Arts

“We Are Policed” calls attention to police brutality

By Elise Higgins | August 3, 2017

 To draw attention to the numerous people of color that are killed by police officers every year, Samantha Modder ’17 created an exhibit currently on display in the rotunda of the Hopkins Center for the Arts called “We Are Policed.”

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Arts

Frost and Dodd festival to showcase original student plays this weekend

By olivia harvey | July 27, 2017

This weekend, the Frost and Dodd Student Play Festival will showcase the hard work and creative prowess of three Dartmouth undergraduates who have each produced an original one-act play.

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Film Review

Film Review: ‘The Big Sick’ is a robust rom-com, but not much else

By Joyce Lee | July 20, 2017

As a film, “The Big Sick” is an unconventional addition to a long tradition of romantic comedies with memorable protagonists that include the likes of “When Harry Met Sally,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and “Notting Hill.” Kumail Nanjiani stars as Kumail, a character based on his early life as a standup comic who falls in love with psychology graduate student and quintessential girl next door, Emily, a somewhat underutilized Zoe Kazan, who is based on Nanjiani’s wife in real life, Emily Gordon.

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Film Review

Film Review: ‘The Vietnam War’ recognizes distinct perspectives

By Ali Hunter and Walker Schneider | July 20, 2017

The Vietnam War doesn’t fit neatly into American folklore.

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Arts

Barbary Coast appoints Taylor Ho Bynum as new director

By Elise Higgins | July 13, 2017

After 40 years of leadership, Donald Glasgo announced his retirement as director of the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble this spring.

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Arts

"Buoyancy" exhibition, alumni art comes to Hop galleries

By Amanda Zhou | July 6, 2017

The Strauss and Jaffe-Friede Galleries in the Hopkins Center for the Arts are featuring artists at all points of their career, ranging from recently graduated alumni to well established professional artists.

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Arts

Collaborative theater at Voxfest

By Joyce Lee | July 6, 2017

At a 2010 Christmas party in New York, three Dartmouth alumni considered the dilemma of finding both the resources and space in the city to rehearse their new projects and ideas.

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Arts

First performance of “Doggie Hamlet” held on the Green

By Elise Higgins | June 29, 2017

Draped in raincoats and ponchos and toting umbrellas of all colors, people gathered yesterday on the Green to see the first public production of “Doggie Hamlet,” a spectacle combining dance, theater and shepherding.

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Arts

Zenovia Toloudi's "Silo(e)scapes" is art and architecture

By Nalini Ramanathan | June 23, 2017

At Diplareios School in Athens, Greece is studio art professor Zenovia Toloudi’s project “Silo(e)scapes,” which is part of the exhibition “Tomorrows: Urban Fictions for Possible Futures,” and is meant to serve as both an art installation and an architectural model.

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C&R 2017

Studio art majors present final projects in art galleries

By Kylee Sibilia | June 10, 2017

In the culmination of over 500 hours of work per student, each year the studio art department sponsors a curated exhibition of all the senior art majors’ most polished and powerful pieces.

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Review

Despite rainy weather, Boston Calling 2017 did not disappoint

By Kourtney Kawano and Madeline Killen | May 30, 2017

When we first received an email from Boston Calling’s production team inquiring about sending media representatives to cover the music festival’s 2017 event, we thought we were being scammed.

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Film Review

‘T2 Trainspotting’ mixes the new and nostalgic

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | May 30, 2017

In this era of sequels, reboots and remakes, who would have thought that “Trainspotting” would get a second chance to shine.

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Arts

Dartmouth Dance Ensemble to showcase new choreography

By Elise Higgins | May 26, 2017

This Friday and Saturday, the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble will showcase the choreography that it has been rehearsing all year in its spring performance, “Steps and Sounds.” While the ensemble offered a sneak preview of this weekend’s show in its winter works-in-progress performance, this weekend will be the first time that the public can view the culmination of a year of choreography and rehearsals. The Dartmouth Dance Ensemble, directed by John Heginbotham, is the sole professionally-run dance ensemble on campus.

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Arts

Alumnus Q&A: screenwriter and novelist Kamran Pasha ’93

By Madeline Killen | May 25, 2017

Screenwriter and novelist Kamran Pasha ’93 Tu’00 majored in religion at Dartmouth before working as a financial journalist on Wall Street, attending Cornell Law School and graduating from Tuck School of Business.

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Arts

Student Spotlight: dancer and choreographer Angie Lee ’17

By Sophia Siu | May 23, 2017

While the performance aspect is often regaled as the climax and culmination of a dancer’s hard work, choreographer and dancer Angie Lee ’17 has a different perspective.

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Arts

Senior recitals mark culmination of year long musical effort

By Gray Christie | May 23, 2017

Every year, graduating seniors studying with a professor in the music department have the option to perform a senior recital.

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TV

A retrospective review before ‘Twin Peaks’ 2017 revival

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | May 23, 2017

Diane, 11:30 a.m., May 21. In a few hours “Twin Peaks” will debut a third season after a 25-year absence, now as “Twin Peaks: The Return.” It would be an understatement to say that I am tense with anticipation. At moments like this, one is drawn to reflect: What was it about “Twin Peaks” that made it so special?

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Film Review

Tonal issues and twist ending of ‘Table 19’ fall flat

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | May 17, 2017

Honestly, I should have known how much I would dislike “Table 19” just by looking at its film poster, which is designed to look like an Instagram post.

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Arts

45th annual Powwow showcases dance, art and native culture

By Betty Kim | May 16, 2017

This past Saturday and Sunday, Dartmouth’s 45th annual Powwow took place in Leede Arena. Despite the rainy weather and resulting move from the Green, the event was successful in celebrating Native American culture and excellence, promoting inclusivity and diversity and honoring veterans and Joshua Monette ’19, a native student who recently passed away.

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Arts

Dartmouth and New York Theater Workshop celebrate a 25 year partnership

By Zach Cherian | May 16, 2017

The world-renowned production company New York Theater Workshop commemorated its quarter-century-long relationship with Dartmouth College at its annual spring gala last night at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.

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