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Wayne tames 'Wild West'

By Simone Swink | January 24, 1996

Tonight the Film Society will make one nostalgic for the old days, as John Wayne lassos and shoots his way through the Wild West in John Ford's "Stagecoach" and Howard Hawks's "Red River." "Stagecoach" whisks its audience into Western terrain with a bunch of misfits. On a stagecoach are a loose woman, an earnest drunk, a balmy driver, a geeky businessman with a penchant for Sherlock Holmes hats, some others and, of course, John Wayne. The colorful array of characters play off each other in humorous scenes.

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Limon: a legacy of dance

By Jack Vaitayanonta | January 19, 1996

When the Limon Dance Troupe performs at the Moore Theater tonight, it will bring a rich history and tradition to the stage. The troupe, one of the two senior dance companies in the world, continues to electrify its audiences with thrilling, no-holds barred shows filled with originality, strong form, technique and spirit. This year they visit the campus in the midst of their 50th anniversary tour, in which they will present a program of masterworks by the genius behind their work, the late Jose Limon and his artistic director and mentor Doris Humphrey and other works by acclaimed contemporary choreographers. Limon (1908-1972) formed the dance troupe, which continues to enthrall audiences 24 years after his death.

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'Unzipped' exposes world of fashion

By Tom Jawetz | January 19, 1996

Surreal, glamorous, possibly the epitome of hedonism, the fashion industry has never been looked at in such depth as in director Douglas Keeve's documentary "Unzipped," a portrait of fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. "Unzipped" follows Mizrahi on a journey from his disastrous spring 1994 collection until the day after his well received fall collection at New York City's Bryant Park.

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'Rob Roy' epitomizes Celtic virility

By Amir Katz | January 18, 1996

"Rob Roy," starring Liam Neeson in the title role of the eighteenth-century Scottish outlaw, will be shown tonight at 7:00 as part of the Loew series featuring new Celtic cinema. The film, directed by Scottish-born Michael Caton-Jones, tells the story of Robert MacGregor, the legendary Scotsman who feuded with British nobility in the early eighteenth century.

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Pulitzer winner Art Spiegelman will speak

By Jack Vaitayanonta | January 18, 1996

When Pulitzer-prize winning Art Spiegelman discusses the making of his film "Maus: A Survivor's Tale" today, he will explain the unconventional methods he used in addressing one of the most profound tragedies of the modern age: the Holocaust. Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. The discussion, which will take place in Cook Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., centers upon the book, which uses a cartoon narrative as a medium in which the Germans are cats, Jews are mice and every ethnic group from Americans to French are portryed as different animals. The New York Times Book Review called the book "a remarkable feat of documentary detail and novelistic vividness ... an unfolding literary event." The book works on two levels -- the oral level made of the father's testimony and translated into cartoon bubbles and the visual level of Spiegelman's remarkable graphics. "Maus" moves back and forth from Poland to Rego Park, New York.

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Skiway predicts a good year

By David Kung | January 18, 1996

With more and more snow being dumped on Dartmouth each day, the Dartmouth Skiway predicts excellent slopes and good business for the remainder of the Winter term. The Dartmouth Skiway is continuing its fourth good ski year in a row, according to Skiway Manager Don Cutter '73. "This has been one of the snowiest Decembers ever," he said.

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Club now grooms Nordic trails

By Jean Blackerby | January 18, 1996

Cross-country skiers at Dartmouth can now enjoy both the abundance of snow and the expansion of Nordic trail grooming to the Hanover Country Club this winter. Outdoor Programs Facilities Manager David Hooke said there has been an "amazing response" from Dartmouth students to the expanded grooming.

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First NH Bank to merge with Citizens Financial Group

By David Kung | January 11, 1996

If regulators approve the proposed merger between First New Hampshire Bank and Citizens Financial Group Incorporated, it will be the third merger in a month for major New England banks. The merger will create New England's third-largest banking institution, and it will be renamed Citizens New Hampshire. The First New Hampshire Bank will not have many changes at first, according to First New Hampshire Bank spokesman Mark Bodi. "Once the merger is completed, the bank will look at what expanded services and products it may wish to offer -- but this is a premature time to discuss what changes will occur," he said. James Dorsey, the senior vice-president and director of corporate affairs at Citizens Financial Group, Inc. said, "There will probably be additional services and a broader array of checking products and loan products." "Traditionally, younger folks are in college.

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Savor delights of 'A Feast of Song' tonight

By Marjorie Thurlow | January 11, 1996

Are you hungry enough to feast yourself? Well, come chow down on a full fare of the Chamber Singers' annual production of "A Feast of Song." It promises a little bit of everything to the art connoisseur: a few laughs, dancing and drama, a healthy dose of history and, of course, food. The cast members will even serve roast beef and vegetarian entrees in true Elizabethan style to put everyone in the mood for an evening of original entertainment. An annual Dartmouth tradition, "A Feast of Song" began in 1980 as "A Feast of Carols." Always providing a breath of freshness, the original productions rotate between five nationalities: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. This year, the English program is combined with Helene Rothermund's vintage catering to provide what the Chamber Singers' conductor Music Professor Melinda O'Neal dubbed, "an evening extravaganza." As a production set around a banquet, "A Feast of Song" captures the true essence of madrigals.

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Kieslowski's film trilogy inspires

By Michael Ellenberg | January 10, 1996

Tonight's Dartmouth Film Society screening of director Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy offers a special opportunity to explore the theme of this term's series, "Auteurs." Blue, White and Red (titled after the three colors of the French flag) represent the final product of the great Polish director's oeuvre.

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'12 Monkeys': an apocalyptic vision of the future

By Michael A> Posey | January 9, 1996

The future is history. "12 Monkeys," the apocalyptic vision of director Terry Gilliam, stars box-office stars Bruce Willis sans hair and Brad Pitt as Jeffrey Goines, the scattershot son of a Nobel prize-winning virologist. Wrought with all your conventional sci-fi plot devices -- a time machine, fragmented sequences in the past and present, and a puckish ex-criminal -- "12 Monkeys" is a stylish but characteristic popcorn thriller.

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