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The Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals produce one Shakespearean show a term.
Review

Review: Rude Mechanicals tackle 'Richard III' in spring show

By Haley Gordon | May 9, 2017

Nestled in between the parties hosted on Webster Avenue and the first-year family activities hosted by the College, the Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals performed an abridged conception of “Richard III” to an audience comprised of students and curious visiting parents in House Center B. The choice of tragedy presents an immediate challenge to an 11-member performance group: How to appropriately cast the show so that all of the central characters can be represented in the clearest light, without over-simplifying the plot.

Arts

Glee club will perform spring concert in Rollins on Sunday

By Elise Higgins | May 5, 2017

The Dartmouth College Glee Club’s seniors will perform in their final concert this upcoming Sunday, when the glee club performs excerpts from Handel’s “Semele” and Haydn’s “Te Deum.” To honor this poignant occasion, glee club director Louis Burkot will place particular focus on the group’s seniors, many of whom credit the glee club with allowing them to continue to pursue their passion for classical music in college.

Arts

STEM Arts concert will feature instruments made by students

By Gray Christie | May 4, 2017

This afternoon, composer Molly Herron and the Tigue, an ensemble of three percussionists, will perform Herron’s composition, “Assembly” — on instruments that were invented under six months ago. This concert is the latest installment of the STEM Arts program, which focuses on the connections between art and science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Q&A

Alumnus Q&A: "Survivor" contestant Malcolm Freberg ’09

By Elise Higgins | May 2, 2017

Malcolm Freberg ’09 recently finished competing on “Survivor” for the third time. As a strategic, social and physical threat, Freberg was one of the show’s most popular players and was therefore brought back to play on “Survivor”: Philippines,” “Survivor: Caramoan” and “Survivor: Game Changers,” debuting on “Survivor: Philippines.” What inspired you to go out for “Survivor”? MF: “Survivor” started back when I was 14 years old.

Arts

‘I Am Where I Come From’ shares Native students’ experiences

By Zach Cherian | April 28, 2017

“I Am Where I Come From: Native American College Students and Graduates Tell Their Life Stories,” edited by education professor emeritus Andrew Garrod, Native American studies professor Melanie Benson Taylor and Robert Kilkenny, executive director of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention, details the stories of 13 Native American students who currently attend or recently graduated from Dartmouth.

Arts

ChamberWorks concert will be performed Sunday in Rollins Chapel

By Gray Christie | April 21, 2017

This Sunday, Fred Haas is bringing a brilliant sextet lineup and a deeply personal set of jazz arrangements to the ChamberWorks concert series entitled, “ChamberWorks: From the Heart.” Haas is an acclaimed saxophonist and music professor at Dartmouth, where he teaches private lessons and courses in jazz history and improvisation.

Film Review

Good characters fail to revive recycled plot in 'Gifted'

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | April 18, 2017

 “Gifted” will be the third consecutive film that I’ve given a negative rating. I want to make it absolutely clear that I don’t enjoy that fact in the slightest. Roger Ebert, the grandfather of film criticism and one of my key inspirations, wrote in his book, “Your Movie Sucks,” the following: “Some of these reviews were written in joyous zeal.

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