Hop initiates summer piano project

By Sarah Scully

Feb 2 | 12:00 am

This summer, the Hopkins Center will introduce a new public art project called “Hands on Pianos,” which will kick off a celebration of the Hopkins Center’s 50th anniversary by placing dozens of hand-decorated, donated pianos in unexpected places around the College’s campus and the Upper Valley. The pianos will be on display, mostly in outdoor locations, throughout the month of July, according to Margaret Lawrence, director of programming at the Hopkins Center.

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Wednesday | February 1, 2012

Students audition for annual Idol semifinals

By Anisha Mohin

Feb 1 | 12:00 am

Over the weekend, auditions for Dartmouth’s fifth annual singing competition “Dartmouth Idol” were held in the Faulkner Recital Hall. Modeled after the hit TV show “American Idol,” “Dartmouth Idol” encouraged any student with an interest in singing to try out.

Chairlift’s new album recalls electronic pop from the 1980s

By Matt Garczynski, The Dartmouth Staff

Feb 1 | 12:00 am

That old American Bandstand adage — “It’s got a beat and you can dance to it” — comes to mind when listening to “Something,” the new album from Brooklyn electronic pop duo Chairlift, and at first you don’t know why. The album’s dream pop sound is not what one would typically think of as danceable, but Chairlift still offers some upbeat tracks in “Something,” an overall weaker offering than their first album, “Does You Inspire You,” released in 2008.

Tuesday | January 31, 2012

La Excelencia brings salsa dura to Hopkins Center tonight

By Katie Sinclair, The Dartmouth Staff

Jan 31 | 12:00 am

The Bronx salsa band La Excelencia will perform tonight in the Hopkins Center, bringing new life to traditional salsa music. Their salsa dura style, which emphasizes percussion and horns over vocals, will engage their audience with dance-inducing, hard-driving beats and lyrics that reflect life in the barrio, according to the Hopkins Center press release.

Common’s new hip-hop album offers an uplifting message

By Dana Venerable, The Dartmouth Staff

Jan 31 | 12:00 am

The ninth album from artist and songwriter Common, “The Dreamer/The Believer,” released on Dec. 20 through Warner Bros. Records, delivers old school 1990s hip-hop, offering a hopeful message that the masses desperately need. Common’s new album heavily contrasts with his 2008 release “Universal Mind Control,” which was influenced by less traditional, more electronic sounds.

Monday | January 30, 2012

Students write and perform plays for 24 hours in WiRED

By Kate Sullivan, The Dartmouth Staff

Jan 30 | 12:00 am

Take a klutzy, foul-mouthed ninja, a wannabe-popstar CIA agent, a fox-loving father-daughter duo and a dramatic 35-year-old woman who just found out her gay best friend is in fact not gay, and you get the four plays that comprised this term’s production of WiRED, which took place in Bentley Theater on Saturday, Jan. 28.

Artist-in-residence Ali’s exhibit displays power struggles

By Ashley Ulrich, The Dartmouth Staff

Jan 30 | 12:00 am

Artist-in-residence Laylah Ali’s ink drawings displayed in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery in the Hopkins Center depict power struggles between cartoon-style characters that resemble aboriginal and Native American art. Ali, an art professor at Williams College, has arranged 20 pieces from her “Typology” series, which she completed between 2005 and 2007, for exhibition from Jan. 10 through March 4.

Now Playing in Hanover: “The Artist”

By The Dartmouth Arts Staff

Jan 30 | 12:00 am

Shot completely in black and white, Michel Hazanavicius’s silent film “The Artist” depicts the advent of talking films from the perspective of two diverse actors, the silent superstar George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) and talkie upstart Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo). The most powerful actor in Hollywood when the story begins in 1927, George extends his largesse to offer Peppy a supporting role in one of his silent films. As talkies begin to dominate the box office, however, George’s career suffers due to his obstinate adherence to silent movies, while Peppy’s stardom flourishes in the new format. When his studio eradicates silent movies completely and the unemployed George reaches a point of desperation, Peppy returns his former act of kindness with one of her own. — Katie Kilkenny

Internet Meme of the Week: Ryan Gosling vs. a Puppy

By Sydney Ayers, The Dartmouth Staff

Jan 30 | 12:00 am

Finally, a new blog is asking this imperative, long-standing question: Is Ryan Gosling cuter than a puppy? The Tumblr blog, which began in October 2011, has posted almost 100 pictures of Ryan Gosling, a puppy or, better yet, Ryan Gosling and a puppy together. It does a surprisingly impressive job of finding pictures that actually compare the two in very similar situations, like swimming, sleeping, playing the guitar or wearing sunglasses. My personal favorite is Ryan Gosling with George Clooney versus a puppy with George Clooney.

Thursday | January 26, 2012

Wu Man to bring unique sound of Chinese pipa to Hop

By Katie Tai

Jan 26 | 12:00 am

On Friday evening, the Spaulding Auditorium stage in the Hopkins Center will host Wu Man, a Grammy Award-nominated virtuosic musician who plays the pipa, a traditional Chinese string instrument. Her concert, “Ancient Dances,” promises to be an artistic melange of both traditional and cross-cultural music. In accordance with Wu’s performance style, “Ancient Dances” will demonstrate how a cultural instrument can showcase its original country’s history and cultural heritage while simultaneously collaborating beautifully with instruments from other continents.

Wednesday | January 25, 2012

Tongues, teeth line corridor of Hop with varied reactions

By Lauren Sarner, The Dartmouth Staff

Jan 25 | 12:00 am

Disembodied tongues and garishly grinning teeth may not seem like a typical image to accompany a meal, but students eating in Courtyard Cafe at the Hopkins Center have recently become used to the view. The Upper Jewett Corridor, extending from the Hinman Post Office to Courtyard Cafe, is currently lined with the work of studio art professors Stina Kohnke and Tom Ferrera.

‘Fault in Our Stars’ offers alternative look into teen angst

By Shannon Draucker, The Dartmouth Staff

Jan 25 | 12:00 am

There is nothing quite like the experience of reading a novel so enthralling that it propels you to stay up all night furiously flipping through its pages, preoccupies you throughout the school day and motivates you to rush back to your dorm room and neglect your homework until you have devoured every last word. John Green’s latest novel “The Fault in Our Stars” possesses this power.

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