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West House Blanket Knitting Project

Knitting purple squares

Come create knitted and crochet squares for a great big West House blanket, with postdoctoral research fellow in astronomy (and West House member) Lauranne Lanz,
Tuesdays 7:30-9:00 pm in the Hyphen

Beginners are welcome as well as experienced crafters. We’ll have instructions, tools, and purple yarns. For questions, please email Lauranne at (Lauranne.Lanz@dartmouth.edu)

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Shows at the Hop 17W

West House has available free tickets for House members to attend a number of world-class performances at the Hopkins Center each term. Please see below the list of upcoming performances for the current term. If you’d like tickets, please contact House Administrator Pamela Duffy at Pamela.K.Duffy@dartmouth.edu.
WINTER TERM 2017
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s “Bird Calls”
Fri Jan 27 2017 – 8:00 PM
A fiery, forward-looking tribute to jazz icon Charlie “Bird” Parker by one of today’s most celebrated sax players.
Danish String Quartet
Tue Jan 31 2017 – 7:00 PM
Program includes Beethoven’s bracing, soulful E-minor quartet and the sounds of Scandinavia in luscious arrangements of sprightly folk tunes.
Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble
Fri Feb 10 2017 – 8:00 PM
41st Annual Winter Carnival Concert: A big band celebration of funk, R&B, James Bond & jazz with guest artists Joe Bowie, Steven Bernstein, Bahnamous Bowie and JT Lewis.
PAN Project
Wed Feb 15 2017 – 7:00 PM
Masters of some of East Asia’s most expressive traditional instruments improvise thrilling new music.
(PAN project will also be performing at the West House Professor’s Residence on Thursday, Feb 16!)
World Music Percussion Ensemble
Sat Feb 18 2017 – 8:00 PM
Dance Party! Get ready to move to pulsating polyrhythms from Venezuela, Peru, Cuba and Brazil, with interludes of DJ-spun dance tunes.
Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble
Sun Feb 19 2017 – 2:00 PM
Dancing in the Wind, performed with the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble. Works by Zach Wadsworth, Ken Hesketh and John Mackey.
Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra
Sat Feb 25 2017 – 8:00 PM
Program includes Sibelius’ Violin Concerto (with soloist Orestis Lykouropoulos ’17) and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.
Sally Pinkas, piano
Tue Mar 07 2017 – 7:00 PM
Hop pianist-in-residence performs solo works from Schumann, a meditative Bach partita and more.
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Assistant Director: Darby Wiggins

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I am the Assistant Director of Residential Education of West House, and I live in Room 113 on the first floor of Fahey. While originally from The Great Land of Alaska, I have spent the majority of my life in the Washington DC area.  Most recently, I worked at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) where I served in both graduate academic affairs/student services roles and in student conduct/student development roles.  My educational background is quite varied, with degrees in Government and Politics, Environmental Science and Higher Education Administration. In my spare time I enjoy anything the outdoors, exploring the Upper-Valley, rowing, furniture restoration/repurposing and volunteering.  I look forward to not only working with faculty, staff and students, but the cold and snowy winters.