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Odessa’s acoustic style provided a great vibe for First-Year Parents’ Weekend.
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Singer-songwriter Odessa performs for Parents’ Weekend

By Joyce Lee | May 9, 2016

Odessa, a folk and alternative singer-songwriter and instrumentalist who used to play backup for groups such as Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, played on Collis Patio Saturday evening for the First-Year Family Weekend, bringing her Los Angeles-based alternative music to Dartmouth. Lauren Mendelsohn ’19, who brought her own unique acoustic sound to her songs, opened for Odessa. Using her high pitched vocals and whimsical lyricism, Mendelsohn set the tone for the rest of Odessa’s stage.

Dancers from all over competed at 44th Annual Powwow.
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Arts highlights from the 44th annual Dartmouth Powwow

By Kaina Chen | May 9, 2016

Dancers in Native American regalia took center stage at the 44th annual Dartmouth Powwow. Performers dressed in beautiful beads and golden bells swirled and spun on the performance grounds, captivating the crowds in the stands. A heartbeat-like drum rhythm resonated throughout the area, audible from hundreds of meters away.

Claire Feuille ’18, Dominic Giugliano ’19 and Carina Conti ’16 star in the film.
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‘The Brimstone Guild’ proves an ambitious film project

By Andrew Kingsley | May 5, 2016

Like “Ringu” (1998) or “It Follows” (2014) à la Dartmouth, “The Brimstone Guild,” the latest film from Dartmouth TV, turns our quaint Hanover campus into a Gothic nightmare. Written, directed, edited, shot and co-produced by Alex Hurt ’16, the film brings Hurt’s unique cinematic vision to life in an ambitious 40-minute package.

Two seniors will be featured in tomorrow’s spring concert, “The Great Spirit.”
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Wind Ensemble spring concert features departing seniors

By Kaina Chen | May 5, 2016

Every year, as spring term speeds towards an end, seniors in the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble graduate and hand off their roles to the remaining members. This spring, five seniors — Aadam Barclay ’16, Steven Povich ’16, Anne Reed-Weston ’16, Jacob Weiss ’16 and Simone Wien ’16 — will be giving their last performance, “The Great Spirit,” as student musicians under Wind Ensemble director Matthew Marsit.

Certified instructor Evelyn Thibodeau teaches Zumba at the College.
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Zumba instructor grooves and shakes her way to bliss in class

By Elise Higgins | May 4, 2016

The rhythmic sounds of maracas and Colombian drums echoes throughout the studio. A petite woman with curly hair stands at the front of the room, effortlessly moving to the mix. The music transitions into an upbeat hip hop instrumental, and she starts shaking her hips, lost in the song’s deep bass. There’s no doubt. This woman can dance. “Wobble, wobble, wobble,” she yells. Zumba instructor Evelyn Thibodeau continues pumping her arms and moving with the beat as she tells her students to shake their bodies. Even if they make a mistake, Thibodeau encourages them to continue dancing and having fun.

The Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble performed in the 2016 New Music Festival on Tuesday, May 3.
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New Music Festival celebrates innovative sound and art

By Will Tackett | May 4, 2016

The convergence of music and architecture is quite uncommon. Yet, the New Music Festival, a three-day event at the College, explored this peculiar intersection of fields from May 1 to 3. The music department and the Hopkins Center presented the festival, titled “Music, Soundspace & Architecture.”

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‘Keanu’ cannot recreate the Key and Peele magic

By Andrew Kingsley | May 2, 2016

Fresh off the set of their recently concluded Comedy Central show “Key and Peele,” the shape-shifting Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele make their big screen debut in “Keanu” (2016). Like many television comedians have discovered, particularly Saturday Night Live cast members, cinematic audiences are unwelcoming of stars traversing media. Fortunately, the dynamic duo’s antics translate into a feature narrative film, while maintaining the same sketch comedy style which made them household names.

Carene Mekertichyan ‘16 starred as “Mama” Morton in “Chicago” last term.
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Spotlight: Carene Mekertichyan ’16’s thesis explores race, gender

By Nalini Ramanathan | April 28, 2016

As one of the few women of color in the College’s theater department, Carene Mekertichyan ’16 has continuously employed her talents to spur discussions on gender, race and identity using the stage. Her honors thesis production of Ntozake Shange’s piece “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf” (1976) could provoke new conversations at Dartmouth.

