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‘Cotton Patch Gospel’ explores themes of community in theater

By Sophia Siu | May 26, 2016

“Cotton Patch Gospel,” an honors thesis production by Robert Leverett ’16 will be opening on May 28 at the Bentley Theater in the Hopkins Center. The play is ensemble-based and incorporates live bluegrass music and a potluck dinner. The piece explores the concept of theater as a community and the relationship between the actors and the audience.

Students admire local children’s artwork displayed in the Hop Garage.
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Students work with local children on autism spectrum for project

By Kira Mikés | May 25, 2016

Twelve young artists took over the Hop Garage’s studio space on Monday night for the opening of their gallery show created in collaboration with students enrolled in “Autism: Science, Story, and Experience.” The exhibit is part of a project designed by course instructors Sara Chaney, writing professor for the Institute of Writing and Rhetoric, and psychology professor Bill Hudenko.

Emily Harwell ’16 prefers to focus on nature, specifically honing in on human violence against nature.
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Student Spotlight: Studio art major Emily Harwell ’16

By Elise Higgins | May 23, 2016

Emily Harwell ’16 was among many senior art majors who recently won the Class of 1960 Residential Life Purchase Award. Faculty and members of the Class of 1960 saw all the work shown at the senior art exhibition and then selected which ones they wanted to buy to decorate residential dorms and offices.

Michael Blum ’15 is releasing his recording, “Chasin’ Oscar,” next month.
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Alumnus Q&A: Jazz guitarist Michael Blum ’15

By Kaina Chen | May 23, 2016

Michael Blum ’15 is a jazz guitarist who is already making waves in the music industry. In 2015, he was named the Rising Star Guitarist in DownBeat Magazine’s 63rd Annual Critic’s Poll. His newest recording, “Chasin’ Oscar: A Tribute to Oscar Peterson,” will come out next month, and his follow-up jazz fusion project will be titled “Expansion.” He has collaborated with jazz and classical musicians such as John and Jeff Clayton, Eddie Gomez, Joe Hunt, Michael Manring and Gary Karr.

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Alums collaborate and perform at NYC’s The Bitter End

By Sophia Siu | May 18, 2016

Although Danny Calano ’15 did not anticipate being able to make his own music less than one year after graduating from Dartmouth, for a young musician, his plans have taken a turn in the best possible way. On April 30, Calano and classmate Evan Griffith ’15 performed at The Bitter End, a rock and roll nightclub and music venue in Greenwich Village, New York City.

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Three seniors to be featured in Barbary Coast Ensemble concert

By Will Tackett | May 17, 2016

If you entered the Hopkins Center at any point this week, you might have noticed a zany video blaring brassy big band music. The video, which features Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble’s three graduating seniors, Kimberly Hassel ’16, Moises Silva ’16 and Kathryn Waychoff ’16, is a promotion for the Ensemble’s upcoming Senior Feature Concert.

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Lahiri speaks about words, writing and a sense of belonging

By Kaina Chen | May 17, 2016

Monday afternoon in Filene Auditorium, audience members filled the seats and aisles to hear acclaimed author Jhumpa Lahiri speak about her work and answer questions from the audience. Her books include “Interpreter of Maladies,” “The Namesake,” “Unaccustomed Earth” and “The Lowland.” She received a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for her literary debut, “Interpreter of Maladies.” She has also been awarded the 2008 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award for “Unaccustomed Earth” and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for “The Lowland.”

Dress rehearsal of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf in Hanover, New Hampshire on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Copyright 2016 Rob Strong
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‘for colored girls’ brings women of color to center stage

By Nalini Ramanathan | May 16, 2016

As the pop tunes stop playing and the lights begin to dim, seven women walk slowly onto the stage from all corners of the Bentley Auditorium, distinguishing themselves from the crowds they mingled with just moments before. Plants and scattered marble tiles that become increasingly strewn at the stage’s far reaches surround a porcelain bathtub. The audience encircles the raised black platform on all four sides, allowing the members to view each other’s reactions throughout the performance. As the actresses move between the edges of the auditorium and its center, all are pulled into the narrative, while equally reminded of the larger implications of the work, still relevant despite being 40 years old, as a reflection of women of color’s experiences today both at Dartmouth and in the world.

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‘Sing Street’ sings from start to finish

By Andrew Kingsley | May 16, 2016

The story of a teenager forming a band to woo his crush sounds like the cliché of a shirtless guitar player playing to fawning fans on a college quad. Yet in director John Carney’s expert hands (he also directed “Once” (2007) and “Begin Again” (2013)), the intersection of music, love and hardship once again becomes fruitful grounds for exploration. His latest, “Sing Street” (2016), applies his formula to troubled Irish teenagers and breathes his quintessential exuberance into the unlikeliest of places.

Anna-Kay Thomas '12 is a freelance entertainment TV host based primarily out of New York.
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Alumna Q&A: TV host Anna-Kay Thomas ’12

By Diego Moreno | May 16, 2016

Anna-Kay Thomas ’12 works as a freelance entertainment television host primarily out of New York. She has interviewed the likes of Kevin Jonas, D.M.C., Hoda Kotb, John Starks and other entertainment personalities for various news outlets. Thomas is also an award-winning and nationally-ranked slam poet.

The art history FSP students were able to help advertise the Roman exhibit.
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Art History FSP participates in local Roman art project

By Elise Higgins | May 12, 2016

This spring, Dartmouth students on the art history foreign study program collaborated with renowned artist William Kentridge on one of the largest public projects in Rome since the Sistine Chapel. The art piece, which premiered on April 21, is a gigantic frieze, 500 meters long and 10 meters tall, along the wall of the banks of the Tiber River. Titled “Triumphs and Laments: A Project for Rome,”it was created through the method of selective cleaning of patina, a thin layer of grime, that was growing on the wall of the bank.

The digital arts lab has some of the most powerful graphic design and video editing software available to students.
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Arts Explores: Well-equipped BVAC Digital Arts Lab

By Sophia Siu | May 9, 2016

Surrounded by glass walls, the digital arts lab can be found in the middle of the first floor of the Black Family Visual Arts Center. The lab is a space in which students can create digital art using some of the most powerful graphic design and video editing software available today.

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.

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