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Chase Klein ’14 discusses experience making first EP

By Haley Gordon | April 26, 2015

Growing up in Edgemont, New York, Chase Klein ’14 has had a love for music all of his life — he has always listened to a wide variety of genres, played the piano and the guitar in high school and founded the student band Chuck, now known as shArk, during his time at the College. And yet, despite his passion for music, Klein said he never considered performing professionally until his senior year. Just one week after graduation, Klein moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music, performing under the name Chase Byrne, as well as working for Disney animation.

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“While We’re Young” fails to deliver on its promise

By Andrew Kingsley | April 26, 2015

Most of us have fond memories of a Blue Steel-miened, vacuously heroic Ben Stiller from “Zoolander” (2001), spraying gasoline and successfully turning left with youthful euphoria, or even the crusty yet playful night watchman in the “Night at the Museum” series. Noah Baumbach’s latest romcom “While We’re Young” (2014), however, captures a verisimilar Stiller, around 50, succumbing to mid-life crises and arthritis, with nostalgic eyes for his past in a present without pity for the aging.

Dorn is working on a senior thesis, which includes a series of large canvasses.
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Student Spotlight: Hood intern Laura Dorn ’15

By Kourtney Kawano | April 21, 2015

From the moment she received a mini art set from her grandmother for her sixth birthday, Laura Dorn ’15 knew that she loved art. After beginning lessons, she realized that she was the most taken with painting. But then the real world came along and told her that being an artist was not particularly practical. She needed to be more sensible. By the time Dorn arrived at Dartmouth, she planned on pursuing a major that would help her land a job after graduation.

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Beyond the Bubble: Are Selfies Art?

By Andrea Nease | April 20, 2015

Considering the selfie to be photography may seem laughable, but perhaps it is a logical extension of self-portraiture in the digital age. Is the millennial generation, as many have argued, self-absorbed, or are youths these days following the tradition of showing themselves through images?

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Film society honors filmmaker Sissalo

By Haley Gordon | April 20, 2015

The Dartmouth Film Society will present North African Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako with a Dartmouth Film Award today and, in tribute, screen a showing of his newest movie “Timbuktu” (2014). The film tells the story of a family whose lives are disrupted by the appearance of militant Islamists.

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Steve Lough ’87 discusses his experience as a clown

By Amelia Rosch | April 19, 2015

For most people, the leap from anthropology major to circus clown might seem like a bit much, but for Steve Lough ’87, it made perfect sense. Lough spent over 10 years traveling the country as a professional circus clown with a variety of troupes, including the Ringling Bros.

Dartmouth musicians welcomed the Nile Project at “Sing Africa!”
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The Nile Project brings music, discussion to Hanover

By Maya Poddar | April 15, 2015

After driving two passenger vans to campus from Portland, Maine, on Monday, several of the musicians who form part of The Nile Project — a collaborative group of artists from 11 countries along the Nile Basin who use music to draw awareness to and provoke discussion about the region — will pile into yet another van this evening and head to Thetford, Vermont, for a local musicians exchange. There, as part of its mid-April residency at the College, the international group will participate in a “jam session,” Hopkins Center publicity coordinator Rebecca Bailey said.

Abbott’s “Crossroads II” will bring Britney Spears to the female college experience.
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Student Spotlight: Madeline Abbott ’15

By Haley Gordon | April 14, 2015

When Madeline Abbott ’15 auditioned for the student-produced musical “To Slay A Demon,” a musical based on the cult show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997), this winter , she had no idea that she would land the lead role. Prior to this audition, Abbott had not done any sort of theater since she was in high school.

Inspiration for the second annual Edible Book Festival came from a range of books.
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Edible Book Festival celebrates literature, food and puns

By Amelia Rosch | April 13, 2015

“The House of Seven Bagels.” “The Dartmouth Alumni Marzipan.” “The Road to Tiramisu.” These titles were among several literary-themed puns that inspired desserts, including cakes, bagels and a collection of brownie crumbs, on display in Baker-Berry Library yesterday.

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Beyond the Bubble: Environmental advocacy and the arts

By Andrea Nease | April 13, 2015

Few people would question the assertion that art can have an impact on social change, but, as can be expected, some changes are easier to address than others. We have likely all seen works that call attention to gender inequality or racial injustice, for example, but how often do we see art about environmental concerns?

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“It Follows” (2014) follows no formula

By Andrew Kingsley | April 12, 2015

Although “It Follows” unravels slightly as it draws toward its close, following the teenagers as they plot an elaborate Scooby Doo gang scheme to catch the monster, Mitchell’s third film will stick with you long after the credits. Like its monster, “It Follows” will stay right behind you, getting under your skin and surely slip into bed with you as you fall asleep, its abject thoughts lurking out of your unconscious and into the fore of your nightmares.

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Sharma ’13 talks balance, meshing writing with work

By Hallie Huffaker | April 12, 2015

Divyanka Sharma ’13 exemplifies the meaning of “doing it all.” A young alumna originally hailing from India, Sharma balances budding success in short fiction with full-time work for New York City-based Locus Analytics, working to apply functional classification systems of enterprises to the developing world. An English major at the College, Sharma worked for Reserve Bank of India during her time at Dartmouth and credits English professor Thomas O’Malley for helping her publish her first ever published piece, the short story “To Benares.”

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“¡Figaro! (90210)” finds new voice, staging at Hop

By Hallie Huffaker | April 8, 2015

From its opening projections of Los Angeles smog and the Hollywood Sign, “¡Figaro! (90210)” marks a stark departure from the Mozart comedy opera from which it is adapted, “The Marriage of Figaro.” But on the strength of new elements including a hip-hop-obsessed teenager, sexting and facelifts, the adaptation of the operatic classic — which opens today and boasts a cast list including both students and professional opera singers — continues the stellar form that saw versions of the same script win acclaim in New York and Los Angeles.

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Culley to showcase student solos

By Margot Byrne | April 8, 2015

The Culley Concerto Competition, which will take place this Saturday afternoon in Spaulding Auditorium, features live solo performances by 19 Dartmouth student performers, Hopkins Center director of bands Matthew Marsit said. Ranging in instruments types from brass to strings, the soloists — competing in the annual competition established in 1988 by Grant and Suzanne Culley, parents of Maryly Culley ’86 — will compete to take home prizes for high achievement in orchestral performance.

From One Wheelock to shArk, Wooster has pursued a passion for performance.
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Student Spotlight: shArk’s Zach Wooster ’15

By Haley Gordon | April 7, 2015

When Zach Wooster ’15 takes the stage this spring for his last show as a guitarist and vocalist with campus band shArk, he may be greeted with a chant of “Fins Up!” — a slogan used by the group’s fans. As he strikes the final notes of his Dartmouth career, Wooster will find himself a long way from his early performances at the College, played alongside friend and bandmate Pablo Marvel ’15 in the relaxed atmosphere of open mic nights at One Wheelock.

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