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Wilson to perform with a four-piece band tonight

By Michael A> Posey | November 3, 1995

Young, beautiful, and now riding the waves of celebrityhood, Cassandra Wilson, is a chantreuse who has definitely come into her own. Lauded as the Sarah Vaughan of her generation by music critics throughout, Wilson will bring her suave, unabashed blues-inspired jazz to the Hopkins Center of Performing Arts tonight at 8 p.m in Spaulding Auditorium. Featuring an ecletic reportoire ranging from lush-tender love songs to scouring roadhouse jazz, Wilson is sure to satisfy any listerner's musical palette. Wilson has a voice that wins even non-listener over.

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'Rampo' features a surreal quality

By Tom Jawetz | November 3, 1995

Mystery, obsession, and dazzling special effects are waiting to astound you as Loew presents "The Mystery of Rampo" Saturday night, a film in which the line between reality and fantasy is crossed at every turn. Critics have called "Rampo" "a visual achievement of unprecedented psychedelic daring and invention." "The Mystery of Rampo" marks the directorial debut of long-time Japanese producer Kazuyoshi Okuyama.

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Skunk population growing in Hanover

By Elizabeth Tedesco | November 2, 1995

There is an explanation to the foul smells lingering around College buildings these days -- and it is not the refried beans from Food Court. Instead, officials said the offensive odors around campus can be blamed on an increase in the skunk population in Hanover. The number of skunk sightings in the Hanover area has increased considerably in the last few months, said Bill Hochstin, assistant director of Facilities, Operations and Management. "Skunks really don't have a natural predator around here," Hochstin said.

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BUTA addresses spiritual genocide in Ivy League

By Michael A> Posey | November 1, 1995

Featuring a strong ensemble of veteran stage actors, the Black Underground Theater will present "Sacrificial Jones" to the Dartmouth community at the Bentley Theatre in the Hopkins Center for Performing Arts this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. The play, written by JR Riddick '95, is billed as a production that will address spiritual genocide within the black Ivy League. Featuring an eclectic group of students, the play is directed by seasoned actress Marsha Blake '96, a drama major. Blake, the winner of the distinguished award for Best Actress in the 1992 Eleanor Frosts Plays, will make her directorial debut with this play. "The story centers around a group of semi-anonymous Dartmouth students who come to the College with their different and varied backgrounds," Blake said. The play challenges the audience to decide whether the students leave the College with better or worse experiences than when they arrived, Blake said. The play will last approximately two hours and it features two acts: "Epiphany" and "Armageddon." Although the play focuses primarily on Afro-American students, Blake emphasized that every student should be able to take something away from the it. "Eveybody should be interested ... [because] The play is very contemporary ... and it's very much about Dartmouth," Blake said. The cast includes Scott Ennover '98, Christian Felix '99, Lisana Gabriel '96, Karen Koontz '96, Steve McKoy '98, Shaunda Miles '99, Shani O'Neal and Mia Shelton '98. Admission to the play is free.

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'Salo' billed as shocking and intense

By Munal Mala | November 1, 1995

For those who like Italian films, and especially for collectors of bizarre cinema, the showing of "Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom" (Italy, 1975) on November 1 in Spaulding Auditorium at 6:45 and 9:15 p.m.

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Gluhman's work focuses on landscapes

By Melissa Cho | October 30, 1995

The next time you are in the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts, whether checking your Hinman box or grabbing a bite to eat, check out the exhibits in the Lower Jewett Corridor, where the woodworking and jewelry workshops are located.

