Calendar of Events 2015
As we continue to add to our calendar of events, please check back often for updates.
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted
Through March 8
Hood Exhibition Drawn from the Hood's permanent collection, the works in Art of the Civil Rights Movement depict the diverse perspectives, experiences, and artistic visions of three artists--George Tooker, Lloyd McNeill, and Harry Benson--as they responded to major events of the 1960s civil rights movement. |
Thursday, January 15
Programmed by Geisel in conjunction with the MLK Celebration What are the connections between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin color? Our opening session will explore why we get sick in the first place, and why patterns of health and illness reflect underlying patterns of class and racial inequities. |
Friday, January 16
The Implications of Ferguson for Teaching: A Discussion Reverend Starsky Wilson, President & CEO of Deaconess Foundation in St. Louis, will talk about Ferguson and his work in St. Louis, and then lead a discussion with faculty. Rev. Wilson was recently selected by Missouri Governor Jeremiah Nixon, to co-chair the Ferguson Commission, credited to study and make specific recommendations for how to make progress on the issues raised by events in Ferguson. Provost Carolyn Dever and Professor Bruce Duthu will co-facilitate. Co-sponsored by DCAL and the Tucker Foundation. Faculty can register for this event at |
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Rockefeller Center Reverend Wilson is Pastor of Saint John's United Church of Christ, St. Louis, MO. He is also President & CEO of Deaconess Foundation and continues to be at the forefront of the effort to coordinate local and national protests in response to the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson (with other clergy and community members). |
Sunday, January 18
Community Multi-Faith Celebration Rev. Wilson will preach on "Selma to Ferguson: Why We Can't Wait." The service will include readings from the works of Rev. King and several faith traditions. There will be musical offerings by the Dartmouth Gospel Choir and the World Music Percussion Ensemble. |
Monday, January 19
Human Resources presents |
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s Speech at Dartmouth |
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Tucker Foundation Service Opportunity Stop in for a moment or spend all day at the quilting marathon for refugee relief. Join us to make quilts for global refugees with members of Our Savior Lutheran Church and Student Center (no skills required—if you can tie a knot, you can help!). Blankets will be sent to Lutheran World Relief. Last year, LWR sent $14.3 million worth of Quilts and kits to over 841,000 refugees. |
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Student Forum on Global Learning
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Presents |
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Keynote Address by Professor Ella LJ Bell Smith Reception to follow at the Top of the Hop |
Tuesday, January 20
Rockefeller Center The faculty panel will explore Dartmouth’s connections to the Civil Rights Movement, Dartmouth faculty participation in the movement, and how Dartmouth fraternities were shaped by the Movement. |
Wednesday, January 21
The Hood Museum of Art Presents The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, sent shockwaves worldwide and sparked riots around the United States. As Americans mourned King, Scottish-born photographer Harry Benson traveled between Memphis and Atlanta, capturing images of the marches and memorials organized in King’s honor, as well as poignant shots of King’s family as they grieved. Join the Hood Museum of Art’s Curatorial Assistant Jessica Womack ‘14 in a gallery talk about this exhibition. |
Thursday, January 22
Geisel School of Medicine Keynote |
Friday, January 23
Hopkins Center Film A.O. Scott says, “You want to see this movie, and you will want to talk about it afterward, even if the conversation feels a little awkward. If it doesn’t, you’re doing it wrong.” Dear White People follows four black students at an Ivy League college where riots break out after an ill-conceived “African American" themed party. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, this poignant comedy explores racial identity in "post-racial" America while weaving a universal story of forging one's unique path. D: Justin Simien, US, 2014, 100m General admission $8 ▪ Dartmouth ID/Children 12 & under $5 |
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Student Performance Showcase |
Saturday, January 24
Drew Cameron/Combat Paper Project Open House Workshops - Hand Papermaking At these drop-in workshops learn the ancient process of turning clothing rags into paper, creating one-of-a-kind artwork from military uniforms and other fabrics. Come when you're able; stay as long as you like. Ages 16 and up. See website for details |
