Author: Melissa Marshall "Something dies when you grow older/But you do the best you can/I am glad/I am/You found a good man."A startling statement from a band who once sang with contempt, "I hope you come down with something they can't diagnose/Don't have the cure for" to an ex-lover. But, surprisingly, ...
Author: Astri vonArbinAhlander My name is Astri and I've scored big. After all, I have my own column in this illustrious newspaper - a column with few editorial guidelines other than "Write what you want." How did I get it? I'm not a trendsetter. Rather, I belong to a fast on-coming trend - Sweden. ...
Author: Sara Jameson Featuring pieces ranging from the pervasive energy of Beethoven to the exotic nostalgia of Bartók, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra combined musical grace and vigor in its stunning performance last Friday night. Under the musical direction of world-renowned violinist Jaime Laredo, ...
Author: Justine Katzenbach Making the move to New York City, The Potomac Theatre Project hopes to take on a new location with as much power and professionalism as they did in the District of Columbia. Constantly striving to better Middlebury's already nationally recognized Theatre department, both Professor ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Last Thursday, the Middlebury College Museum of Art (MCMA) threw open its doors to reveal an exhibition of dazzling, epic proportions. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur, traveling from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, presents nearly 200 ...
Author: Emily Temple So here's some of what I expect will be cool this fall. Check it out, kids.The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America. Vagrant Records. Release date: October 3. If you've heard the first two Hold Steady albums, you're probably thinking (or you should be thinking, if you have any ...
Author: Justine Katzenbach Lauren Kiel '07, a senior Theatre major with a Psychology minor from Simsbury, CT., speaks adoringly of her summer at The Potomac Theatre Project (PTP). Founded in 1987, PTP has been exposing young Middlebury College actors to the Washington, D.C. theatre world for almost ...
Author: Will Ceurvels Amid the hedonistic revelry of the first weekend of the new academic year, a congregation of students, professors and townsfolk all gathered in Mead Chapel this past Friday to witness one of the greatest chamber ensembles in the world, The Tokyo String Quartet. Watching the quartet ...
Author: Justine Katzenbach Gena Schiffenhaus '06 is an English major with a focus in creative writing from Key West, Fla. Shiffenhaus was one of 11 Middlebury College students accepted to attend the renowned Breadloaf Writers' Conference at the close of the summer. Schiffenhaus was accompanied by Mike ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt This June, the Middlebury College Museum of Art's (MCMA) collection swelled with the addition of celebrated American landscape photographer Robert Adams' portfolio Turning Back: A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration. The acquisition of this impressive set of 164 photographs, ...
Author: [no author name found] Last Friday evening, members of the class of 2010 gathered in McCullough auditorium as upperclassmen partook in a longstanding orientation tradition - Voices of the class. The event pairs select college admissions essays written by the incoming freshmen with skits playfully ...
Author: By Melissa Marshall Beginning with the Tokyo String Quartet, Middlebury College will kick off an impressive Performing Arts Series on Friday Sept. 15th at 8 p.m. in Mead Chapel. The Tokyo String Quartet, which has been one of the world's greatest chamber ensembles since it formed at the Julliard ...
Author: Melissa Marshall H'okay, so, you've made a resolution to improve your life - a new school year, a new you! You may have even set the typical resolutions such as starting a paper before the night it is due or sculpting an uber-hot body that will be hidden under nine layers of clothing. More than ...
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Author: Lisie Mehlman The Middlebury College Community Chorus lent spring fever a whole new meaning on Sunday afternoon during its annual Spring Concert. Inside a packed Mead Chapel, the Chorus performed many a soulful Gershwin tune and Brahms gypsy song, each extolling the beauty and newness of springtime. ...
Author: Joyce Man "Most kids are cartoonists by nature and later abandon it," said Ed Koren on Tuesday in a phone interview from his home and studio in Brookfield, Vt., "But I just didn't. I continued." Now, over 900 cartoons for the New Yorker later, Koren continues to draw smiles from the magazine's ...
Author: Alison Lacivita This year is a particularly special one for Sepomana - it's the 10th anniversary! Since its advent, the annual music fest hosted by WRMC has certainly had a spectacular array of bands including Yo La Tengo, (Smog), Josh Ritter, Calla, Clearlake, Enon, The French Kicks, Animal ...
Author: MELISSA MARSHALL In a life full of tedious e-reserve readings, maliciously assigned papers all due the same week and daily sunbaths on Battell Beach, one rarely has time to fit in 10 rounds of beirut a week, let alone delve into the murky waters of the Indie Scene (capitalizing it makes it more ...
Author: Michael Jou Saturday, May 8, marked the end of yet another year for the Riddim World Dance Troupe, led by Charzetta Nixon '06, as the student organization put on its spring show entitled "Riddim Nation." Centered around dances involving mostly hip-hop elements, the show's theme reminded spectators ...
Author: Joyce Man Beau Baldock '06 may be a more recognizable presence on the ski slopes as part of Middlebury College's Nordic ski team. Just this January, he came in third overall at the Colby Challenge - while nursing a dislocated shoulder. But Baldock's ambitions run far beyond the ski runs. This ...