Arts

Glee Club performs a dynamic and uplifting concert at Rollins Chapel

By Amanda Adams | November 7, 2025

On Nov. 2, the Hopkins Center for the Arts ensemble presented its termly performance with a program spanning six centuries of music.

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Kruse Reviews: ‘A House of Dynamite’ starts with a bang but ends with a whimper

By Taylor Kruse | November 3, 2025

The nuclear thriller is tense, compelling and well-directed but hamstrung by its narrative structure and an unsatisfying conclusion.

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Review: ‘The Best Mother in the World’ is a universal story about violence, motherhood and freedom

By Ryan Alves Rocha | November 3, 2025

Brazilian filmmaker Anna Muylaert’s latest film follows a Black Brazilian woman trying to break free from a cycle of domestic abuse.

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Arts

Byrne Jewelry studio reopens in the Hopkins Center for the Arts

By Emma Vail and Dolores Yorkin | November 3, 2025

After three years in a temporary location, the jewelry studio has reopened with full resources for students looking to destress, make something and find a sense of community.

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Review: Jonathan Spector’s play ‘Eureka Day’ is a biting expose of the consequences of consensus

By Max Scott | October 31, 2025

Performed by Shaker Bridge Theatre from Oct. 2 to Oct. 19, the 2018 play follows an elementary school dealing with a mumps outbreak. 

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Yo-Yo Ma comes to Dartmouth to celebrate Hopkins Center for the Arts’ reopening

By Lucy Coleman | October 31, 2025

As part of the Dartmouth Arts Weekend Celebration, the Hopkins Center for the Arts hosted the multi-medium performance “We Are Water” combining Western and Indigenous music and storytelling.

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Dartmouth welcomes documentary filmmaker, journalist and gender rights activist Shiori Itō for weeklong event series

By Taylor Wen | October 27, 2025

From Oct. 6 to Oct. 10, the acclaimed filmmaker engaged with the community through public talks, class visits, a photography exhibition, a filmmaking masterclass and a public screening of her 2024 documentary ”Black Box Diaries.”

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Hopkins Center for the Arts hosts panel discussion ‘Arts Are Essential’ with notable alumni during reopening weekend

By Victoria Tirado | October 27, 2025

Panelists Rachel Dratch ’88, Chris Newell ’96, Alexi Pappas ’12 and Sharon Washington ’81 shared their views on the power of art to create community and change.

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Shonda Rhimes ’91 brings her ‘Year of Yes’ book tour to Dartmouth for the reopening weekend of the Hopkins Center for the Arts

By Dillon Cain | October 24, 2025

At the Oct. 16 book talk, the Emmy-winning writer and producer shared insights from her career discussed in her bestselling memoir.

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Review: Burlington band ‘Moondogs’ brings psychedelic rock to Sawtooth show

By Max Scott | October 24, 2025

During their Oct. 10 show, the band rose audience members to their feet with a captivating slower-paced performance that showcased the talents of each band member.

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Review: ‘An Evening with Renée Elise Goldsberry’ was a dazzling love letter to the unifying power of music

By Olivia Cao | October 24, 2025

The Oct. 17 performance was a powerful communal moment that showcased Goldberry’s wide musical aptitude as well as her power as a performer.

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Nontraditional Homecoming weekend offered unique performance opportunities for student DJs

By Eva Bernstein | October 24, 2025

During the light show and “Silent Disco” that took place in lieu of the bonfire, student DJs had a chance to shine.

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Arts

Kruse Reviews: In ‘Tron: Ares,’ slick visuals and a killer soundtrack mostly make up for a bland story and forgettable characters

By Taylor Kruse | October 20, 2025

Despite obvious narrative shortcomings, the sensory filmmaking in the new Tron installment makes it an intoxicating watch.

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Arts

Rena Mosteirin ’05 reads from her new poetry collection ‘Disaster Tourism’ at Still North

By Eloisa Bloom | October 20, 2025

The Dartmouth lecturer and Left Bank Books owner shared her poetry with students, locals and friends on Oct. 14.

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The undergraduate art and art history publication ‘Ephemera’ goes into second issue with new focus

By Eugene Kang | October 17, 2025

Founded in 2024 as a formal academic journal, the organization’s leaders have spearheaded its rebranding into a more casual magazine this year.

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Arts

Theater department hosts ‘The First-Year Project,’ a cabaret-style showcase for ’29s by ’29s

By Kaley Beth Roberts | October 17, 2025

Part of an annual event, the acts this year featured acting, singing and dancing.

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Review: ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is a spectacle that lacks substance

By Caitlin FitzMaurice | October 13, 2025

Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album promises a glimpse behind the glitter, but does not deliver.

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Dartmouth community celebrates professor and filmmaker Jeffrey Ruoff with Hop Film event

By Ryan Alves Rocha | October 13, 2025

The Oct. 5 event honored Ruoff by screening a selection of his films, including the personal “Bon Voyage” and the pandemic-inspired “You Know, Like, Zoom.”

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Review: ‘After the Hunt’ is a cathartic thriller weakened by an ambitious and pretentious script

By Isabella Konecky | October 13, 2025

While boasting striking acting and visuals, Luca Guadagnino’s stylized film suffers from heavy handed dialogue.

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AI in Art?: Q&A with media with chair of film and media studies

By Amanda Adams | October 10, 2025

Professor Roopika Risam said that AI “forces us to ask ourselves what it means to be an author or artist.”

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