Arts

From across the Atlantic, two residents look to share tides of history

For documentarian Nick Francis and author Joel Silveira Avila, the Azores aren’t just the subject of their latest projects — they’re part of who they are. Telling their stories through the lens and pen, together, they’ll explore the history of the...

Dartmouth high schoolers hit all the right notes

The Dartmouth High School color guard, indoor percussion and concert band groups have been busy recently, taking home several first place awards and preparing for future competitions. On Sunday, March 30, both the Dartmouth Varsity Winter Guard and...
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The ‘dynamix’ of another successful Dartmouth music group

Three years ago Samuel Bianco was hired at Dartmouth High School and quickly started a new program that would only go on to bring in more awards and accolades to the school’s successful music department. In its first year, with only 15 kids, the...

Spring into some evenings of art, wine and community

Reawaken that drive for art and join the Dartmouth Cultural Center for its spring exhibit, featuring 15 artists from around New England, this April. The member-driven show, “Awakening,” kicks off on Friday, April 4 with an artist reception from 5 p...

Percussionists drum up a delectable performance

Dressed as cooks, waitresses and diners from the mid-to-late 1900s, Dartmouth High School indoor percussionists performed “After hours at the diner,” a show about what happens after a diner closes. “People come in and have a good time. You meet a...

Hear the ‘true’ tale of the princess and the pea

Atop 20 “mattresses,” Dartmouth Middle School’s Aja Crockett will be settling down for a few restless nights this April. And it won’t be the dozens of eyes in the audience keeping her up, but rather a small pea wedged neatly beneath the tower of...

Giddy-up to the bingo corral

Shouts of “Bingo!” filled the Dartmouth High School cafeteria Sunday, March 16 as students in the Dartmouth High Theatre Company prepared for their upcoming production, “Gunfight at the Bingo Corral.” The play is an interactive comedy production...

New exhibit paints a picture of student artistry

Wrapping around the walls of the Dartmouth Cultural Center, 11 AP art students spent the morning of Wednesday, March 12 carefully arranging their artwork in preparation for the center’s annual Dartmouth High School AP Student Exhibition. For many of...

An encore in España: Dartmouth Orchestra takes their show abroad

This week, while the rest of the town shivers in the freezing winds of Massachusetts, 89 of its residents are traveling down the east coast of Spain, soaking up the sun in the 60-degree weather. However, “It’s not just a sight-seeing tour — this is...

Cosmic compositions: Southcoast Chamber Music Series plays to the tune of stars

It was a packed house two nights in a row for the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra’s Southcoast Chamber Music Series this weekend for their performance of “Galaxy” Feb. 1 and 2. At St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Dartmouth, attendees heard from three...

DeMello students tune into their voices

For 20 weeks, fourth graders at DeMello Elementary School prepared to perform what would be for many of them the first concert performance of their lives. “My idea for these concerts is that they’re part informant and part performance,” said Monique...

Author takes a page out of women’s look on life

Ever since he was three years old, women have been teaching Dartmouth author John Spooner life lessons, sharing advice, providing counsel, inspiring and educating him. Now, he’s sharing all that he has learned in his new book titled “Wake Up: A...

Pops concert makes it feel like Christmas

Wearing ugly Christmas sweaters, Santa hats and elf hats, Dartmouth High School Dynamix dancers opened up the annual Pops Concert with a dance to “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” performed by The Jackson 5. The annual concert, which took place on...

Eighth graders celebrate final holiday concert at the middle school

It was a packed house Wednesday, Dec. 18 when the Dartmouth Middle School sixth, seventh and eighth grade bands performed a selection of holiday songs. It was an array of tunes, even a few Halloween pieces, but much of it was what attendees have...

Tuning into the holiday spirit with the Fipple Fluters

Dartmouth got into the holiday spirit to the tune of four Fall River Fipple Fluters at the Russell Mills Schoolhouse Sunday, Dec. 15. A somewhat-annual tradition, group leader Judy Conrad said the group got started back in 1991 when she gifted her...

Stroll into the world of art with the Cultural Center

Warm white string lights now line the streets of Padanaram as the winter holidays approach. At the Cultural Center, wreaths hang from windows and the lights have made their way inside where artists dropped off their pieces Monday night for the...

Getting into the Christmas spirit at Dartmouth High School

When Grace Hughes was in the third grade, her first performance at Dartmouth High School was for “Elf: The Musical Junior.” Nearly a decade later, Hughes finds herself a senior about to perform as Emily Hobbs in the same play. Only this time, it is...

‘Kiln it’: Building community and making rare art in Dartmouth

Almost like Thanksgiving, on Saturday, Nov. 17, a community gathered around what could be considered a rather large oven, but instead of pulling out stuffed turkeys and casserole, artists were picking up their latest projects. What once started as...

Tune into the balance between music and ecosystems

As fish swam across the screen and snowy egrets and raccoons appeared, classical music washed over an audience in a demonstration showing the connection between ecosystems — in this instance salt marshes — and music. Animals on the screen embodied...

Revolutionary women of colonial America come to town

The year may be 2024, but on Saturday, Nov. 9 it was January 1774, just one month after the Boston Tea Party. The Daughters of Liberty were having a spinning bee, talking about the Tea Party, Phillis Wheatley and her poetry, Loyalists and politics...

‘A tradition of excellence’: Dartmouth secures another USBands championship win

Dartmouth High School marching band and color guard reached for the stars this season and now these students have found themselves among them. “A tradition of excellence,” is what Music Director Ian Flint called Dartmouth’s record of success, having...

Exploring the Berkshires with oil paint

The Berkshires may not be the first thing most people think of when they think of Massachusetts, but the region has captivated the interest of artist Marty Keating. “The Berkshires go back to the Native American era, and you feel that out there,”...

A twist on a tale as old as time

The entryway of the Smith Mills Christian Congregational Church was bustling Thursday, Oct. 24 as dozens of kids prepared to step into the fictional streets of France. Parent volunteers created teacups out of laundry baskets as costume designers...

Do the time warp again with UMass at the 31st Rocky Horror show

Hot patootie — bless their souls — 20 Cent Fiction really loves that Rocky Horror Picture Show. Returning for its 31st year, the theater company, one of two at UMass Dartmouth, has revamped the set and re-energized for yet another run, which will...

Reaching for the stars: Dartmouth music continues to go undefeated

Dartmouth High School marching band and color guard took home another win to put toward their undefeated season on Saturday, Oct. 19. Under the black sky and bright moon, members dressed in purple galaxy patterns took to Memorial Stadium field,...