Described by jazz critics as a "bluegrass band" and by bluegrass critics as a "jazz band," The Wayfaring Strangers is neither.
Dartmouth seniors obtain degrees in a variety of disciplines and then go on to jobs in the "real world." But a number of students are going to live out their dreams as full-time artists. Liv Rooth '03 has been acting since the beginning of grade school and will continue to do so beyond Hanover.
Much singing, running, laughing and running will be heard in Bentley Theater tonight as Dartmouth's musical theater group, the Harlequins, presents two performances of "Little Shop of Horrors." The Howard Ashman and Alan Menken-penned musical, which is based on the 1960 Roger Corman movie, traces the story of Seymour Krelbourn (Adam Ballard '00), a lowly Skid Row flower-shop employee, as he finds a "strange and interesting plant" after a solar eclipse and subsequently rises to fame. Katy Flynn-Meketon '05, one of the student directors, said "Little Shop of Horrors" is the biggest show the Harlequins has done in recent years.
"Clarity is good, but I'm a little too clear sometimes," the singer-songwriter who goes by the name of Syd admitted before his performance at the Big Green Bean Friday night.
Playing guitars, drums, bowed bass, a mandolin, a tambourine and a penny-whistle, American Music Award winners Carbon Leaf enlivened Collis Commonground Friday night with a high-energy performance of Celtic-roots rock music. They kicked off their set with the mandolin-driven "Wanderin' Around" and didn't let up until nearly two hours later with an encore performance of Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train." Then they took time to talk to The Dartmouth about their fledgling career. The Richmond, Va.
Every fall, leaf peepers herd to Hanover to see the picturesque red, green, orange and yellow trees.
In her seventh solo album, Tori Amos takes a back seat to the world but a front seat to herself as she plays the role of Scarlet -- the name of a woman trekking across the country, and perhaps also the color of bleeding pains.
Boston, New York and Los Angeles clubs give scholarships, throw parties and rekindle the Dartmouth spirit