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June 6, 2026
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“Into the Woods” belongs out of the theater

By Andrew Kingsley | January 25, 2015

The new Disney films are like bottled water — they repackage something classic, give it all these bells and whistles and come up with something no better than the original. We shell out our money nonetheless, consuming this trivial drivel as if we are expecting something new.

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Bruin ’05 acts in short films, television commercials

By Kaina Chen | January 25, 2015

Karisa Bruin ’05 came to the College wanting to study veterinary medicine but found herself involved in theater and improv. Now, Bruin works as an actress, director and writer, including her latest work, the short film “Broke Juke” (2014) and a series of ads marketing the Affordable Care Act.

Each slab in Sera Boeno’s exhibit “Kelimeler Kiyafetsiz (:Words Naked/Are Not Enough)” weighed between 50 to 120 pounds.
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Rotunda exhibition explores gender roles in Turkey

By Owen Shepcaro | January 21, 2015

Concrete slabs reminiscent of ancient Middle Eastern tablets stand alone in the Barrows Rotunda, the circular glass gallery space that students pass by as they enter the Hopkins Center. These imposing slabs are a part of studio art intern Sera Boeno’s ’14 politically and personally charged piece “Kelimeler Kiyafetsiz (:Words Naked/Are Not Enough.)”

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“This Dartmouth Life” brings radio journalism to campus

By Amelia Rosch | January 20, 2015

rogram “This Dartmouth Life” officially began in the Shakespeare Room in Sanborn Library last September, founder Laura Sim ’16 said that the idea for the program started with an interview she heard where Chicago Public Media’s “This American Life” host Ira Glass talked about achieving dreams.

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Exhibit in Baker Library honors Eisenman’s ’43 work

By Aimee Sung | January 20, 2015

Alvin Eisenman ’43, a world-famous graphic designer who died in September 2013, saw each letter on a page as an art form — he believed that a letter should be as “pleasing” and “dynamic” as an independent mark, exhibit curator, instructor at the College’s Letterpress Studio and former Eisenman student Won Chung ’73 said.

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Beyond the Bubble: Figuring Out Fashion

By Andrea Nease | January 19, 2015

I find myself glancing over fashion week highlights each year and thinking, who would wear that? Why would someone design that? I wouldn’t be able to fit through a doorway if I tried wearing that dress. I’m always left wondering — why does runway fashion seem so...impractical?

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“Poseidon” exhibit to open at Hood Museum

By Owen Shepcaro | January 14, 2015

Poseidon: shaker of the earth, bringer of storms, tamer of horses, ruler of the seas. Beginning on Jan. 17, the Dartmouth community will be able to explore the spiritual and secular majesty of the Greek god Poseidon at the Hood Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition “Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult and Daily Life.”

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Raaz, Sugarplum to perform at HopStop this weekend

By Haley Gordon | January 14, 2015

Members of Raaz and Sugarplum will take the stage in Alumni Hall Saturday at 11 a.m. to teach Upper Valley children about Indian dance and ballet. The event is part of the Hopkins Center’s monthly HopStop series, which aims to introduce school-aged children in the Upper Valley to the arts, Mary Gaetz, the Hop’s outreach and arts education coordinator, said.

Tyne Angela Freeman ’17 will start working on her album this spring.
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Student Spotlight: Tyne Angela Freeman '17

By Aimee Sung | January 13, 2015

Singing for relatives at family reunions and filling journals with original lyrics are some of Tyne Angela Freeman’s ’17 first memories of making music. Ever since, Freeman has been paving her own path as a musician.

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Heather McGill to serve as artist-in-residence this winter

By Kaina Chen | January 12, 2015

It is fitting that College artist-in-residence Heather McGill, who pairs the latest technology with meticulous manual work to create art, is from Detroit, a city she describes as the home of industrial and commercial activity. McGill will be showing her work in the exhibition “Small Things, Pretty Things” in the Hopkins Center’s Jaffe-Friede Gallery through Mar. 10.

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Hopkins Center holds exhibition of alumni artworks

By Amelia Rosch | January 11, 2015

A man made of steel precariously leaning forward, arms thrust behind him. A book made of tissue paper held together by thin, red thread. An interactive machine that manipulates light. All of these pieces and more are featured in the second Alumni in the Arts Biennial Exhibition, which opened this weekend at the Top of the Hopkins Center.

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Ceglia ’94 works as an animator for DreamWorks

By Michaela Ledoux | January 11, 2015

Alessandro Ceglia ’94 has dreamt of working in animation began during his time at the College and eventually translated this dream into his current career as a rough layout artist at DreamWorks Animation Studios. Ceglia, who has also previously worked as an animator for television commercials and music videos, has worked as an artist for recent DreamWorks films, such as “Madagascar 3” (2012), “Turbo” (2013) and “How to Train Your Dragon 2” (2014). Ceglia is currently working on “Kung Fu Panda 3,” which will be released in early 2016.

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“Inherent Vice” gives its viewers a contact high

By Andrew Kingsley | January 11, 2015

If you got Sherlock Holmes off of opium and onto grass, threw him into the 1970s and ramped up his libido, you would approximately end up with Larry “Doc” Sportello, the bumbling, high-as-a-kite detective and protagonist in Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, “Inherent Vice” (2014).

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Winter to bring variety of events to Hood, Hopkins Center

By Amelia Rosch | January 7, 2015

From ancient sculptures to jazz classics to a world-famous love story, Dartmouth students will have a wide range of arts events to choose from this winter. \n The Hopkins Center \n The Hopkins Center publicity coordinator Rebecca Bailey said that she is “agog” at what is booked for the start of the term, particularly Shantala Shivalingappa and the performance of “Cineastas.” \n Shivalingappa, who performs Jan.

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Student Spotlight: Tom Cheng '15

By Kourtney Kawano | January 7, 2015

Joining the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra seemed like a no-brainer for concertmaster Tom Cheng ’15. He discovered an affinity for the violin after his mom registered him for lessons at the age of six.

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Shantala Shivalingappa to perform “Akasha” tonight

By Haley Gordon | January 6, 2015

Fast and slow. Sharp and flowing. Codified and improvised. The art of Kuchipudi, an Indian classical dance, is all about balancing contrasts in order to tell a story through movement. Students at the College will have the opportunity to experience Kuchipudi when professional dancer and choreographer Shantala Shivalingappa performs “Akasha” at the Hopkins Center of Art Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Beyond the Bubble: keep passing the Bechdel test

By Andrea Nease | January 5, 2015

The Bechdel test consists of these two requirements: there be two female characters present in the movie and these two female characters have a conversation about something other than men. Some versions of the test also require that these women have names. Only 25 percent of movies between 1970 and 1974 passed the Bechdel Test, and there was not a significant increase in this statistic until 1995.

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