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“Neapolitan Quartet” is an immersive look at a female friendship

By Isabelle Blank | January 8, 2019

Italian writer Elena Ferrante’s operatic Neapolitan Quartet, a series that spans four volumes and six decades of friendship, traces the intertwined lives of characters Lila and Lenù.

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Review: 'Bandersnatch' opens up new possibilities for stories

By Joyce Lee | January 6, 2019

I’ll be the first to admit it — I am not a gamer. I don’t know much about any specific kind of game, about the world of gaming or of gamers in general.

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Review: ‘Crimes of Grindelwald’ is another disappointment

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | January 3, 2019

Two years ago, I was in the minority when I declared “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” to be less than the sum of its parts.

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The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra goes on tour in Italy

By Mia Nelson | November 13, 2018

The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra is tired. The students and community members that make up the group have rehearsed intensely in preparation for their concert, which was held this past November 10, and the next item on their agenda, a tour of Italy, is this upcoming interim period.

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Review: 'Free Solo' portrays the heartbreaking costs of triumpth

By Willem Gerrish | November 13, 2018

In Yosemite Valley, a massive rock formation looms over the sweeping vistas of picturesque splendor.

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‘Coriolanus’ events bring learning opportunities for students

By Maria Hidalgo | November 13, 2018

This coming interim period, the play “Coriolanus” will be performed in the Hopkins Center for the Arts by the acclaimed Stratford Theatre Company based in Stratford, Ontario.

Aaron Lit’s fashion designs are not only inspired by his interest in marine life but also seek to promote conservation.

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Student Spotlight: Aaron Lit ’19 makes a difference with fashion

By Veronica Winham | November 9, 2018

Aaron Lit ’19, a math student from Hong Kong, has a mission to smooth out any wrinkles in your preconceived notions of fashion while also saving marine life.

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Review: Robert Redford shines in ‘The Old Man and the Gun’

By James Cronin | November 8, 2018

When I saw “The Old Man and the Gun” last weekend at The Nugget, I was easily one of the youngest people in the audience.

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Students and professors remember playwright Ntozake Shange

By Jordan McDonald | November 8, 2018

In May of 2016, Carene Mekertichyan ’16 made her dream into a reality when her senior project, a production of the late Ntozake Shange’s Obie Award-winning play and choreopoem “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf” was performed for the greater Dartmouth community.

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Music resident Mamadou Diabate connects language to music

By Mia Nelson | November 2, 2018

West African musician and music department resident Mamadou Diabate tells the students in his Music 17.06 course “The Language-Music Connection” the origin story of the balafon, which is a wooden West African instrument similar to a xylophone.

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Review: ‘Elf’ holds up as a Christmas classic for its 15th anniversary

By Veronica Winham | November 1, 2018

It’s the day after Halloween, which obviously means we’re ready to plunge headfirst into the holiday season.

Ted Chiang talks at the Dartmouth Ethics Institute

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Author Ted Chiang speaks on ethics of speculative technology

By Courtney McKee | November 1, 2018

The Ethics Institute of Dartmouth hosted author Ted Chiang for a talk entitled “Technology and the Narrative of the Self” on Tuesday as part of the Dorsett Fellowship Lecture Series, which seeks to bring “practitioners and scholars of ethics” to campus, according to government professor Sonu Bedi, director of the Ethics Institute. “We have brought philosophers, lawyers and politicians here as part of the Dorsett Fellowship in years past,” Bedi said.

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Review: Director Damien Chazelle shines again with ‘First Man’

By Willem Gerrish | October 30, 2018

Director Damien Chazelle is quickly making a name for himself as the rightful heir to the throne of dramatic cinema.

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Review: Michael Myers deserves more in the new ‘Halloween’

By Savannah Miller | October 30, 2018

Michael Myers and Laurie Strode deserve more in the new “Halloween.” When one thinks of the quintessential film serial killers, several names come to mind: Jason Voorhees, Freddy Kreuger, Leatherface, etc.

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'Dartmouth Sings!' event highlighted inclusion and acceptance

By Mia Nelson | October 30, 2018

An hour before Dartmouth Sings commenced in Spaulding Auditorium this past Saturday, the eclectic group of students and community members that comprise the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir were passing around brightly colored scarves and laughing.

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New podcast series uses artifacts to highlight College history

By Florida Huff | October 30, 2018

In anticipation of the College’s 250th anniversary, a group of Dartmouth faculty and students has teamed up to create “Hindsight is 20/19,” a 26-episode podcast series celebrating Dartmouth’s history. “It’s kind of coming out of the 250th, but also just out of a desire we’ve had for a long time to more widely share the cool stories that come out of Dartmouth,” head of Special Collections at Rauner Library Jay Satterfield said.

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Review: ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ fails to live up to its hype

By James Cronin | October 25, 2018

I love my Saturday afternoon naps. I really do. Six of the seven Saturdays that I’ve been on campus, I’ve spent buried under a pile of blankets in a coma-like state that I don’t emerge from for at least three hours.

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Greta Van Fleet's first album lacks passion and depth

By Willem Gerrish | October 23, 2018

Over the past two years, no band has had a more meteoric rise in the world of rock and roll than the Michigan quartet Greta Van Fleet.

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'Colette' fails in its biopic purpose for 'Claudine' writer

By Isabelle Blank | October 23, 2018

“What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.” – Colette In the present moment of the Time’s Up movement, Kavanaugh’s confirmation and the Trump presidency at-large, the age-old narrative of man silencing woman is especially resonant.

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‘Dawnland’ shows a crucial part of Native American history

By Maria Hidalgo | October 23, 2018

“You can’t heal someone who has gone through hell,” says Georgianna, a Wabanaki woman who is also the face of the documentary “Dawnland,” presented in the Loew Auditorium in the Black Family Visual Arts Center this past Friday.