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June 6, 2026
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‘The Lady in the Van’ (2015) takes its own backseat

By Andrew Kingsley | March 28, 2016

Beyond her turn as the beloved Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter series or Violet Crawley on “Downton Abbey,” Dame Maggie Smith may be unknown to most American audiences. A giant of the British stage and screen, Smith has received two Oscars (“The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (1969) and “California Suite” (1978)), two Emmys for “Downton Abbey” and a Tony for “Lettice and Lovage” (1990). But this great Dame, finding a second wind in her not so twilight years, trades her Downton pomp and circumstance for the grime and acerbity of Miss Shepherd, the lady in the van.

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Dartmouth Dance Ensemble performs works-in-progress

By Madeline Killen | March 6, 2016

Walking into the Hop Garage on Sunday afternoon, one would see a simple set-up of chairs arranged to promote an intimate viewing of a Dartmouth Dance Ensemble performance. The ensemble presented a preview of three works-in-progress that will be showcased during the spring term.

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Student Spotlight: Artist and actor Emma Mouzon '18

By Margot Byrne | March 1, 2016

Once arriving at Dartmouth, Mouzon immediately knew she wanted to enroll in a studio art class. During her first winter term, she signed up for “Sculpture I,” which not only forced her to leave her room and venture into the frigid temperatures, but also “encouraged [her] to embrace [her] more creative side again,” Mouzon said.

Khaled Al-Saai is a painter and calligrapher whose most recent mural commented on the Syrian conflict.
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Artist Khaled Al-Saai presents calligraphy-inspired work

By Elise Higgins | February 29, 2016

Al-Saai, a Syrian born artist, has exhibited his work all over the world, but last night he brought his works to Hanover. Khaled Al-Saai gave a presentation on the subject of his artwork, called “Away from Home: A Presentation by the Artist,” which features Arabic calligraphy. His most recent exhibition, a mural on the subject of the Syrian civil war, was displayed in Germany.

"Voices" cast members rehearsed for six weeks.
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‘Voices’ features perspectives from self-identified women

By Nalini Ramanathan | February 29, 2016

“Voices” will be performed at the Moore Theater tonight at 7 p.m. and is free for students and community members. “Voices” presents a variety of perspectives in a series of monologues, along with a few conversations, all written and performed by self-identifying Dartmouth women. The program is part of V-February, a yearly campaign at the College intended to promote gender equality and end gender-based violence.

David Wu ’16’s most recent sculpture consists of frozen ice with dye.
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Student Spotlight: Ceramics and sculpture artist David Wu ’16

By Madeline Killen | February 28, 2016

Student artist and computer science major David Wu ’16 says he could not imagine his life without a creative outlet. Wu works at the Davidson Ceramics Studio and has taken six visual arts classes during his time at Dartmouth, facts that might surprise some considering his scientific area of study. Before Dartmouth, he was not a visual artist.

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Hopstop brings swing dance to kids

By Joyce Lee | February 28, 2016

Hanover families joined Gerry Grimo and The East Bay Jazz Ensemble and the Dartmouth Swing Club at a Hopstop Family Show in Alumni Hall on Saturday morning. Families with small children crowded the colorful rug while others sat or stood in the back to enjoy the show.

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Stale jokes and hypocrisy abound in ‘Deadpool’ (2016)

By Andrew Kingsley | February 28, 2016

Tim Miller’s directorial debut “Deadpool”(2016) joins the recent movement of postmodern, subversive superhero films such as “Guardians of the Galaxy”(2014) and “Kingsman: The Secret Service”(2014). Starring Ryan Reynolds as the wisecracking, fourth-wall breaking, red-clad antihero, the film lavishes in its gory, scatological excess and attempts to dismantle all the tropes of its Marvel forebears. It even pokes fun at Reynolds’s box office flop “Green Lantern”(2011)—“Don’t make me wear green,” Deadpool mocks. But behind its subversive mask lies a film that feels anything but rebellious.

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Dartmouth Film Society themes series ‘Question Authority’

By Will Tackett | February 23, 2016

As presidential candidates began to pass through campus and election pamphlets were passed around this past summer, the Dartmouth Film Society began to examine the idea of the absolutism of governmental authority. This spark turned into the theme for the DFS’ termly film series at the Hopkins Center: “Question Authority.” Under this theme, DFS included films such as 2016 Oscar nominees “Brooklyn” (2015) and “Trumbo” (2015) as well as classics such as “Chicken Run” (2000).

Eyal Podell ’97 works as an actor and screenwriter in Hollywood.
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Alumnus Q&A: Screenwriter and actor Eyal Podell ’97

By Nalini Ramanathan | February 23, 2016

Eyal Podell ’97 graduated from Dartmouth with a major in theater. After graduation, he moved directly to Los Angeles, where he acted in many television shows including “The Young and the Restless” (1973) and “Defying Gravity” (2009) before going into screenwriting. Podell partnered with fellow Dartmouth alum Jonathon “Stew” Stewart ’96. In 2006, the two worked together on “USONIA,” which tells the story of Podell’s grandparents and grand uncle who founded a utopian cooperative community. They later wrote a biopic about Theodor Geisel titled “Seuss” which later landed on the Black List, a list of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.

"Chicago" (1975) is known for its vaudeville-inspired style
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‘Chicago’ shines, puts a modern spin on a timeless classic

By Joyce Lee | February 22, 2016

“Razzle dazzle ‘em, give ‘em a show that’s so splendiferous, row after row will grow vociferous!” The razzle dazzle of Prohibition-era Chicago, referenced in the show’s lyrics, came to life at the Hopkins Center on Friday, where the theater department presented its production of “Chicago,” the award-winning musical that premiered in 1975.

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"The Witch" (2015) falls short of its aim

By Andrew Kingsley | February 21, 2016

There is no boil, boil, toil and trouble, hooked noses or broomsticks to be found in “The Witch” (2015), the debut feature from Robert Eggers. Set in pre-Salem witch trial New England, the film takes folklore and written narratives from the era and spins them into a period piece of unsettling magnitude. Eggers spotlights this rarely studied era, and captures the paranoiac underpinnings that led to the mass hysteria of the 1692 witch-hunts.

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