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Student-led ‘Spelling Bee' delights

By Shannon Draucker | March 7, 2010

Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended### This weekend, the Dartmouth theater department brought the Hopkins Center's Bentley Theater to life with its production of the charming and lively musical, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." "Spelling Bee" was directed, choreographed, designed and managed entirely by Dartmouth students. "Spelling Bee" takes place in a school gymnasium in Putnam County, N.Y., and follows six spellers, two moderators and a "comfort counselor" through the high-stress afternoon.

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Van Deusen '11 earns ‘Dartmouth Idol' title

By Caitlin Ardrey | March 7, 2010

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Correction Appended### Featuring powerful ballads, multiple group numbers and a Michael Jackson medley that included an appearance by College President Jim Yong Kim, this year's "Dartmouth Idol" finals succeeded in presenting an evening packed with great entertainment. While all six finalists performed well, Dan Van Deusen '11 won the greatest percentage of audience votes and became this year's Dartmouth Idol, directed by Walt Cunningham, head of the Dartmouth Gospel Choir.

Back-up singers rehearse for the final round of
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‘Idol' contestants prepare for finals

By Caitlin Ardrey | March 3, 2010

Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Following three rounds of elimination spanning five weeks, this year's edition of the Hopkins Center-sponsored singing competition "Dartmouth Idol" will culminate in a concert Friday night in Spaulding Auditorium.

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'Vagina Monologues' seek frank discussion of sexuality

By Tatiana Cooke | March 3, 2010

Eunice Lee / The Dartmouth Staff Eunice Lee / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended### During Wednesday night's performance of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues," one cast member loudly and convincingly demonstrated what a "triple orgasm" might sound like.

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‘Lost' slows pace in final episodes

By Robert M. Hoffman | March 3, 2010

To a casual fan of ABC's "Lost," the first few episodes of the sixth and final season might have felt a little bit slow in comparison with 2003's explosion-filled, casualty-loaded, what-is-that-polar-bear-doing-on-an-island pilot.

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AS SEEN ON: Seinfeld's return to NBC

By Alicia Kim | March 2, 2010

As the 25-minute sneak peak at NBC's new Jerry Seinfeld-produced reality show/talk show fusion "The Marriage Ref" started to load on Hulu, I found myself thanking the network for not making me sit through the full hour that the show will occupy once it officially airs its pilot this Thursday.

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Filligar video series ‘Far' encourages artistic collaboration

By Divya Gunasekaran | March 2, 2010

Courtesy of Amiestreet.com Courtesy of Amiestreet.com With Tuesday's launch of "Far," Filligar the indie/folk rock band comprised of Pete Mathias '09, Teddy Mathias '09, Johnny Mathias '11 and Casey Gibson intends to redefine the music video as a collaborative art form. "Far" an eclectic series of eight films, each set to and inspired by one of the eight tracks on Filligar's third full-length album "Near or Far" is a joint effort by Filligar and eight directors from across the country, including Alice Mathias '07, the older sister of three members of Filligar, who also served as producer of the series.

The last station
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‘Last Station' adaptation succeeds

By Jackie Donohoe | March 1, 2010

Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com In 1986, while browsing through a bookstore in Naples, Italy, author and former Dartmouth professor Jay Parini stumbled upon the diaries of Valentin Bulgakov, the man who served as Leo Tolstoy's secretary towards the end of the literary giant's life.

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Internet Meme of the Week: Techno Chicken

February 28, 2010

"Techno Chicken" is the ultimate culmination of the mash-up and auto-tune cultures. We've taken something pure and natural (bird sounds) and transmogrified it into a glossy, produced techno track complete with a video and neon lights.

Eileen Ivers will bring her multimedia performance
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Hop concert, multimedia to relate story of Irish immigrants

By sophia archibald | February 23, 2010

Courtesy of EileenIvers.com Courtesy of EileenIvers.com Seeking to express the experiences of Irish immigrants to the United States and Canada through music and multimedia, Irish-American fiddler Eileen Ivers and her band Immigrant Soul will be joined by students from the New Hampshire-based Cunniffe Academy of Irish Dance tonight at the Hopkins Center in a performance of "Beyond the Bog Road." The title "Beyond the Bog Road" refers to the paths in Ireland that led from farmers' homes to their fields, Ivers wrote in the program notes of the Hop performance. "One could either choose to stay in Ireland and survive especially through many challenging times like the Famine and Great Hunger of the 1840s or to go beyond the bog road' and emigrate to try to find a better life," she wrote. The performance will combine a variety of musical genres with dance and video footage from Ireland to relate this story to audiences. "It is really a celebration of the Irish [immigrants] who came to this country and brought their music, their songs, their styles of dance, their language, even, with them," Ivers said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Ivers, who was born to Irish immigrants in the Bronx, will play an array of instruments in "Beyond the Bog Road," including acoustic and electric violins and mandolin.

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BOOKED SOLID: DeLillo waxes philosophical in ‘Point Omega'

By corinne white | February 23, 2010

I don't think the average person will like this book. I'm not even sure if the people you would expect to like this book intellectuals, philosophizers and Hitchcock film buffs will like this book. But that's not to say "Point Omega," Don DeLillo's newest novel, is not worth reading.

Wasim (Tony nominee John Herrera) attempts to woo his colleague Muna (Lanna Joffrey) in Northern Stage's production of
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‘Damascus' depicts clash of culture

By Jackie Donohoe | February 22, 2010

Courtesy of Northern Stage Courtesy of Northern Stage Damascus, Syria is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, representing the crossroads where Eastern and Western cultures collide.

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