Elizabeth Garrison

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Amir ElSaffar’s Live Living Room Concert: Expanding the boundaries of performance in an age of social distancing

Last Thursday, jazz trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and four members of his Rivers of Sound orchestra performed together live from multiple locations for the Hopkins Center for the Arts’s first online concert through its new program, Hop@Home. ElSaffar and the entire 17-member orchestra were originally scheduled to perform at the Hop this spring. The in-person concert has been rescheduled for 2021. 

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Student Spotlight: Nicholas Gutierrez '20 shines as a playwright

Nicholas Gutierrez ’20 is involved in anything and everything creative at Dartmouth. Gutierrez, a native of Miami, FL, is a playwright, actor, film projectionist, opera singer and leader. As a film and theater modified with anthropology and geography double major with a minor in linguistics, his passion for pursing diverse interests goes beyond his extensive extracurricular involvements. In his work as a playwright, Gutierrez has staged two of his plays with the theater department. He is also acting in the theater department’s fall mainstage production of “The Living” and is a singer with the Dartmouth Opera Lab. 

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Sankofa Danzafro tells story of Afro-Colombians through dance

Tonight and Friday night, the Sankofa Danzafro dance troupe will perform its show “The City of Others” in the Moore Theater at the Hopkins Center at 7:30 p.m. Through the art of dance and music, “The City of Others” tells the powerful story of young Afro-Colombians who are struggling to combat the historical legacy of slavery and racism in Colombia.

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Telluride at Dartmouth brings highly anticipated films to campus

Starting this Friday, the Hopkins Center will be showing advanced screenings of six films from the acclaimed Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, beginning with “Ford v Ferrari” and ending with “The Climb” on Sept. 26. Every year, Telluride at Dartmouth presents an opportunity to see much-anticipated films months before they come to theaters.

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'Humans' by Circa to shift perspective on circus arts and emotion

Tonight, Saturday and Sunday “Humans” by Circa will be showing at the Moore Theater at the Hopkins Center.

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Student Spotlight: Lila McKenna ’20 and Nextlife collaborate

Music is the art of collaboration, and no one knows this better than Lila McKenna ’20, who started working with musical duo Nextlife this fall. 

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Clown-Acrobat delivers a quirky and heartfelt solo performance

At some point, every person has felt pressure to live up to some kind of expectation to fulfill a role and project an external image of ourselves to others. 

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Jazzmeia Horn's performance will be a moving addition to jazz history

On Wednesday, Grammy-nominated Jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn will be performing at the Hopkins Center of the Arts at 7 p.m. in Spaulding Auditorium. With her impressive vocal chops and irresistible stage presence, Horn’s performance promises to be memorable. 

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Q&A: Jessica Hong, the new Global Contemporary art curator

This Saturday, the Hood museum will finally reopen after being closed for extensive renovations, but the modern architectural design isn’t the only thing that’s new. As part of the museum’s transition, the Hood has created the new position of Global Contemporary Art Curator to promote bringing thought-provoking works to campus. Newcomer Jessica Hong discusses her role at the Hood and how she hopes to make an impact on campus. 

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The 23rd season of "The Bachelor" is a derivative embarrassment

On paper, Colton Underwood was the obvious choice for the twenty-third Bachelor. He fits the mold of the generic pretty boy, was a former professional football player, and runs a non-profit for kids with cystic fibrosis.

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