Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College
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The Hopkins Center’s mission is to ignite and sustain a passion for the arts within Dartmouth and its greater community and to provide the core educational The Hopkins Center, designed by Wallace Harrison, the architect of Lincoln Center and the United Nations Building in New York City, has served as the cultural hub of the Dartmouth College campus in Hanover, NH, since it first opened in November 1962. In 1988 the “Hop” was named by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the nation’s exemplary performing arts centers.
Each year the Hop sells over 125,000 tickets to 100 or more live performances in virtually all genres of music, theater and dance, plus well over 200 film screenings and other events. The Hop also houses classrooms, studios and other facilities, as well as the offices of the Departments of Music, Theater, Film & Media Studies, and Studio Art.
The Hop offers a wide variety of co-curricular activities for arts majors and non-majors alike, and all Dartmouth students are eligible to participate on stage or behind the scenes. The Hop produces and presents the work of 8 professionally directed student music and dance ensembles. The Hop’s Student Workshops program provides well-equipped woodworking, jewelry and pottery studio facilities, and offers professional instruction from beginning to advanced levels.
Venues at the Hopkins Center include the 900-seat Spaulding Auditorium, the 480-seat Moore Theater, the Warner Bentley Theater, a flexible “black box” space with up to 180 seats, a small recital hall, plus rehearsal and practice rooms for music and drama. Art facilities include workshops, studios, and galleries.
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Cookies with puppets, wine with pianists, and post-show cocktails! Check out some highlights from our 2016-2017 Hop membership year. Members always get first access to tickets, invitations to exclusive events, and much, much, more. Visit hop.dartmouth.edu to join today for the 17-18 season.
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"I don't know how to put it into words, but I've never seen, heard, or felt anything like it."
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Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble Sat, May 13, 8 pm Don Glasgo’s Farewell Performance! Always a party, especially this year, as we celebrate the Coast’s seven talented seniors and Don Glasgo, retiring after 40 years as Coast director! https://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/bcjespring2017
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Justice and reconciliation triumph in this absorbing documentary about an unlikely survivor of Guatemala’s civil war. Discussion follows with director Ryan Suffern and Oscar.
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Watch the STEMArts performance with Molly Herron and TIGUE today at 5 pm at Glycofi Atrium, Thayer School! Free and open to the public
STEMArts concert will feature instruments made by students
“We have a hunch that some really magical things can happen when you embed an artist into a scientific department.” Hop programming director Margaret Lawrence. See this afternoon’s FREE performance at 5 pm in Glycofi Atrium, Thayer School of Engineering Dartmouth
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Dartmouth College Glee Club Sun, May 7, 2 pm THE SPLENDOR OF HANDEL, HAYDN AND MORE Revel in Baroque vocal eloquence as this all-student chorus sings excerpts from Handel’s opera Semele and Haydn’s choral masterpiece Te Deum, with chamber orchestra and student soloists.
John Prine: Jul 27
Join American legend and two-time Grammy winner John Prine for an unforgettable evening in an intimate venue. On sale to Hop members May 24. General ticket sales begin May 31. Visit hop.dartmouth.edu to become a member today!
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