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World class trombonist to jam with Barbary Coast

By Aditya Dutt | February 10, 1994

Ray Anderson's acrobatic "trombonisms" have been described as "breathtaking, death-defying, highly dramatic and full of grand gestures," by Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble director Don Glasgo. Glasgo said Anderson is "full of swaggering bravado and undeniable sensitivity, a trombone playing Burt Lancaster in some jazzed-up version of 'Elmer Gantry'." Anderson has won several prestigious awards such as Down Beat magazine's "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" category in the International Critics Poll and, since 1987, has won the "Best Trombonist" in the International Critics Poll every year until 1993.

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With Campion, conversation is king

By Amanda A. Amann | February 10, 1994

Hanover resident Nardi Campion and her dinner parties have almost become an institution in these parts, but she eschews the idea of herself as a member of high society. Invitations to an evening of good food and conversation at the Campions are prized by family friends and acquaintances at the College who are lucky enough to receive them. For such a little woman, Campion, who has no relation to the store on Main Street, has a high profile in the community. "She has an ability to generate and sustain a conversation that is quite rare.

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Fox TV network to be offered in September

By Jason Casell | February 10, 1994

Students who have long missed out on their favorite Fox network programs will have the opportunity to receive them over satellite beginning next fall. Fox will be available on cable in September, before the beginning of the football season, said Kelly Jones, customer service representative for Twin State Cable, which services New Hampshire and Vermont. The network carries the popular programs "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Melrose Place" and "The Simpsons." Although Fox is available to 95 percent of the country, there has never been an affiliate to serve New Hampshire and Vermont.

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AIDS exhibit at Collis

By Rick Owen | February 9, 1994

What do you know about AIDS? Well if the answer is not very much or even if it isn't, there is an extremely interesting exhibit of posters compiled by RAID (Responsible Aids Information at Dartmouth) on display in the Collis Commonground all day today and tomorrow. The Exhibit is called "Art About AIDS" and contains a variety of posters collected from around the world to educate and sensitize people to the HIV/AIDS crisis.

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Lark Quartet shows promise

By Joe Marcheso | February 7, 1994

The Lark Quartet's concert on Thursday evening in Spaulding Auditorium was a promising performance of a new generation string quartet. They quite competently performed three demanding string quartets: Haydn's Quartet in D major,Beethoven's "Rasumovsky" Quartet in C Major No.3 and a newly commissioned work by Aaron Jay Kernis, "Musica Celestis." In all three pieces, the knowledge of the music produced highly confident playing, especially in the Beethoven, playing both the Andante and the Allegro molto with conviction.

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Movie creates new twist on old theme

By Susan Zieger | February 7, 1994

A film about a pair of crusty backwoods Vermonters of the 1920s (loners who make cedar oil in wooden vats and get around in birch-bark canoes) holds a certain attraction for local theatergoers.

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BUTA presents 'Lawd Have Mercy' by Riddick '95

By Michelle Francois | February 3, 1994

The Black Underground Theater Association and the drama department, will present this term's first 12:30 repertory Theater Production, "Lawd Have Mercy," this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The play's author, James Riddick '95, first presented his play in 1992 at the end of an introductory drama class. Play director and BUTA Artistic Director Randall Dottin presented a proposal this term to the drama department to include "Lawd Have Mercy" in this term's 12:30 reps spots. "The 12:30 repertory theater program allows students to develop acting and directing skills.

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Marsalis does not disappoint

By Aditya Dutt | February 1, 1994

"And that's kind of our motto...to swing at all cost," declared Wynton Marsalis to the eager crowd of over 600 before his septet began their first set.

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Wynton Marsalis - a true artist

By Aditya Dutt | January 31, 1994

When real ground is broken in jazz, it rarely happens in the study hall or the practice room. It is carved out slowly, during nightly jam sessions and club dates, those once-in-a-lifetime, live performances when everything finally comes together.

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Suit against Merry Meadow dismissed

By Steven Hoffman | January 27, 1994

The Grafton County Superior Court recently dismissed a lawsuit challenging Merry Meadow Farm's right to open a for-profit facility in Hanover for individuals recovering from emotional and mental illness. Neighbors complained the facility lowered their property value and filed a lawsuit last year to stop Merry Meadow from opening. Merry Meadow received special zoning board approval last May to establish a seven-patient facility at 1 Prospect Street, two blocks west of Everything But Anchovies. The board's decision granted Merry Meadow the same zoning exception that allows David's House, the building's current owner, to operate a non-profit home for the families of children receiving treatment at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center within the town's residential district. But the out-of-state owners of a neighboring house filed a lawsuit last summer against the town of Hanover alleging that the zoning board improperly considered the Merry Meadow case. The plaintiffs, Anne Johnson and Deborah Johnson Pyles, inherited the property at 3 Prospect Street and claimed the board's decision caused its value to drop. Johnson and Pyles sold their house a few weeks after filing the suit and dropped the case but Hanover attorney Bill Clausen filed a motion with the court on behalf of another neighbor, Ann Stalter, to substitute her as the plaintiff. Last week, Judge Edward Fitzgerald rejected the motion and dismissed the case. "... Nowhere in her pleadings does [Stalter] claim that she is a person whose rights may be directly affected by the outcome of the appeal," Fitzgerald wrote. Neither Stalter nor Merry Meadow officials could be reached for comment. The pending case, however, did not deter Merry Meadow from moving ahead with their plans to open a Hanover facility, Merry Meadow directors said last August.

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Visiting writer Thomas to read from her short stories

By Susan Zieger | January 27, 1994

Most students tackling an English major in creative writing at any college expect their professors to critique their poems and lecture a little on prosody, but writer-in-residence Audrey Thomas has life lessons to teach as well. A full-time writer lured to Dartmouth through the Dickey Endowment to teach the introductory course in the creative writing program this Winter, Thomas provides a model of the modern writer's life, which she describes as "the most free life" one can have. Thomas is the author of twelve books, both collections of short stories and novels.

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Pat Adams - exploring intimacy

By Jason Casell | January 26, 1994

Artist in residence Pat Adams is not just any abstractionist; she has utilized geometrics, specifically circles, in a way that evokes such intimate emotion and desire that you are immediately drawn into her intense spherical universe. Adams will be at the College for the Winter term and currently has some unique work displayed in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery right before you reach the Hinamn boxes. "I am a living example of what can be accomplished," Adams said.

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Dirt Cowboy Cafe showcases talents of artist Pat Barsanti

By Alina Mogollon | January 25, 1994

Dreams and the dark side of the human soul are just some of the themes covered by Pat Barsanti's artwork currently on display at the Dirt Cowboy Cafe on Main Street. The abstract paintings, done in watercolors, deal mostly with aspects of ourselves, escapism and choices that we need to make. Barsanti's love of nature comes through in the collection.

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'Shadowlands' - the inner C.S. Lewis

By Susan Zieger | January 24, 1994

"We read to know we're not alone." "Experience is a brutal teacher. But you learn-my God, you learn!" "I'm not particularly sure God wants us to be happy." This is the homespun philosophy of "Shadowlands," a competent little love story crafted to wring tears from the stoniest of hearts.

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