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Review: ‘Come From Away’ at Northern Stage is a reminder of humanity’s capacity for goodness

The date September 11, 2001, is seared in America’s national memory as a day of collective grief and profound horror. Yet it is within this context of national tragedy that Canadian couple Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s hit musical “Come From Away” tells a true story of universal compassion. The Tony-nominated musical has made its way to White River Junction’s very own Northern Stage. Directed by Carol Dunne, the 100-minute local production opened previews on Sept. 24, marking the first show of...
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Hood Museum hosts special tour of two current exhibitions

On Feb. 19, the Hood Museum of Art hosted 26 community members for a special guided tour of two of its current exhibitions: “Attitude of Coexistence: Non-Humans in East Asian Art” and “Beyond the Bouquet: Arranging Flowers in American Art.” 
The tour began with an exploration of the “Attitude of Coexistence” exhibition, showcased by associate curator Haely Chang, who developed the presentation. The exhibition examines the connection between non-human subjects and human counterparts, Chang said....
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Still North celebrates five years of community and comfort

On Dec. 19, 2024, Still North Books & Bar — an independent bookstore and cafe located at 3 Allen Street — celebrated its five-year anniversary with a public event featuring food, games and an open mic. Approximately 100 people attended the celebration, which lasted from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. 
“It’s crazy that it’s been only five years since Still North has opened,” patron Dulce Silva ’25 said. “They’ve done so much to just be a part of the community and make people feel at home. Just being here, it’s...
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Author Lucy Ives gives reading at Sanborn Library

On Oct. 31, author Lucy Ives read from her recently released essay collection, “An Image of My Name Enters America,” at Sanborn Library. The event, which was attended by approximately 30 people, was the latest in the English Department’s Cleopatra Mathis Poetry & Prose Series. 
Ives, the 2023-2025 Bonderman Assistant Professor of the Practice in Literary Arts at Brown University, has published 15 books. In addition to her new collection, released on Oct. 15, she is also the author of “Anamnesis”...
Titan Tribune •

Review: Margaret Rogerson's Sorcery of Thorns combines fairytale whimsy with bold adventure

It has often been noted that the sign of a good author – indeed a brilliant one – can be seen in the way their words seem to leap off the page, the way they can breathe life into imaginative stories found only in daydreams, the way their books come to life in the hands of their readers. 
Margaret Rogerson takes this concept to the next level in her latest novel Sorcery of Thorns, where libraries provide the foundation for the fairytale-sque world of Austermeer and magical grimoires come to life...
Titan Tribune •

New York City’s New Reading Program Has No Place on the Classroom Bookshelf

On Thursday May 11, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans for the mandated implementation of a phonics-based reading curriculum known as “New York Reads,” effective by next school year.

New York City is one of several locations throughout the United States that are overhauling their traditional reading curricula in favor of one based on an educational theory known as the science of reading.

Where, traditionally, many educators have used the popular approach known as “balanced literacy...
Titan Tribune •

When Praise Becomes Poison

They used to give us gold stars.

“Good jobs” on the top of graded papers.

Smiley faces that accompanied the A+’s and 100%’s and walked hand in hand with us out the classroom door.

Our parents taped them to the refrigerator, beamed at us when we presented them with a fresh new mark of ink on a page, whispered the scores proudly to the other parents at soccer fields and book club meetings.

Logically, I know that there was a time before this. When grades didn’t seem to matter so much, and my li...
Titan Tribune •

YA Fall Book Recommendations

Autumn is in the air, and you know what else is? Fall books! Whether you love reading or loathe it, we are positive that at least one of our Fall selections will pique your interest. So, snuggle up with a blanket and grab a warm cup of cider, because we’re about to count town our top (wink) YA recommendations for this spooky fall season!

1. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Tags: Law & Crime, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, Thriller/Suspense, YA fiction

Calling all true crime...

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Review: ‘Mountainfilm on Tour’ is a moving portrait of ordinary heroes

I am a sucker for adventure documentaries, from “Free Solo” to “Edge of the Unknown.” So when I saw that the Hopkins Center for the Arts was showing “Mountainfilm on Tour,” I was ready to be similarly enraptured. Curated from the annual Mountainfilm festival held in Telluride, Co., it promised an “evening of adventure-packed short films.” 
Unfortunately, the film failed to live up to this promise. However, “Mountainfilm on Tour” effectively portrayed human resilience, beyond the world of sports....
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Review: ‘An Evening with Renée Elise Goldsberry’ was a dazzling love letter to the unifying power of music

For campus Broadway buffs and “Hamilton” fans, the evening of Oct. 17 was a night to remember. Renée Elise Goldsberry, the actress and singer who originated the role of Angelica Schuyler in “Hamilton” on Broadway, visited Dartmouth as part of the reopening weekend of the Hopkins Center for the Arts for an “evening of song.” Goldsberry’s 90-minute show was the first live performance on the newly-renovated David A. Graves Stage in Spaulding Auditorium at the Hop.
Like many of the events held over...
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Hood Museum hosts Korean contemporary artist Choe U-Ram for an artist talk

