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Tuesday, Apr 16, 2024

Arts & Culture


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Sparrow Art Supply has a new nest

44 Main Street was abuzz with the happy chatter of a crowd of art-lovers on Friday, April 5 at Sparrow Art Supply’s Grand Reopening Party. Since the store’s opening two years ago, it has occupied a lower-level space at 52 Main Street.


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“Found Dog Ribbon Dance” barks up the right tree

“Found Dog Ribbon Dance,” a play by Brooklyn, N.Y.–based playwright Dominic Finocchario, opened at the Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre on Thursday, April 4, as the first of the two spring faculty theater productions. 


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Reel Critic: “Dune: Part Two”

Denis Villeneuve has never been shy about his adoration for “Lawrence of Arabia.” The 56-year-old Canadian filmmaker first saw David Lean’s 1962 epic when he was 19, and the film, which Villeneuve calls “the perfect movie,” has held a grip on his imagination ever since.


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The Prism Center for Queer and Trans Life opens its doors

The Prism Center for Queer and Trans Life. Located in the Farrell House at 24 Hillcrest Road, the building was packed from wall to wall with students, faculty, and town residents and task force members who played a major part in the building’s development and construction. Attendees were eager to ...


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Proc playlist: dinner and a song

When we think about music at 58 Hepburn Road, minds jump to the WRMC radio station. But let us not overlook the other musical hub at the same address: Proctor Dining Hall itself. 


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The staff who review the New England Review

Across from the swing set outside of Twilight Hall, in the New England Review office, a box of newly minted issues of Volume 45.1 sits beside a shelf of archival issues dating back to the magazine’s founding in 1978. Led by Editor Carolyn Kuebler ’90 and Managing Editor Leslie Sainz, NER delicately ...


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With a pinch of Saltveit

“Good afternoon, the Davis Family Library will be closing at 5 p.m. today. Should you want to continue working, Crossroads Cafe is open 24/7, although I don’t know why you would want to continue working when it’s such a beautiful day outside,” his voice bellows across the library intercoms on ...


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Makes Ya Feel: time to get crafty

Gallery hoppers, Spotify stalkers, bookworms, Letterboxd users and anyone who enjoys art, this is the place for you. Makes Ya Feel highlights art across all of its mediums, small- and large-scale, that (you guessed it) makes ya feel! Check back every other week for recommendations, reviews and discussions. ...


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Reel Critic: “The Zone of Interest”

The Hirschfield International Film Series returned to Dana Auditorium on March 7, bringing an audience of Middlebury College students, faculty and community members an exclusive screening of one of 2023’s most celebrated films: “The Zone of Interest.” Written and directed by British filmmaker ...


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From the Archives: “The Lesbian House”

Shuffling through the Davis Family Library atrium crowded with students on the way to study and tour groups taking in said students on the way to study, a black-and-white photograph caught my eye from a display case. The photo pictured a young Bee Ottinger lying in bed, her hair artfully outlining her ...


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“Small Island Big Song” promotes climate awareness through music

The musical group “Small Island Big Song” celebrated the beauty of Pacific and Indian Ocean islands and their perspectives on the climate through music in Wilson Hall on Friday, March 8. The night began with a unique introduction to each artist; the dark stage was illuminated by the screen behind, ...