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June 26, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Hood features 'Two Views of Italy' exhibit

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The works of two internationally-known eighteenth century Venetian artists are currently on display at the Hood Museum of Art. The exhibition titled "Two Views of Italy" features the veduta prints of topographical artists Antonio Canaletto and Giovanni Battista Piranesi.


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Hop displays works by alumni

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Two talented Dartmouth alumni with a unique grasp of color and design are currently displaying their works as part of thePerspectives on Design Show at the Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries in the Hopkins Center. This year's winners of the Perspectives on Design Contest are Deborah Vogel '94 and Michael Houston '94.


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Theater to be dedicated

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A new theater will be dedicated Sunday to American publisher Henry Holt at the home of Robert Frost, Class of 1896. The ceremony, sponsored by the College's English department, will feature the dedication of a combination barn and theater in recognition of Holt Publishers' contributions to preserve the Frost family home.



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New Co-op may open

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The Hanover Co-op Food Store is exploring ways to reduce its overcrowded conditions and may possibly build a second store in town. "The Co-op is currently investigating possibilities of different sites around the area," General Manager Terry Appleby said. The Co-op, located at the intersection of South Park street and Lebanon street, underwent a one million dollar expansion and renovation last year, according to The Valley News. After investigating the option of building a second store of similar size, Appleby said the Co-op will inform its members of the results and ask them for input before proceeding.


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Lewis, Yi to be featured at Jewett Exhibition Corridor

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July exhibitions at the Jewett Exhibition Corridor of the Hopkins Center will feature paintings by Jeff Lewis, a visiting professor at the College, and woodcut prints by Phillia Changhi Yi, an associate professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Lewis's exhibition will open July 5 in the Upper Jewett Exhibition Corridor and will be shown until August 9.


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Riverfest celebrates Connecticut River

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The Connecticut Riverfest, a two-week "celebration of the life, the people and communities, the land and rivers, of the Connecticut River Valley," will culminate this Saturday at Kilowatt Park in Wilder, Vt. The purpose of Riverfest, according to its organizers, is to celebrate "the vibrant and vital" role of the region's rivers. This Saturday, Riverfest will hold its final extravaganza, "The Big Splash." From 10 a.m.


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Dartmouth Film Society plays it again

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It seems the secret cabal at the Dartmouth Film Society has decided that the sophomore class does not want to quit the outdoors for the sake of four-hour silent Swedish films. So, instead, they have scheduled only proven hits for their summer "Blockbusters" film series. From The Beatles in 1964's "A Hard Days Night" to Tom Hanks in last year's "Forrest Gump," the current series will pay tribute to giants past and also stars from the present. True, they have included such recent smash hits as "Like Water for Chocolate" and "The Lion King" -- not to mention a rather timely showing of the first two "Batman" movies, just as the third installment in that series has begun to break attendance records across the United States. There are plenty of warriors: Indiana Jones, the rugged archaeologist played by Harrison Ford in popular Steven Spielberg tryptic; Martin Sheen as a U.S.




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Parking rates go up to cover deficit

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Hanover car owners will have to dig down in their pockets for additional spare change after July 1 to meet the increased cost and additional hours of parking meters. In order to raise revenue to cover the $40,000 deficit in the parking district, Hanover's Board of Selectmen agreed to increase the rate of 10-hour meters in the Marshall Lot, located across the street from Fleet Bank and behind Foodstop, from 25 cents to 50 cents an hour, and extend the operational hours of all town meters from 5 to 6 p.m., according to Chairwoman Marilyn "Willy" Black. From July 1 to September 1 people will only receive warning notices if they let their meters run out before 6 p.m., Black said.



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Lark Quartet in concert tonight

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Critically acclaimed as one of the most sought-after musicians of the younger generation, the Lark string quartet will perform tonight at the Hopkins Center for the fourth time in two years. The ensemble, consisting of Eva Gruesser, Jennifer Orchard, Anna Kruger and Astrid Schween, will perform Joseph Haydn's "String Quartet in E Flat Major," known as "The Joke;" Alexander Zemlinsky's "String Quartet No.


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Frost plays turn focus onto student actors, directors

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The Drama Department's presentation of the 68th Annual Eleanor Frost Play Festival captivated its audiences this weekend at the Bentley Theater with its presentation of three student written/directed plays. The plays included "The Produce King of Hub City" which was written by Richard Molson '94 and directed by James Riddick, Jr.




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Maceo Parker and the Meters in concert tonight

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Downbeat magazine has called his sound "joyful and cutting." The Boston Herald has called him "the gasoline thrown onto James Brown's fire" and The Boston Globe has dubbed him "king of jazz-funk." He is saxophonist Maceo Parker, and along with his band, he will kick off Green Key weekend tonight Though he is an accomplished musician, having played with James Brown, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, his strength is the live concert, during which his energy and exuberance are most evident.



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Senior art exhibits open at the Hopkins Center

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Every year, at the end of the Spring term, studio art senior majors display several selected works at the Jaffe-Friede Gallery at the Hopkins Center. This year's student exhibition, which opened yesterday, comprises works by a strongly talented and innovative group of 20 artists. The pieces currently on display are representative of many months of work in each individual artist's preferred concentration.