Arts

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...
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‘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,...

A vocalist and string quartet come together in an unlikely pairing

A deep baritone voice, accompanied by a string quartet and pianist, blanketed the audience in St. Peter’s Episcopal Church during a South Coast Chamber Music concert on Sunday, Oct. 13. The South Coast Chamber Music Series is a series of concerts...

Author’s poems shine in evening poetry reading

As the sun set, poet Matthew Porto read from his new book, “Moon Grammar.” With the lights dimmed low, Porto read by candlelight and soon with the moon as a backdrop. On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Dartmouth Cultural Center hosted Porto and Charlie Riggs...

Tuned into the trees with gratitude at the Lloyd Center

For its fourth year, the Lloyd Center for the Environment’s Music in the Woods event returned, bringing an array of classical and folksy tunes. Though the event was rained out on Saturday, attendees were able to come the following Sunday, Sept. 22...

Rain doesn’t stop the painting in Padanaram’s ‘plein air’

For the second year in a row, the Dartmouth Cultural Center’s Wet Paint Padanaram event was postponed due to inclement weather. Though Sunday, Sept. 22 provided a bit of sun and some colorful clouds to draw from, the wind still posed a bit of...

Wet Paint rescheduled due to rain

The Dartmouth Cultural Center has rescheduled its 6th annual “Wet Paint Padanaram” plein air event for Sunday, Sept. 22 due to rain. The event sends artists out into the community to paint their surroundings, with a focus on the natural environment...

Explore the paradox of life at the Cultural Center

Despite the fact people can die at any moment, they continue to exist as if life is “fixed and unquestionable,” developing relationships, pursuing careers and investing in housing. This “Permanent Impermanence” is the theme of the latest exhibit to...

Torch and tide: Exploring the elements in Dartmouth studios

Through the filtered safety glasses, the studio of Melynda Schudrich began to glow and warm as her torch reached 2,400 degrees. “It definitely gets hot,” Schudrich said. Spinning the tube with her creation at the end, Schudrich keeps the hot glass...

‘Permanent Impermanence’: What does it look like to accept nothing lasts forever?

Despite the fact people can die at any moment, they continue to exist as if life is “fixed and unquestionable,” developing relationships, pursuing careers and investing in housing. This “Permanent Impermanence” is the theme of the latest exhibit to...

A canvas cruise: Visitors of the Art Drive see art on the go

It was quite the hot day Saturday, Aug. 3, but that didn’t deter those seeking a glimpse into the world of art in Westport and Dartmouth, according to Beverly Carter, one of the founders of The Art Drive. This was the drive’s 16th year, and featured...

Tuning into a Dartmouth summer

She may be little at only 5 years old, but Leighton Zandan is a big Beatles fan. Zandan and her grandmother, Nancy Bedro, of Dartmouth, sat in colorful foldable chairs at Apponagansett Park Thursday, Aug. 1, snacking on chicken fingers while waiting...

A divine duet: Dartmouth couple publish works on spirituality

When Michael Hickey was in his 40s, he found himself in the “wastelands” of corporate America, unhappy with the way profits were prioritized over people. That’s when he decided to fulfill his “lifelong dream” of studying theology and writing books...

Community band concert 50 years in the making

Leon Sepuka was 33 when he decided to join the Dartmouth Community Band in 1974. His goal was to learn to read music and to develop the skills to join what so many people were listening to back then _ a disco band. Fifty years later, he sat among...

Booked solid: Dartmouth libraries continues to offer author speaker series

The average library cannot afford to host two to three well-known authors, but through the Library Speakers Consortium’s AuthorsLive Program, Dartmouth has made presentations and discussions with dozens of best-selling authors available to residents...

Rock out all summer long at Apponagansett Park

The first six performances of the Apponagansett Park Summer Concert series have come and gone, but six more shows will round out the summer. Every Wednesday until Aug. 28, a new local or regional band will take the stage and provide good tunes and...

The unlikely beginning of a memoir on addiction and recovery

At a bar in Mexico City, Dartmouth’s Devin Corey found himself explaining his recently completed memoir manuscript to a lifelong friend and their colleague when a woman walks in appearing intoxicated and passes out on a sofa. As Corey continued...

Dartmouth on display: Cultural center show to highlight member artists

The Dartmouth Cultural Center was closed to the public on Monday, July 8, but all afternoon artists filed in and out of the building delivering artwork for the Center’s upcoming “What’s your Jam” Member-Guest Invitational show. Approximately 20...

Mishaum Point inspires setting, themes for literary thriller

When a law school graduate takes up a summer job as a tennis pro in a gated summer community to make ends meet, he finds himself entangled in a transactional affair with an older divorced woman while simultaneously falling in love with someone his...

Indulge that creative drive

The Art Drive will open its creative space to the community for a scenic tour of works from the area’s artists from 10 a.m to 5 p.m on August 2 and 4. Twenty six painters, ceramic artists, photographers, jewelers, fiber artists and woodworkers will...

Dartmouth Community Band kicks off 50th season

Standing in the back row of the Dartmouth Community Band, Percussionist Neil Sylvia said he loves to watch the dynamics play out in front of him. “I get to see a 70 year old next to a 14 year old next to a 30 year old. I get to see professional...

Author Tiffany Jewell on inequities in the school systems

Author Tiffany Jewell will highlight the inequities students of color face in preK-12 while presenting her book as part of an online series hosted by the Dartmouth Public Library on Thursday, June 20th at 2 p.m. Her book, “Everything I Learned About...

Artists exhibit locally crafted ceramics and sculptures

As a kid, ceramic artist Cali Amy used to visit her grandparents in Dartmouth – now she lives here, and draws inspiration for her work from the town’s woods, beaches, and marshes. Almy paired up with her sculptor husband, Whitmore Boogaerts, to...

Take a Bow to host finn-tastic performance of ‘The Little Mermaid’

A Dartmouth-based youth theater company is taking audiences under the sea with its upcoming production of “The Little Mermaid.” The company, Take a Bow Theater, is a musical theater troupe for local children in grades two through eight. One of the...