Author: Melissa Marshall Thompson Davis '08 is a music major who has migrated to frigid Middlebury College from hot and sultry Miami, Florida. He is a triple-threat performer armed with a musical knowledge as eclectic as his demeanor, able to wear the hat of DJ, musician and producer all interchangeably. ...
Author: Ben Salkowe In "Cinders," Janusz Glowacki's dark comedy about Poland in 1981, characters say one thing and do another. The director tells the state he will film a reform school's production of "Cinderella" for a charming piece of socialist propaganda, but he actually intends to make a bizarre ...
Author: Melissa Marshall "WRMC 91.1 is committed to providing an alternative to mainstream music programming in the Champlain Valley," reads the mission statement of Middlebury College's student-run radio station. "We uphold this commitment largely through our passionate support of independent music ...
Author: Melissa Marshall For many worn-out MiddKids, this Tuesday will be the first time this year that they pack their bags, throw on their Northface jackets and head back to wherever they call home. And the first instinct of the mp3 generation, after they buckle their seatbelts in their mom's Subaru ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl The Middlebury College Orchestra has experienced a renaissance, and last Friday night's performance made clear the renewed energy and enthusiasm of the student ensemble. Having practically doubled in size since last year, the orchestra displayed a fresh, forceful sound that ...
Author: Astri von Arbin Ahlander In Sweden, even the most casual dinner parties with your closest friends entail seating arrangements. But in America, where the walking buffet and cocktail prevail, eyebrows are raised at me as soon as I suggest any form of organized seating. I'll point someone to their ...
Author: Josh Wessler MOVIE
Author: Kelsey Smith Christina Galvez '07 is a Theatre Major from the suburbs of Philadelphia. Since her first year at Middlebury, Galvez has used her keen eye for design in many projects spanning many disciplines. From her striking mural in Forest Basement to her eye-catching posters for concerts, ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt A career in the arts. The phrase is daunting on many levels. It is not often the ideal vision of parents for their child's future. The job market in curation, sculpture, painting, architecture or conservation is anything but concrete. And, finally, there is the issue of the ...
Author: Justine Katzenbach There is something positively wonderful about a night spent at the Hepburn Zoo. As students cram into corners of Middlebury College's own student-run black box theatre, they struggle for a view of the stage where their peers perform but a few feet in front of them. It is ...
Author: Melissa Marshall There is nothing in the world quite like a well-constructed, thoroughly thought-out, emotionally charged, memory-inducing mixed CD. A mixed CD composed with style, grace and just the right amount of daring has power enough to conjure the joy brought on by the first truly warm ...
Author: The Arts Editors The curtains opened to the class of 2010 for the first time at the Hepburn Zoo last weekend in the 11th annual First-Year Show I Gotta Change my Whole Friggen' Life. Directed by Professor of Theatre Richard Romagnoli, the evening was comprised of short ten to fifteen-minute ...
Author: Sara Jameson It is not often that a musician with such international renown as pianist Krystian Zimerman comes to Middlebury. Last Wednesday evening, however, the College's Center for the Arts Concert Hall was graced by one of the most talented pianists of our generation. In this concert, Zimerman ...
Author: Astri von Arbin Ahlander Halloween may be all done here, but in Sweden it hasn't even begun. Though I'm famously in favor of my Mothercountry, I must admit that the land of the midnight sun has failed me this time. When Sweden adopted Halloween as a holiday a couple of years back, it did so ...
Author: Myra Palmero Everett Beekin, which ran last weekend at Seeler Studio Theater under the direction of Professor of Theatre Douglas Sprigg, explored the powerful, complicated relationship that connects four generations of a dysfunctional Jewish family: the Foxs. While Sprigg's production used ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Las Vegas: shiny lights, scantily-clad women and excess. New Jersey: flat landscapes, industrial towns and weary diners. The Killers: part 80s new wave, part new-millennium post-punk and one hundred percent androgynous synth-rock for the suburbanite Caucasian masses. Bruce Springsteen: ...
Author: Maddie Oatman Charles A. Dana Professor of History of Art & Architecture Kirsten Hoving has been an important Art History scholar at Middlebury ever since she joined the faculty in 1983. Originally from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Hoving received her undergraduate degree at Ohio Wesleyan ...
Author: Kelsey Smith Thursday evening ushered in the beginning of another season for the Hepburn Zoo with a collection of provocative student productions directed by Rishabh Kayshap '08 and Leah Day '07.5 entitled Naked Slash Truth. The evening began with a selection of four short pieces, each directed ...
Author: Will Ceurvels The Florestan Trio is a chamber group for whom musical performance is as much intellectual as it is aesthetic. Take Susan Tomes, pianist and founding member, whose professional activities extend beyond the group to her regular contributions as a musical commentator for The Financial ...