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Low budget film receives accolades

By Amir Katz | October 26, 1995

With five films in the Loew series on new American independents under our belts, it is fitting that we be shown a depiction of the trials and tribulations of making a low budget film. Tom DiCillo's "Living in Oblivion," showing tonight in Loew auditorium, follows one day in the making of an independent movie where everything that can go wrong, does. "Living in Oblivion" was extremely well received when it premiered in March, leading off the New Directors/New Films series in New York City. Janet Maslin of The New York Times called it "a wonderfully funny behind-the scenes-look at the perils of film making, no-budget style." Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi) is a director trying to shoot his piece de resistence amidst a sea of troubles. His male lead (James LeGros), a studly up-and-coming star, is just using Nick's film as a stepping stone. The female lead (Catherine Keener) has to perform her pivotal scene over and over because technical accidents ruin every take, and the macho cameraman (Dermot Mulroney) is out-of-control. "Living in Oblivion" was originally intended as a thirty minute short about an actress who can't get her big scene right, and it was shot in black and white for $38, 000. But DiCillo decided to extend it, so he wrote and shot a second and third part which were added to the original segment to become the final product. This is DiCillo's second film; his first was "Johnny Suede," which was released in 1992 and starred a pre -"Thelma and Louise" Brad Pitt. The film, although critically acclaimed, was a commercial flop.

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Cioffi begins 19th year at the Bookstore

By James M> Hunnicutt | October 26, 1995

David Cioffi, manager of the Dartmouth Bookstore, was not at all flustered when an employee working on the main floor called an upstairs office to report that a shoplifting was in progress. Cioffi calmly listened to the sales clerk describe how an elderly woman had placed items into her tote bag, insisting she had already paid for them.

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Emphasis on passion in 'Law of Desire'

By David Weinberg | October 25, 1995

"Law of Desire" was not a film mainstream American audiences flocked to see when it was first released. There were just too many aspects its plot and themes which seemed shocking, disturbing and deviant.

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Fall Fling packs Spaulding Auditorium

By Aassia Haroon | October 23, 1995

The Fall Fling was one of three acapella concerts of the weekend; Friday night the Dodecaphonics hosted a concert in Collis, which featured an impressive debut from the new all-female group Femme Fatale, and the evening culminated with an uproarious performance by The House Jacks, a California-based group already signed by Warner Brothers record company. In addition, Spontaneous Combustion, a group of five alums, performed late Saturday night in the Top of the Hop. The Decibelles hosted this year's Fall Fling, which took place Saturday night in Spaulding Auditorium.

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Oppens shows mastery, versatility in concert

By David S. Guerrerio | October 23, 1995

Ursula Oppens is a pianist of incredible versatility, at her best when called on to reconcile disparate playing styles, whether in the same program, or within the same piece. In Thursday evening's concert, she provided the Spaulding Auditorium audience with a compelling demonstration of her mastery, presenting a program of music from the last two centuries which highlighted the breadth of Oppens' pianistic skill. According to Oppens, the pieces were meant to explore the different challenges offered by virtuosic and non-virtuosic piano compositions.

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Pianist Ursula Oppens to perform at Spaulding tonight

By David S. Guerrerio | October 19, 1995

Ursula Oppens has been hailed as the most important interpreter of contemporary music. She has premiered some of the most significant piano compositions of the last 20 years, garnering praise from both composers and critics for her flawless technique, fierce musical intelligence, and seemingly boundless versatility.

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Guitarists draw standing ovation from Spaulding audience

By Aditya Dutt | October 17, 1995

Performing to a full house at Spaulding Auditorium last night, four guitar greats showed Dartmouth the way the guitar should be played. Featuring Kenny Burrell, Jorma Kaukonen, Steve Morse and Manuel Barrueco, "Guitar Summit" was a celebration of four distinct styles of guitar playing.

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Gomez-Pena's 'Dangerous Border Game' is an eye-opener

By Aditya Dutt | October 16, 1995

Shocking, outrageous, humorous, sarcastic and always powerful, Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Roberto Sifuentes presented "Dangerous Border Game" to Dartmouth Saturday night at the Moore Theater. Exploring issues of immigration, race relations, bilingualism and ethnic identity, Gomez-Pena and Sifuentes tossed aside all principles of conventional theater and staged a drama uniquely original and self-conceived. However, their disturbing portrayals of emigres in America were not distant or far-fetched.

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