Feb 23 | 12:00 am
The rarity of steel structures in New Hampshire’s wilderness is offset by the new Barrows Rotunda exhibit at the Hopkins Center, which is now filled with a stunningly intricate metal structure. The piece, titled “Responding,” is reminiscent of a Rube-Goldberg contraption at first glance and was designed and crafted by studio art intern Max Van Pelt ’11.
More»Feb 22 | 12:00 am
Rainn Wilson is best known for his role as Dwight on “The Office,” but the actor is also one of the key supporters of equal rights and access to education and jobs for Iranian Baha’is. The documentary “Education Under Fire,” which discusses the unjust treatment of members of the Baha’i faith, was screened on Tuesday evening in the Rockefeller Center, bringing this often overlooked human rights issue to the attention of members of the Dartmouth community.
Feb 22 | 12:00 am
A Dartmouth alumnus will soon make his mark on the literary scene, as the debut novel of Elliot Ohlansky ’04 will be released later this month by recently established e-book publishing company The Write Deal. Ohlansky’s novel, titled “Robert’s Rules of Karaoke,” tells the story of two recent college graduates navigating bachelorhood in Boston and New York.
Feb 21 | 12:00 am
Hugh Masekela, a Grammy-nominated South African trumpeter and influential political activist, will perform with a five-piece band tonight at 7 p.m. in the Hopkins Center’s Spaulding Auditorium.
Feb 21 | 12:00 am
Northern Stage, a regional non-profit theater in White River Junction, recently began its run of David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly,” offering a different type of dramatic offering than Dartmouth’s student productions. The play, which premiered on Feb. 15, will run until Mar. 4.
Feb 20 | 12:00 am
As the multi-colored curtain rose high above the hiked-up hair of Tracy Turnblad, played by Amber Dewey ’12, a visible wave of excitement splashed over the audience during the Dartmouth theater department’s mainstage production of “Hairspray,” which premiered Friday night in Moore Theater at the Hopkins Center.
Feb 20 | 12:00 am
Dartmouth’s World Music Percussion Ensemble showcased an inspiring array of student talent and musicianship in a concert titled “Long Live Spirit and Inspiration: East Asian Music and Rhythms” at the Hopkins Center on Saturday. Over the past decades, ensemble director Hafiz Shabazz has selected a large range of music from different cultures, including music from Africa and South America. This is the first time, however, the group presented a concert entirely focused on Asian music, according to Shabazz.
Feb 20 | 12:00 am
Directed by Joseph McGinty Nichol, better known as McG, “This Means War” tells the age-old story of two former best friends who have a falling out as a result of their love for the same woman. The love triangle is established between the CIA agents FDR Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck Henson (Tom Hardy) over a product-testing executive named Lauren Scott (Reese Witherspoon). Although FDR and Tuck are partners with a history of great rapport and friendship, they turn against each other as they focus all of their world-class spy skills on winning over Lauren. Instead of waging war against enemy nations and international criminals, FDR and Tuck turn their attention to a more personal mission. — Katie Tai
Feb 20 | 12:00 am
Some of the best artists in music and dance have capitalized on internet technology to create a truly amazing music video and include their fans in the process.
Feb 16 | 12:00 am
Combining themes of race, religious identity and poverty in a stand-up comedy routine and lecture, Preacher Moss will perform his “End of Racism Comedy” tour at 6 p.m. tonight at the Warner Bentley Theater in the Hopkins Center. Bryant Reginald Moss, known as Preacher Moss, was raised Christian, but converted to Islam when he was 20 years old. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, his religious identity began to play a larger role in shaping his work, he said.
Feb 15 | 12:00 am
Chris Lilley’s latest mock documentary project “Angry Boys” came to an end as the 12th and final episode aired on HBO this past Sunday. Lilley specializes in this offbeat genre of television, seen in his prior projects such as “Summer Heights High” and “We Can Be Heroes,” which were elaborate, multi-episode projects with interlacing subplots that connect all of Lilley’s concocted characters.