Lewis’s “Big Short” Long on Entertainment
Michael Lewis, former Salomon Brothers trader and author of The Big Short (W.W. Norton). Image courtesy of Wokay.com.By Ke Ding Since the fateful and stunning…
Arts & Culture
Book Review: Sorkin’s First Rate Wall Street Autopsy
By Coleman E. Shear The strength of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s blow-by-blow account of the financial crisis as it unfolded from 2007 to 2009 is that…
Dartmouth’s Newest Buildings
An artist’s rendering of the new Life Sciences Center, still under construction.By Benjamin M. Riley The Dartmouth campus has a few features which one might…
Frank Stella Fulfills Montgomery Fellowship in Style
Stella’s “Irregular Polygons” are currently on exhibit at the Hood.By Benjamin M. Riley Dartmouth’s Montgomery Fellowship Program, part of the Montgomery Endowment, has historically been…
Virtuoso Valdés Shows How It’s Done
Chucho Valdes, shown here at the London Jazz Festival, founded the Cuban group Irakere in 1972.By William D. Aubin Watching Chucho Valdés, the man called…
Calloway Disappointing on Ledger Art
“Mountain Chief, Blackfeet War Leader,” an example of Native American ledger art currently on display at the Hood Museum. (Photo courtesy of Joseph Mehling ’68)By…
A 25th Birthday Celebration at the Hood
By Benjamin M. Riley The Hood, built in 1985, was designed by acclaimed architect Charles Willard Moore. The Hood Museum of Art claims to be…
Going Whole Hog: A Review of DBGB
By Benjamin M. Riley You may remember my last review, or you may not. If you do not recall, let me remind you that I…
Film Reviews: “The King’s Speech” and “The Social Network”
Colin Firth as King George VI in “The King’s Speech,” which played at this year’s Dartmouth showing of the Telluride Film Festival.“The King’s Speech” By…
Lloyd’s Bravura “Death” Performance at the Hop
Christopher Lloyd visited the Upper Valley to perform in a Hopkins Center production of “Death of a Salesman.”By Georgia Travers ‘13 Going into Saturday night’s…