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'Romeo and Juliet' to open tonight

By David Guerrerio | November 14, 1995

"Romeo and Juliet" is undoubtedly the best-known of Shakespeare's plays. As with so many of Shakespeare's works, it has been reinterpreted in every age according to the prevailing tastes. The nineteenth century latched onto the ideal of romantic love presented in the young lovers' tale, immortalizing them in both opera and ballet. Through the twentieth century it has similarly inspired a plethora of films and even a musical. As such, it seems inevitable that the play be re-interpreted for the 1990s, this age of talk shows and e-mail, as a study of teen suicide. Special resonance will certainly be felt by members of the Dartmouth community, following so closely on the heels of the strange coincidence of three separate suicides which have been the source of much campus conversation and concern. One should not expect a true "updating" of the play, though.

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Nuestras Voces stages 'Shadow of a Man'

By Michael A> Posey | November 13, 1995

In a very serious and weighty production, Nuestras Voces staged the play "Shadow of a Man" by Cherie Moraga yesterday to an eager audience at Collis Common Ground. The play, directed by Maria Simental '97, is the first production done by the troupe this fall. Taking place in the Los Angeles home of the Rodriguez family, the play covers a period of about one year.

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Coast, Lake pay tribute to Hemphill

By Aditya Dutt | November 13, 1995

It seems as if saxophonist Oliver Lake has not lost a step since playing with Julius Hemphill in the World Saxophone Quartet. The turns of phrases in his playing are still filled with intensity, with urgency and with the emotional depth that characterized Hemphill's compositions.

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Lake, Brooks to play with Barbary Coast

By Aditya Dutt | November 10, 1995

Barbary Coast, the College's jazz ensemble, will host alto saxophonist Oliver Lake and drummer Cecil Brooks III for their first concert of the term this weekend. The concert, which is a tribute to the late saxophonist and composer Julius Hemphill, will feature Lake and Brooks playing Hemphill's compositions alongside the ensemble. Lake brings a blues-drenched sound to his playing, but has brought plenty of innovation to the blues-jazz genre, blending the traditional style of Charlie Paker with Ornette Coleman's avant-garde vision. Lake, however, is much more than a conventional mixture of be-bop and avant-garde.

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Trio to accompany film showing

By Amir Katz | November 10, 1995

The unique sound of the Alloy Orchestra will once again fill Spaulding Auditorium as it returns to Hanover tonight to accompany Dziga Vertov's silent masterpiece "The Man with the Movie Camera." This will be the third time that the Cambridge-based trio will be performing at Dartmouth, having appeared with "Metropolis" in 1994, and "Lonesome" this past January.

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Galleria purchased by New London Trust for $1.5M

By Alik Widge | November 9, 1995

The Galleria retail building on South Main Street, which has been nearly empty for the past two years, will receive a vital infusion of new business in the next few months. The building, which contains Hilde's Salon, 60 Minute Photo and the New London Trust, was recently purchased by New London Trust for $1.5 million, less than half what it cost to build in 1984.

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Literary scholar to speak on Bakhtin's life and works

By Aditya Dutt | November 8, 1995

Dartmouth's Montgomery Fellow for the Fall term and Russian intellectual Vyacheslav Ivanov will present a lecture on the life and writings of Mikhail Bakhtin in Sanborn today at 4 p.m. Bakhtin, a Russian philosopher and literary scholar, was called an "exceptional figure both for his human qualities and scholarly ideas" by Ivanov in a recent press release. According to Ivanov, Bhaktin's belief that genuine dialogue was essential to the health of a culture has particular meaning in the polarized politics of the times.

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Hare Krishna visit stirs controversy

By Aditya Dutt | November 7, 1995

A "cultural exhibition" hosted by Alpha Theta coed fraternity last Friday night raised concern among some members of the administration. The exhibition, which primarily involved a presentation by members of the Hare Krishna temple of Boston, was attended by approximately 80 students, according to Samson Popowitz '97, Alpha Theta's president. The program began with a the presentation, followed by a concert by a Hare Krishna punk-rock band, Gandiva.

