborah Bernstein | April 24, 1998

Handel Society tackles Bach

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'Breaking Away' has charm, if overly trite

By Jenny Gateno | April 23, 1998

"Breaking Away" was a sleeper hit in 1979 -- the little movie that could. Directed by Peter Yates ("Suspect") and written by Yugoslavian immigrant Steve Tesich -- who won an Oscar for his script -- the story of four young men trying to find direction in their Bloomington, Ind.

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Bruni '99 helms musical revue

By Jennifer Hickey | April 23, 1998

After years of acting

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