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October 17, 2026
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‘In the Next Room’ explores issues of gender, intimacy

By Jessica Zischke | November 9, 2014

One door separated the stage into two rooms and two worlds. Dr. Givings’s operating room, where he treats women for hysteria using an electrical vibrator, took up one side of the stage, while the living room, most often depicting Mrs. Givings and her relationships, existed on the other.

The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra will perform its fall concert Saturday.
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DSO concert to feature classical masterworks

By Mac Emery | November 5, 2014

The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra aims to channel the invigorating energy, splendor and emotional of classical masterpieces in its Saturday performance, even as the paralytic chill of winter besets New England.

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Exhibition, symposium honor Budd Schulberg '36

By Owen Shepcaro | November 4, 2014

“You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it.” So says Marlon Brando in his infamous lines from “On the Waterfront” (1954). Playing a former boxer, Brando tells his brother how his life could have been different if his brother hadn’t pressured him to fix a fight.

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DHMC showcases local art

By Annie Smith | November 3, 2014

Though researchers are only beginning to understand the connection between art and stress reduction, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has displayed artworks by local artists since the 1980s, when it was located in its previous Hitchcock Memorial Hospital facility.

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Blood is fake, chills are real in ‘Macbeth’

By Haley Gordon | November 2, 2014

The student group, which runs one Shakespearean play per term, produced a shortened version of the famous Scottish tragedy on Thursday and Friday. The troupe staged the performance on the first floor of Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, playing for an audience seated in a comfortable assortment of couches and chairs.

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Zombies, jokes lack vigor in ‘Beth’

By Andrew Kingsley | November 2, 2014

Any film that designates itself a “zom-rom-com,” or zombie romantic comedy, must suffer from an identity crisis. To wed the gratuitously overused zombie and rom-com genres is parody itself, and it’s not surprising that such a film’s audiences might try to divorce the viewing experience from their minds.

The Wind Ensemble and Rude Mechanicals will play a joint show this weekend.
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Wind Ensemble, Rude Mechanicals celebrate the Bard’s 450th

By Kourtney Kawano | October 29, 2014

Music and theater will converge when the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble and Rude Mechanicals present a joint tribute to the 450th anniversary of the Bard’s birth. Titled “Play On! Shakespeare Set to Music,” the program will splice readings of Shakespeare text with music that he inspired.

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Student Spotlight: Desmond Fambrini '16

By Owen Shepcaro | October 28, 2014

Desmond Fambrini ’16 said he realized the significance of the performing arts in his life while he was deciding where to attend college. Having danced for more than a decade, performing with the Oakland chapter of Culture Shock Dance Troupe and participating in various national and international dance competitions, he knew that he wanted to continue to perform and sought a college that fit both his academic and creative needs. Dartmouth was and continues to be this school, he said.

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Hood receives 118-piece gift from alum

By Haley Gordon | October 27, 2014

The Hood Museum announced Friday that it received a 118-piece donation of art from the children of Barbara and David Stahl ’47. The works, collected over 30 years, include drawings, paintings ceramics and an extensive set of prints ranging from the 16th to the 20th century.

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Vaughan show features classical guitar

By Margot Byrne | October 26, 2014

The stage was dimly lit, bare except for Hermann Hudde, in all black, and his guitar. The intimate, minimalist setting shone a spotlight on Hudde’s talent, inviting the audience to fully immerse themselves in his music. Hudde, a classical guitarist, performed in the Faulkner Recital Hall at the Hopkins Center on Sunday as part of the Vaughan Recital Series.

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Predictable ‘St. Vincent’ mixes schmaltz, humor

By Andrew Kingsley | October 26, 2014

If you took Bill Murray’s floundering, philosophical narcissist from “Lost in Translation” (2003), threw in alcoholism and a Russian prostitute, then let him desiccate into an even more pruney scumbag, you’d produce his “St. Vincent” (2014) character, Vincent.

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