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Wilson features diverse repertoire in concert

By Michael A> Posey | November 7, 1995

Featuring an eclectic repertoire ranging from lush-tender love songs to scouring roadhouse jazz, Cassandra Wilson, did not disappoint her audience last Friday in the Spaulding Auditorium of the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts. Beginning with the title cover from her ninth and latest album "Blue Light 'Til Dawn," one of 1994's top selling jazz albums, Wilson ended and began with the same enthusiastic zeal which she sustained throughout the night. This love for music and jazz in particular was readily seen as Wilson stunned the crowd with her hearty, brazen voice.

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Blake, Shelton excel in 'Sacrificial Jones'

By Michael A> Posey | November 6, 1995

The Black Underground Theater captivated its audiences this weekend at the Bentley Theater in the Hopkins Center of Performing Arts with its presentation of a thought-provoking production entitled, "Sacrificial Jones." The play, written by J.R.

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Hop, WRC feature a forum on pornography

By Tom Jawetz | November 3, 1995

The Dartmouth Film Society's program "Hard Core: Cinema, Censorship and the Politicization of Sexuality" is a collection of clips from films which range from Edward Muybrige's attempts in the 1890s to break down human movement using split-second consecutive photographs of naked men and women walking, to today's shot-on-video pornos. The forum features Nina Hartley, who has acted and directed hard core pornography and has also taught a course at U.C.

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Wilson to perform with a four-piece band tonight

By Michael A> Posey | November 3, 1995

Young, beautiful, and now riding the waves of celebrityhood, Cassandra Wilson, is a chantreuse who has definitely come into her own. Lauded as the Sarah Vaughan of her generation by music critics throughout, Wilson will bring her suave, unabashed blues-inspired jazz to the Hopkins Center of Performing Arts tonight at 8 p.m in Spaulding Auditorium. Featuring an ecletic reportoire ranging from lush-tender love songs to scouring roadhouse jazz, Wilson is sure to satisfy any listerner's musical palette. Wilson has a voice that wins even non-listener over.

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'Rampo' features a surreal quality

By Tom Jawetz | November 3, 1995

Mystery, obsession, and dazzling special effects are waiting to astound you as Loew presents "The Mystery of Rampo" Saturday night, a film in which the line between reality and fantasy is crossed at every turn. Critics have called "Rampo" "a visual achievement of unprecedented psychedelic daring and invention." "The Mystery of Rampo" marks the directorial debut of long-time Japanese producer Kazuyoshi Okuyama.

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Skunk population growing in Hanover

By Elizabeth Tedesco | November 2, 1995

There is an explanation to the foul smells lingering around College buildings these days -- and it is not the refried beans from Food Court. Instead, officials said the offensive odors around campus can be blamed on an increase in the skunk population in Hanover. The number of skunk sightings in the Hanover area has increased considerably in the last few months, said Bill Hochstin, assistant director of Facilities, Operations and Management. "Skunks really don't have a natural predator around here," Hochstin said.

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BUTA addresses spiritual genocide in Ivy League

By Michael A> Posey | November 1, 1995

Featuring a strong ensemble of veteran stage actors, the Black Underground Theater will present "Sacrificial Jones" to the Dartmouth community at the Bentley Theatre in the Hopkins Center for Performing Arts this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. The play, written by JR Riddick '95, is billed as a production that will address spiritual genocide within the black Ivy League. Featuring an eclectic group of students, the play is directed by seasoned actress Marsha Blake '96, a drama major. Blake, the winner of the distinguished award for Best Actress in the 1992 Eleanor Frosts Plays, will make her directorial debut with this play. "The story centers around a group of semi-anonymous Dartmouth students who come to the College with their different and varied backgrounds," Blake said. The play challenges the audience to decide whether the students leave the College with better or worse experiences than when they arrived, Blake said. The play will last approximately two hours and it features two acts: "Epiphany" and "Armageddon." Although the play focuses primarily on Afro-American students, Blake emphasized that every student should be able to take something away from the it. "Eveybody should be interested ... [because] The play is very contemporary ... and it's very much about Dartmouth," Blake said. The cast includes Scott Ennover '98, Christian Felix '99, Lisana Gabriel '96, Karen Koontz '96, Steve McKoy '98, Shaunda Miles '99, Shani O'Neal and Mia Shelton '98. Admission to the play is free.

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