Our student ensembles are busy creating compelling performances and wide-ranging discussions. The Wind Ensemble brings us the Culley Concerto Competition, a continued exploration of composer Leroy Anderson and their annual spring concert. The Coast invites us to a new Creative Music Conversation series. And Dartmouth Idol Finals rounds out the season with a bang.

In a co-production with the Music Department and Dartmouth Opera Lab, The Medium immerses us into the lyrical, lurid world of Madame Flora. The Department of Theater presents a unique combination of music, theater and movement in The Radical Joy Project. Broadway legend Dianne McIntyre talks about her expansive career in the next Hop to Broadway.And the Hop Workshops continue to provide free woodworking and jewelry demonstrations.

A week-long, international symposium, featuring 50+ artists, activists, alumni, students and scholars exploring this complex, global and urgent issue. Speakers include Daniel Bernard Roumain, who has been in residence at the Hop this year, and actor Roger Guenveur Smith in a timely talk about his theatrical work on Rodney King.
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As the world takes a collective deep breath, storytelling remains as vital as ever. Whether experienced on a phone or a big-screen TV, tales of our fellow man bind us and remind us of our capacity for curiosity, empathy and joy. To this end, the Spring Film Slate explores human connections.

Warmer weather also signals the return of two beloved shorts programs: the 2021 Women's Adventure Film Tour and The Oscar-Nominated Shorts (Live Action, Animation and Documentary). The latter provides an exclusive opportunity to see these wonderful cinematic nuggets before the Oscar ceremony on April 25.

Acclaimed artists Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan join forces for an impassioned performance. Kayhan Kalhor brings us Lost in the Desert Sky, a celebration and memoriam of vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian. Create your own family adventure with Australia’s Mountain Goat Mountain’s interactive virtual event.

We continue our celebration of Queer and Two-Spirit performing arts in Native America, with Storme Webber’s tale of an Indigenous refugee family, DeLesslin George-Warren’s new work, weaving artistry and scholarship. The series culminates with an artist roundtable that reflects on Indigenous activism, acknowledging the land and artistic and personal journeys. Alongside this year-long series is a transformative panel discussion on the state of Indigenous jewelry today hosted by the Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio and The Hood Museum of Art.