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Hopkins Center Film Set in Thatcher-era England, this outrageous, heartfelt comedy tells the true story of an unlikely partnership. In solidarity, a small group of gay London activists travels to rural Wales to support a beleaguered village (Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton) during the 1984 miners strike. Needless to say, the townspeople are somewhat flummoxed by their champions. This is the Holy Grail for filmmakers: a story with a message that is also shamelessly entertaining, moving and funny. D: Matthew Warchus, UK, 2014, 120m General admission $8 ▪ Dartmouth ID/Children 12 & under $5 |
Sunday, January 25
Hopkins Center Film This exhilarating documentary is a must-see for anyone dissatisfied with current gender politics—it will answer questions you didn’t even know you had. She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, brilliant activists who founded the modern women’s movement from 1966 to 1971. Artfully combining archival imagery with interviews with key leaders, the film dramatizes the evolving feminist movements in all their quarrelsome, scandalous, hilarious and heart-wrenching glory. D: Mary Dore, US, 2014, 92m General admission $8 ▪ Dartmouth ID/Children 12 & under $5 |
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Open House Workshops - Hand Papermaking At these drop-in workshops learn the ancient process of turning clothing rags into paper, creating one-of-a kind artwork from military uniforms and other fabrics. Come when you're able; stay as long as you like Ages 16 an up. See website for details. |
Monday, January 26
Drew Cameron/Combat Paper Project Artist Respond to War, Part 1 -Combat Paper Project In this artist talk, Drew Cameron discusses the Combat Paper Project and how his creative process generates national conversations on the nature of warfare and military service. For more info, contact Hop Outreach at 603.46.2010. |
Tuesday, January 27
ID&E Film Presentation A gardener in East LA struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had. |
Wednesday, January 28
Presented by Geisel School of medicine in conjunction with the MLK Celebration Panelists Dr.s Bowie and Winkfield and others will present patient case studies around healthcare access in an interactive, small group format. |
Thursday, January 29
Martin Luther King Jr. Student Group Holly Fell Sateia Award Ongoing Commitment Lifetime Achievement Lester B. Granger '18 award for Lifetime Achievement |
Friday, January 30
Hopkins Center Film In January 2013, Filmmaker Laura Poitras started receiving encrypted e-mails from "citizen four" - Edward Snowden, who was ready to blow the whistle on the NSA's massive covert surveillance programs. This 100% real-life thriller unfolds by the minute as Poitras and Snowden attempt to manage the raging media storm, forced to make quick decisions that will impact their lives-and the world's. General admission $8 ▪ Dartmouth ID/Children 12 & under $5 |
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Hopkins Center Performance One of Africa's most beloved musical ambassadors, Zimbabwe's "Tuku" concocts an ecstatic, irresistibly danceable blend of traditional and contemporary African music, backed by a band playing modern and traditional instruments. Singing intricate melodies in Shona, Ndebele and English, and executing loose-limbed dance moves and shimmering guitar licks, Tuku gives voice to people's daily struggles and the call for tolerance and peace. Tickets at hop.dartmouth.edu |
Sunday, February 8
Dartmouth Film Society Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle) delivers a fierce performance as Noni, a young singer on the verge of superstardom. Shaped from childhood by her steely stage mom (Minnie Driver), she struggles for validity in an industry built on female hyper-sexuality and public perception. Lights strikes a risky, but successful balancing act between being immensely entertaining as a hip-hop romance and making dramatic, important statements about depression, self-worth and female empowerment. General admission $8 ▪ Dartmouth ID/Children 12 & under $5 |
Tuesday, March 31/Wednesday, April 1
Hopkins Center for the Arts Performance MacArthur "genius" choreographer Abraham, whose Another Night (2012) the Hop commissioned for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns with a new work marking 150 years since the Emancipation Porclamation and 20 since the end of South African apatheird. Set to spirituals and scores by Nico Muhly and Robert Glasper, Wolves features Abraham's "smart....self-aware and luscious" (The New York Times) dance vocabulary fusing classical and modern styles. Tickets at hop.dartmouth.edu. |