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August 27, 2026
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Ancient war entreats modern audiences

By Hallie Huffaker | September 16, 2014

The Hopkins Center kicks off its “World War I Reconsidered” series this evening with “An Iliad,” a one-person dramatic reading based on Homer’s epic poem. “An Iliad” is one of several works that will mark the Great War’s centennial anniversary and prompt audiences to consider the war in new ways.

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Northern Stage nears shovel-ready for theater

By Yasmeen Erritouni | September 16, 2014

The leaves may be dusted with golden brown, but staff members at the Northern Stage theater company in White River Junction are preparing for a different kind of scenery change. Having outgrown its current venue, the Briggs Opera House, the theater launched a $9 million fundraising campaign in February and plans to begin construction on a new space in October.

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Bell to explore social issues in one-man comedy show

By Jessica Zischke | September 15, 2014

He has been compared to popular comedians like Margaret Cho and Dave Chappelle. He hosted a show on FX for more than a year. But unless you are tuned into San Francisco’s comedy scene, you may never have heard of W. Kamau Bell, who opens the Hopkins Center’s fall season tonight.

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Robert Christgau ’62 defines role of rock critic

By Rebecca Asoulin | September 14, 2014

Robert Christgau ’62 is the definitive music critic for rock ’n’ roll. He began his career as a music columnist for Esquire in 1967 and was a music editor at The Village Voice for 37 years. He is best known for publishing “capsule reviews,” or short album reviews, in his “Consumer Guide” columns from 1969 to 2013.

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‘Iliad,’ Marsalis to mark Hop’s upcoming season

By Michaela Ledoux | September 9, 2014

The Hopkins Center for the Arts begins a packed year on Thursday with its “Exploring the Arts at Dartmouth” marketplace, a teaser of the student ensembles, award-winning theater performances, dance troupes, world-renowned vocalists and films it will host this year.

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Students, faculty reflect on summer arts at Hopkins Center

By Josh Koenig | August 18, 2014

Completing a slate that included performances from the New York Theatre Workshop, Andrew Bird and the Hands of Glory, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and a documentary screening by filmmaker Ken Burns, the Hopkins Center’s summer programming will draw to a close in the coming weeks as the academic quarter ends. Reflecting back on the term, students, staff and faculty identified a number of highlights across disciplines offered at the Center.

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‘Boyhood’ (2014) an honest homage to growing up, youth

By Andrew Kingsley | August 18, 2014

Following the growth of Mason (Ellar Coltrane) from age 6 to 18, "Boyhood" (2014) captures the midnight Harry Potter book releases, the Britney Spears songs and the Razr phones vital to the childhoods of Generation Y. On the way, the film wins viewers over with its honest, moving depiction of the trials and tribulations of growing up.

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‘Burning’ exhibit explores identity

By Macy Ferguson | August 14, 2014

From July 12 to August 10, a bronze boy wept in the Hood Museum of Art. The statue was a part of artist and Montgomery Fellow Enrique Martínez Celaya’s exhibition “Burning As It Were a Lamp.” Along with the statue, the exhibition included fragments of a mirror and two paintings of angels, one captioned “I remember nothing” and the other captioned “I remember everything.”

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Kira Garden showcases sculpture by Upper Valley artists

By Lindsay Keare | August 14, 2014

Several works of art are currently on display in Kira’s Garden, an outdoor sculpture garden at the Alliance for the Visual Arts Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon. “Arabesque” joins nearly a dozen other works of art in the Garden, each of which was submitted by an Upper Valley artist.

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Documentary to spotlight Ellsworth Kelly’s early life

By Luke McCann | August 11, 2014

Kelly’s beginnings as an artist and the events that inspired his works are the subject of “Ellsworth Kelly: Fragments” (2007), a documentary by Checkerboard Film Foundation the Hood Museum of Art will screen Thursday. Hood director Michael Taylor will introduce the documentary and guide the spotlight tour of Kelly’s panels after the screening. The film, he said, will explore the artist’s “subdued style,” referencing Kelly’s focus on things like the reflection of light in a window, unlike the more visceral subjects of his contemporaries.

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Hoffman thrills in final performance as ‘A Most Wanted Man’

By Andrew Kingsley | August 11, 2014

Throughout his career, Hoffman was a most wanted man, considered one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actors and certainly belonging to its most gifted pantheon. His frenetic life and genius as an actor translate into his endless detective work and prowess in the film. In the end, Hoffman was playing himself, a man running out of fuel in a demanding system. This is a fitting farewell.

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Lazarus to give special screening of new film

By Aimee Sung | August 7, 2014

Taking its name from the weapon that David uses to face the giant Goliath, “SlingShot” — a new documentary directed by Paul Lazarus ’76 — follows the story of inventor Dean Kamen, who invented the Slingshot water purifier to tackle the lack of clean drinking water across the globe. The film will have a special advanced screening tomorrow in Loew Auditorium, followed by a discussion session with Lazarus.

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Civil rights artwork comes to Hood

By Luke McCann | August 7, 2014

In development for several years, the exhibition was created to mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, said Kellie Jones, art history and archaeology professor at Columbia University, and one of the original curators for the show’s premiere in Brooklyn.

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Sophomore auditions for New York production of 'Carmen'

By Annie Smith | August 4, 2014

Jordana Composto ’16 rushed into her audition, slightly late. She was suffering from a bout of laryngitis, and as she heard the voices of her competitors, she grew even more nervous. She had a shot at her dream: performing for the Amore Opera Company’s production of Georges Bizet’s world-famous opera “Carmen.”

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