Arts

The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra performs their winter concert

By Nathan Hill | February 26, 2024

In collaboration with Roth Visiting Scholar Tomeka Reid, Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra performed music from Reid as well as composers Felix Mendelssohn and Jessica Pavone in a blend of musical styles.

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Review: Oscar-nominated, live-action shorts showcase powerful stories of emotional healing

By Emily Broome | February 26, 2024

This year’s Oscar-nominated, live-action short films explore how characters work through grief, loss and trauma while trying to find meaning in life-altering events.

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Student Spotlight: Raegan Padula ’24 develops her sound through both machine music and the French horn

By Ramsey Ash | February 23, 2024

Throughout her time at Dartmouth, Padula has developed her work in the classical, contemporary and jazz spheres.

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Displaced Theatre Company’s Umbra show features four student-created one-act plays

By Daisy Bleu Triggs | February 23, 2024

On Feb. 10 and 11, Displaced Theatre Company showcased its second rendition of Umbra, which included four one-act plays that were all written, directed and performed by Dartmouth students.

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Hood exhibition “Gilded: Contemporary Artists Explore Value and Worth” prompts viewers to look closer

By Lila Mahdi | February 19, 2024

The latest loan exhibition at The Hood explores societal values through the use of gold in art.

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Marcello Hernandez headlines Programming Board’s Valentine’s Day comedy show

By Jessica Sun Li | February 19, 2024

Opened by comedian and podcaster Maddie Wiener, Saturday Night Live star Marcello Hernandez performed at Collis Common Ground to an audience of around 200 students.

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‘A Renaissance’: Taking a Pulse on the Dartmouth Music Community

By Sofia Ortiz | February 16, 2024

Student musicians discussed Dartmouth’s thriving music scene but noted common limitations they face when creating and performing. 

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The Hood Museum opens its new winter exhibitions

By Celine Choi | February 12, 2024

The Winter Opening Event at the Hood featured new curations and a celebration of art aimed at building community.

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‘Constellations,’ an unusual play about modern love, opens at Northern Stage

By Avery Lin | February 12, 2024

Featuring a live pianist and an unusual story timeline, “Constellations” is a play that encourages the audience to explore memory and heartbreak.

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What Could It Mean? Exploring Art’s Relationship to Activism at Dartmouth

By Caitlin FitzMaurice | February 9, 2024

Students and faculty at Dartmouth reflect on how their artistic endeavors have strived to catalyze social change.

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Trends: What Makes a Good Movie Soundtrack?

By Emily Broome | February 9, 2024

The debate about whether a soundtrack’s virality or musical complexity constitutes a successful movie soundtrack remains controversial with the rise of social media.

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Trends: The 2000s Are Back with “Indie Sleaze”

By Celine Choi | February 5, 2024

The rise of indie sleaze on social media marks a turning point in popular culture and strays from the trends that dominated the past year.

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Review: ‘32 Sounds’ Opens Our Eyes to the Power of Sound

By Emily Broome | February 5, 2024

The Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green documents how a forgotten sense can add a richness to everyday life and preserve moments past.

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Bach or Glass? Frederic Chiu helps us decide

By Sophia Llibre | February 5, 2024

World-famous pianist Frederic Chiu recently performed at Dartmouth’s Rollins Chapel.

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Review: “Wonka” Draws Audience Members In With Its Visually-Stunning Effects and Compelling Story

By Emily Broome | February 2, 2024

The new prequel to Roald Dahl’s beloved “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” reminds us to keep dreaming.

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‘The Aristocrats’ from Sophie Cohen ’26 presents its early access staged reading

By Avery Lin | February 2, 2024

With support from the Dartmouth theater department, “The Aristocrats” takes a major step forward in its development with a staged reading.

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Trends: Spotify's evolution into a social platform

By Alexandra Surprenant | January 29, 2024

Spotify Wrapped and “Friend Activity”, mark the app’s shift from the private to public space.

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Panel with Osage Nation artists and leaders offers a space for dialogue, inspiration

By Ramsey Ash | January 26, 2024

Members of the Osage Nation who worked on the acclaimed film “Killers of the Flower Moon” sat down with Dartmouth students to discuss their art and pertinent issues for Indigenous people.

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Q&A with filmmaker Mariah Hernandez-Fitch ’23 on her film “Ekbeh”

By Emma Coulter | January 26, 2024

Hernandez-Fitch’s film “Ekbeh,” which was created as her senior thesis at Dartmouth and highlights Houma culture, was shown at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Frederic Chiu’s ‘Smackdown’ pits composers Bach and Glass against one another

By Avery Lin | January 26, 2024

Departing from typical classical piano performances, the “Time Travelers” edition of Chiu’s Smackdown encourages audience members to interact with the music.

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