Thursday, April 10, 2008

Band of brothers Filligar to perform this weekend

By Liz Ellison, The Dartmouth Staff

There’s plenty of griping these days about the lack of a scene for musicians here at Dartmouth. But thanks to rising stars like Filligar, there’s also an increasing appreciation for students on campus who are writing and performing their own music. There are more of them than you think, and this weekend, you can catch three of Dartmouth’s most promising student acts in one night. More »

Nation’s premier portrait painter is latest Montgomery fellow

According to the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon rule, any actor or actress can be linked to Kevin Bacon in six steps or less. As far as connections are concerned, however, this spring’s Montgomery Fellow, Everett Raymond Kinstler, is the man to beat. Having painted over 1,200 portraits in his illustrious and incomparable career, Kinstler’s little black book is filled with names ranging from famous actors to United States presidents, illustrious authors to Supreme Court justices. More fascinating, however, is Kinstler’s unlikely beginning: At age 16, after dropping out of high school, he became a comic book artist. More »