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Film reminds audience of legacy of slavery and race

By Varun Bhucar | November 10, 2013

Last year, Quentin Tarantino tackled American slavery with the subtlety of a bull in a China shop with his revenge epic, “Django Unchained.” While the film was a critical and commercial success, there was a loud contingent that attacked Tarantino for treating slavery and its implications with such irreverence.

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Sister Outsider discusses sexuality, race

By Rebecca Asoulin | November 6, 2013

Denice Frohman, of the poetry slam duo Sister Outsider and the latest world poetry slam champion, offered a few suggestions to the students and faculty crowded at One Wheelock Tuesday night.

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‘Big Love’ performance to deliver high energy

November 6, 2013

Participants in this term’s main stage theater department production, Charles Mee’s “Big Love,” had the unusual privilege of working with a professional fight choreographer and light designer who traveled far to work in Hanover.

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Termly Hood parties allow students to engage with museum’s art

By Apoorva Dixit | November 5, 2013

In an attempt to bring more undergraduates through its tall glass doors into its serene, red-walled interior, the Hood Museum of Art sponsors termly parties where visitors can enjoy the Hood’s varied collections in a relaxed, festive environment.

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Campus lacks resources for students seeking fine arts internships

By Amanda Harkavy | November 4, 2013

Employment positions in the art world are some of the most competitive and sought after, and each year, numerous students commit to following their passions by pursuing internships.

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‘Prisoner’s marks revival of adult drama

By Varun Bhuchar | November 3, 2013

One of these was a Canadian film, “Incendies” (2010), about two siblings trying to uncover their dead mother’s secrets. It is a beautifully haunting film that I wanted more of the minute the credits rolled.

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Student Spotlight: Sarah Wang '14

By Michaela Ledoux | November 3, 2013

An accomplished solo pianist and member of X.ado, the Christian a cappella group on campus, Sarah Wang ’14 has accomplished her goal to be involved with music in some capacity while in college.

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Alum pens book about Vietnam-era College

By Joon Cho | November 3, 2013

“Whiplash: When the Vietnam War Rolled a Hand Grenade Into the Animal House” is not an average story of college life.

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Tribe Called Red plays ‘powwowstep’

By Perri Haser | November 3, 2013

This Friday, the DJ group A Tribe Called Red performed two shows in Collis Common Ground, combining native tribal music with popular beats and samples from American pop music.

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Lorenz’s mosaics find inspiration in Italian archaeological findings

By Rebecca Asoulin | October 31, 2013

Most students probably haven’t stopped to think about the mosaics on the first floor of Berry library.

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‘American Falls’ haunts and awes

By Michaela Ledoux | October 30, 2013

A black theater screen illuminates with images of the crashing waters of Niagara Falls.

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‘Reflektor’ influenced by art films and rara music

By Kyle McGoey | October 30, 2013

Most of the time, I find reviewing albums to be a fun, invigorating experience. I get to dive inside a record and engage with it, figure out what makes it tick.

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Students Teaching in the Arts brings activities to local schools

By Jehanna Axelrod | October 29, 2013

After updating its offerings in recent years, Students Teaching in the Arts is redefining its identity.

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Paddock sees growth, sustained popularity

By Margot Bryne | October 28, 2013

One of Dartmouth’s least known libraries, the Paddock Music Library, houses more than 100,000 items in its collection.

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Theis joins in Barbary Coast show

By Perri Haser | October 28, 2013

On Saturday evening in Spaulding Auditorium, the Barbary Coast Jazz ensemble performed a collection of pieces all written or arranged by guest artist, Adam Theis, the creator of the Jazz Mafia consortium and the winner of the 2008 William and Flora Hewlett emerging composers grant.

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Mechanicals shine in ‘The Winter’s Tale’

By Dongjun Suh | October 28, 2013

The Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals left its audiences crying and laughing during its performance of William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” in Bentley Theater on Friday and Saturday, marking a promising beginning for the new year for the group.

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Student Spotlight: Xander Arnold '14

By Jessica Zischke | October 28, 2013

In the arts world, there’s often talk of triple threats, or performers who can act, dance and sing. Music major Xander Arnold ’14 is a pentad threat: a musician, singer, composer, producer and dancer.

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‘The Fifth Estate' shows Assange's rise and fall

By Varun Bhucar | October 22, 2013

In 2007, Julian Assange and his website found themselves in a position common among startups: they were broke and on the verge of becoming irrelevant.

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Alum screens Emmy-nominated film

By Apoorva Dixit | October 22, 2013

Kathy Dong / The Dartmouth Angry trumpeting reverberated through the air as a three-ton giant charged into a Jeep reinforced with two-inch wide steel rods, leaving the audience in Filene Auditorium quaking.

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Orozco murals named national historic landmark

By The Dartmouth Staff | March 12, 2013

Jose Clemente Orozco's famed mural series in Baker-Berry Library was named a national historic landmark yesterday at a commemoration by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis.