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Marsalis does not disappoint

By Aditya Dutt | February 1, 1994

"And that's kind of our motto...to swing at all cost," declared Wynton Marsalis to the eager crowd of over 600 before his septet began their first set.

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Wynton Marsalis - a true artist

By Aditya Dutt | January 31, 1994

When real ground is broken in jazz, it rarely happens in the study hall or the practice room. It is carved out slowly, during nightly jam sessions and club dates, those once-in-a-lifetime, live performances when everything finally comes together.

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Suit against Merry Meadow dismissed

By Steven Hoffman | January 27, 1994

The Grafton County Superior Court recently dismissed a lawsuit challenging Merry Meadow Farm's right to open a for-profit facility in Hanover for individuals recovering from emotional and mental illness. Neighbors complained the facility lowered their property value and filed a lawsuit last year to stop Merry Meadow from opening. Merry Meadow received special zoning board approval last May to establish a seven-patient facility at 1 Prospect Street, two blocks west of Everything But Anchovies. The board's decision granted Merry Meadow the same zoning exception that allows David's House, the building's current owner, to operate a non-profit home for the families of children receiving treatment at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center within the town's residential district. But the out-of-state owners of a neighboring house filed a lawsuit last summer against the town of Hanover alleging that the zoning board improperly considered the Merry Meadow case. The plaintiffs, Anne Johnson and Deborah Johnson Pyles, inherited the property at 3 Prospect Street and claimed the board's decision caused its value to drop. Johnson and Pyles sold their house a few weeks after filing the suit and dropped the case but Hanover attorney Bill Clausen filed a motion with the court on behalf of another neighbor, Ann Stalter, to substitute her as the plaintiff. Last week, Judge Edward Fitzgerald rejected the motion and dismissed the case. "... Nowhere in her pleadings does [Stalter] claim that she is a person whose rights may be directly affected by the outcome of the appeal," Fitzgerald wrote. Neither Stalter nor Merry Meadow officials could be reached for comment. The pending case, however, did not deter Merry Meadow from moving ahead with their plans to open a Hanover facility, Merry Meadow directors said last August.

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Visiting writer Thomas to read from her short stories

By Susan Zieger | January 27, 1994

Most students tackling an English major in creative writing at any college expect their professors to critique their poems and lecture a little on prosody, but writer-in-residence Audrey Thomas has life lessons to teach as well. A full-time writer lured to Dartmouth through the Dickey Endowment to teach the introductory course in the creative writing program this Winter, Thomas provides a model of the modern writer's life, which she describes as "the most free life" one can have. Thomas is the author of twelve books, both collections of short stories and novels.

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Pat Adams - exploring intimacy

By Jason Casell | January 26, 1994

Artist in residence Pat Adams is not just any abstractionist; she has utilized geometrics, specifically circles, in a way that evokes such intimate emotion and desire that you are immediately drawn into her intense spherical universe. Adams will be at the College for the Winter term and currently has some unique work displayed in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery right before you reach the Hinamn boxes. "I am a living example of what can be accomplished," Adams said.

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Dirt Cowboy Cafe showcases talents of artist Pat Barsanti

By Alina Mogollon | January 25, 1994

Dreams and the dark side of the human soul are just some of the themes covered by Pat Barsanti's artwork currently on display at the Dirt Cowboy Cafe on Main Street. The abstract paintings, done in watercolors, deal mostly with aspects of ourselves, escapism and choices that we need to make. Barsanti's love of nature comes through in the collection.

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'Shadowlands' - the inner C.S. Lewis

By Susan Zieger | January 24, 1994

"We read to know we're not alone." "Experience is a brutal teacher. But you learn-my God, you learn!" "I'm not particularly sure God wants us to be happy." This is the homespun philosophy of "Shadowlands," a competent little love story crafted to wring tears from the stoniest of hearts.

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Town lacks women officers

By Maggie Lockwood | January 20, 1994

There are no women officers on the Hanover police force. Kurt Schimke, the Hanover police chief for the last six years, says this is not unusual. Few women apply for jobs as officers because societal bias and stereotypes have traditionally defined police work as a male profession, Schimke said. "It is a complicated issue," Schimke said.

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'Feast of Song' is a flawed hit

By Joe Marcheso | January 20, 1994

The Chamber Singers triumphed last weekend at their annual Feast of Song in Webster Hall. From the opening of the musical program, Clement Janequin's "Je ne fut jamais si aise" to Claude le Jeune's exultant "Revecy venir du printans," the Chamber Singers brought a confident, clear, dynamically attuned performance to some of the same music that had troubled them earlier in the season. Last Friday, there were no signs of any uncomfortability; indeed the smaller ensembles, specifically in "La Belle Aronde," showed great capacity to handle the most intricate demands of the music.

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Exhibit transcends periods

By Will Eckhert | January 19, 1994

Everyone loves to ply labels, from arts writers to art historians, yet Alison Bishop '94, in conjunction with co-curator Richard Rand, provides an alternative to the fixedly labelled, epochal structure of traditional art history with her "Medieval into Renaissance" show. The exhibit, now showing in the Hood Museum of Art, focuses on the gradual shift between the two artistic eras, examining painting, sculpture, engravings and manuscripts as media in transition.

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Snow taxes resources of College and town

By David Hemmer | January 13, 1994

If there is a foot of snow on every inch of the 106 miles of road in the Hanover area, it would fill Webster Hall more than 250 times. Together, the College and the town of Hanover are charged with the task of plowing, shoveling, salting and sanding to keep the roads and sidewalks safe after a snowstorm. The town expects to use 1,700 tons of salt; 5,000 tons of sand; and spend more than $118,000 in snow removal efforts this year, Highway Superintendent Leo Hamill said. Last year the College spent over $400,000 to get rid of its share of the snow, according to John Gratiot, associate director of facilities, operations and management.

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Subway gives town national flavor

By Scott Anthony | January 13, 1994

Subway, a popular national chain of sandwich shops, recently moved into the same building as Ben and Jerry's on Lebanon Street. Subway opened in the middle of December, Owner Jamie Parker said.

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New art exhibits

By Jason Casell | January 12, 1994

The Studio Art Department has a renowned set of artists on display this month. Four new exhibits will open in the Hopkins Center exhibition area. The exhibits will include works of resident artist Pat Adams, Luciana Frigerio, Pat Kennan and Duncan Hewitt. Adams' exhibit, which opened yesterday in the Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries, consists primarily of oils on linen and acrylics on paper. Adams graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley in 1949 and was later awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for travel in France. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and has won the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters' Hassam purchase award four times. She will give a lecture in Loew Auditorium January 18 at 4:30 p.m.

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