Members of the Dartmouth community gathered in the Hood Museum of Art’s Gilman Auditorium on May 15 to listen to Korean contemporary artist Choe U-Ram reflect on his artistic journey. His art is featured in the exhibit “Attitude of Coexistence: Non-Humans in East Asian Art,” which has been displayed at the Hood since November 2024.
Choe’s work is characterized by a combination of the mechanical and the natural. With the help of complex robotics and engineering, Choe crafts kinetic sculptures — w...
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Duncan Watson talks trash — and recycling — at Still North reading

On Jan. 29, approximately 20 people gathered in Still North Books & Bar for a reading from new author Duncan Watson. Watson read from “Everyone’s Trash: One Man Against 1.6 Billion Pounds,” his debut memoir about the “human connection with trash,” he said. 
To Watson, who has been running Keene, N.H.’s solid waste program for 33 years, that human-trash connection is a positive one — a sentiment he hoped to communicate in the book. The book, released on Nov. 15, 2024, comes at a good time — we ar...
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Hood Museum celebrates new exhibitions with fall opening ceremony

On Oct. 10, the Hood Museum of Art hosted its annual fall opening celebration to showcase the 12 exhibitions currently on display — eight of which are newly curated exhibitions on topics ranging from societal and cultural relationships with food to reflections on colonization. Visitors enjoyed music performed by jazz vocalist Grace Wallace while viewing the exhibitions located around the Hood’s 16 galleries. 
In addition to live music, the evening featured refreshments, giveaways and remarks fro...
Titan Tribune •

The Key to Communication: Why Penmanship is Necessary

Anything I hand-write and give to another comes with a disclaimer: Let me know if you can’t read anything. Most everyone — my friends, my family, my teachers, on more than one occasion — can agree that my handwriting is a disaster. Illegible. Unintelligible. A monstrosity. It wasn’t for a lack of trying. I was taught how to write cursive in the first grade. I force myself to slow down, painstakingly carve each character out one by one to ensure they’re neat, and yet without fail, my handwriting...
Titan Tribune •

Revenge Bedtime Procrastination: What Is It and How Can We Avoid It?

It’s past your bedtime, and you know it.
After a long day of studying for exams/meeting with coworkers/working on projects, you’re drained and bone-weary and can’t wait to fall into bed where you might finally get some reprieve. By the time you do end up in bed, however, you don’t go to sleep. Instead, you read a few chapters from a book, answer text messages, doom scroll through Instagram, and hey, while you’re at it, you might as well check out the online sales you’ve been meaning to look at....
Titan Tribune •

Introducing the 2024 Grammy Nominees

On November 10th, the Recording Academy released the full list of nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards. The list celebrates recordings released between October 1, 2022 and September 15, 2023.
“From breakthrough acts to legacy artists, we are amazed by all the musicians recognized for their outstanding contributions to music today. We can’t wait to spotlight these remarkable creators and celebrate another amazing year in music on February 4,” Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, said...
Titan Tribune •

The Rise of Rupi Kaur and the Mainstream Poet

When I revived my love of poetry in ninth grade (not that it ever really died; I still have the horrible rhymes to prove it), I decided I needed a poetry book, something to coach me on what “good poetry” looked like. A Google search gave me a list of the “top poetry books,” and after hours spent weeding out the old white guys (sorry Walt Whitman), I settled on the top poet of 2017 and modern poetry darling: Rupi Kaur.
So, when I skimmed the content of Kaur’s newest book with high expectations, s...
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Dominion v. Fox News: Everything You Need to Know

The Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News finally came to a close on Tuesday April 18 as Fox News settled for $787.5 million, making headlines as one of the largest defamation settlements in US history.

Although the trial itself is more recent news with articles concerning both parties continuing to be released, the roots of this lawsuit can be traced back to the 2020 presidential election. In the days and weeks following the election results, then-President Donald Trump a...
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Metotep: CB South’s Literary & Art Magazine

Metotep is CB South’s very own literary and art magazine. The club emphasizes the promotion of awareness and appreciation for the expressive arts as well as the development of student participation through shared interests.

Every year, club members work to compile creative student works culminating in one major publication at the end of each school year.

Throughout the year, students can submit projects that they have completed in classes or things that they have produced in their free time to...
Titan Tribune •

Adult Fall Book Recomendations

Want something to read with a bit more substance, something a bit more mature with heavier topics but still keeping the fall vibe? Then check this list out!

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Tags: magic, romance, whimsical, fall

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”

The Circus of Dreams is simply that: a world made for dreamers. To the unsuspecting visitors of the fast-moving and mystical event, the circus is j...