On Friday, the multimedia spectacle "Igniting Imagination" organized in honor of the Hopkins Center's 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend showcased the diverse artistic accomplishments of the College's students and alumni through a series of segments that included singing, dancing, theater and film.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Inspired by the painting "Portrait of a Lady as an Astronomer," Kresge Library's "Charting the Universe" exhibit, which is on display in Fairchild Hall, draws on objects from Dartmouth's King Collection of Historic Scientific Instruments to showcase the tools that contribute to our visual understanding of the universe. Elizabeth Neill '13 assembled the exhibit under the guidance of history professor Richard Kremer, who is the curator of Dartmouth's King Collection, during her James O.
Courtesy of Blogcdn.com The Dartmouth Film Society's fall series, titled "The Return," features 20 films that highlight the themes of homecoming and reunions, according to Alex Gerstein '15, who collaborated with Abbie Kouzmanoff '15 to create the series. "With the Hopkins Center celebrating its 50th anniversary, it's interesting to look at how the past meets the present," Gerstein said. The films that will be screened this fall all cover the topic of revisiting the past. "I thought the timing was appropriate, what with everyone returning from the summer break," he said.
Louise Erdrich '76, who is the acclaimed writer of 13 novels and is in residence at the College as a Montgomery Fellow, will engage in a public conversation with Native American studies professor Bruce Duthu this afternoon to discuss the themes in her works and read from her recently published book "Shadow Tag." Erdrich is a significant contributor to the field of contemporary American literature.
Courtesy of Warm Weather Two alumni, Brendan Lynch-Salamon '10 and Justin Lerman '10, will be returning for Green Key weekend with their Los Angeles-based trio Warm Weather, which will perform on campus.
This Saturday, the Dartmouth Dodecaphonics, the College's oldest coed a cappella group, will host the annual Spring Sing concert, which will also feature performances by the Dartmouth Aires and the Princeton University Nassoons.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Over the past few years, Dartmouth's resident Egyptologist Christine Lilyquist has spent tireless hours cataloging and researching Dartmouth's collection of ancient Egyptian objects.
Correction appended On Friday, eager audience members at the finals of "Dartmouth Idol" were handed multicolored ballots listing the six finalists as they entered Spaulding Auditorium to decide who would be this year's victor.
Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Every year during Winter Carnival, one of Dartmouth's 10 a cappella groups hosts a show known as Winter Whingding.
Over the weekend, auditions for Dartmouth's fifth annual singing competition "Dartmouth Idol" were held in the Faulkner Recital Hall.