Audience members watch an opening film at Tuesday’s EYEWASH.
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EYEWASH brings sound and film artists to campus

By Diego Moreno | April 27, 2016

Exploring the peculiar and innovative world of experimental art, the digital music and film and music department collaborated this spring to produce EYEWASH: Experimental Images and Sounds, a series that brings experimental film, video and sound artists to campus for screenings and performances.

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Sequentia to cast medieval spell at world premiere tonight

By Kaina Chen | April 27, 2016

Scholarship surrounding the secular music of Medieval monks is rare. Studying, learning and performing music from a period without written music is an intricate process that requires much historical scholarship and musical insight. For those not inclined to undertake a rigourous study of Medieval music, a firm appreciation of music and history from the Medieval Era — one of the first eras in Western classical music — is available tonight at Rollins Chapel. Sequentia, an ensemble of international singers and instrumentalists, will take the stage for the world premiere of “Monks Singing Pagans: Medieval songs of heroes, gods and strong women.”

Jadyn Petterson-Rae ‘15’s exhibit features women at Dartmouth who have been victims of sexual assault.
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Photography exhibit humanizes sexual assault statistics

By Elise Higgins | April 25, 2016

One in five women will experience sexual assault during their lifetime. Despite this fact, many people still feel distanced from the idea of sexual assault. Jadyn Petterson-Rae’15 wanted to change this and help more people understand sexual assault and its prevalence in society, so she created an exhibition featuring pictures of Dartmouth women who have experienced sexual assault. The exhibit is currently being displayed in the Black Family Visual Arts Center for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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Everybody should get some of ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ (2016)

By Andrew Kingsley | April 25, 2016

More than 20 years after the success of “Dazed and Confused” (1993), Richard Linklater graduates from ’70s high school to ’80s college in “Everybody Wants Some!!” (2016). These two films along with “Boyhood” (2014) complete his unofficial adolescence trilogy, which showcases Linklater’s paternalistic nostalgia for decades past. Instead of sentimental photo albums, his films feel more like highlight reels, anthropological studies charting the richest rituals and mating patterns of young sub-cultures.

The BVAC painting studio has individual workspaces for student artists.
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Arts Explores: BVAC painting studio, a nurturing space

By Kira Mikés | April 25, 2016

Two floors up from the elegantly minimalist lobby of the Black Family Visual Arts Center, the studio art department’s painting studios promise a boldly different aesthetic. Paint of every color splatters the tables and chairs, and the students’ workspaces exhibit their unique artistic styles. A wide array of artificial flowers and fruit crowd a table toward the front of the “Painting I” area, waiting to be arranged for upcoming still-life assignments. Tall white panels create a series of alcoves, each one used by a different student from “Painting I,” “Painting II” or “Painting III” as his or her place of creative refuge for the term.

The sculpture studio is a place where students explore their creativity,
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Arts Explores: BVAC Sculpture Studio, a creative arsenal

By Mac Emery | April 21, 2016

In the sculpture studios on the first floor of the Black Family Visual Arts Center, students’ erratic, twisting sculptures line the room’s perimeter like suspended dreams. Anatomical skeletons patiently wait to inspire and guide the next class. A huge sculpted hand emerges from a table nearby, outspread as if in expectation, and across the room a life-size cardboard figurine is splayed face first on a table in a sadly relatable facsimilie of a student passed out while studying.

A panel of artists and entrepreneurs shared their perspectives on digital rights at the DEN Innovation Center on Monday.
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Panelists discuss digital rights in today’s online world

By Elise Higgins | April 20, 2016

Piracy is often viewed as a victimless crime. The months film editors tediously spend editing a movie and the long hours singers spend in recording studios are neglected for the instant gratification experienced when downloading digital works right as they hit the market. Content creators can suffer from illegal downloading or file-sharing because they do not receive proper compensation for their work.

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‘Son of Saul’ (2015) reconceptualizes the Holocaust in cinema

By Andrew Kingsley | April 18, 2016

After seeing “Son of Saul” (2015) at the Telluride Film Festival, I witnessed director László Nemes correct renowned Holocaust film scholar Annette Insdorf, who likened his film to “Schindler’s List” (1993). To Nemes, “Schindler’s List” focused on some 3,000 survivors amongst 12 million casualties and absurdly romanticized the Holocaust. This absurd portrayal of an already absurd era normalizes and renders cloyingly palatable this horrific past.

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