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College Orchestra performs Borodin, Corigliano and Mozart

Author: [no author name found] Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.The College Orchestra, under the direction of Troy Peters, performed on Friday, Nov. 9 in the Mahaney CFA concert hall. The orchestra, which underwent a renaissance last year, performed the ambitious program of Borodin, Corigliano ...


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for the record

Author: Emily Temple I'm going to break a tenet of journalism right off the bat and start with a disclaimer: I am no disc jockey. Okay, yes, I DJ for WRMC, but that's not what I'm talking about. And yes, sure, at home I pick all the music for my friends and myself when we're sitting around my living ...


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'Zoo Story' packs a menagerie of meaning

Author: Melissa Marshall Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.In one of the most harrowing performances since Julia Proctor's '06.5 portrayal of Morse in "One Flea Spare," Lilli Stein '11 thrust herself onto the blade of a knife in the final scenes of "The Zoo Story," to the shock and horror of the ...


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Musical players roll out Sondheim classic

Author: Colin Foss Audio produced by Radio Arts MiddleburyThis weekend, the Middlebury College Musical Players (MCMP) will be performing Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" on the McCullough stage. This production marks for the Players an era of new-found enthusiasm for musical theatre on campus. ...


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Call for action manifested in Zoo

Author: Eleanor Johnstone "Courage begins with one voice." That was the line Jacquie Antonson '10 delivered to open "Manifesto for Another World," a play by Ariel Dorman and directed by Nerina Cocchi '10 that was performed in the Hepburn Zoo last weekend. As part of the fall symposium "Faces Behind ...


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for the record

Author: Melissa Marshall "I wish I was special/But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo/ What the hell am I doing here?/ I don't belong here." Thom Yorke's desperate confession became an anthem - and an airwave infection - for a generation. And, almost 15 years and eight full-length releases later, Radiohead ...


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Sharpening focus on student photography

Author: [no author name found] "Aperture," the second show at the College's new Center Gallery in McCullough Student Center, opened Oct. 27th. The exhibition presents the work of three student photographers Emily Coles '09, Angela Evancie '09.5 Brian Korbelik '08 and was curated by Graduate Intern Stuart ...


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Spotlight on...Kelsey Eichhorn '08

Author: Melissa Marshall Dressed in a cozy fleece and exuding an even warmer demeanor, Kelsey Eichhorn '08 does not fit the picture of a hot shot director, but she has the credentials. Her film, "What I Do Has to be Great" won Best Documentary by a Student and Overall Best Student Film at this year's ...


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Famous pianist overdoes it at CFA performance

Author: Andrew Throdahl Could it be possible that young concert pianists have so mastered technique that they have become oblivious to acceptable interpretation? The October 26th concert answered with a resounding, at times deafening, "yes" in response to this question. The concert, comprised of Bach-Busoni, ...


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Public art incites public opinion

Author: Andrew Ngeow Smog, LOVE, Frisbee Dog. The names and forms are familiar - sculptures that puncuate our campus and enter our everyday space. The approximately 15 sculptures placed around the buildings and dips of Middlebury's landscape live with us - we pass them on almost any walk across campus, ...


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Zoo production stages fright and fancy

Author: Eleanor Johnstone Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.Those attending last weekend's first-year show, "Severed Headshots: Sinister Scenes and Monologues," were presented with a wry work of well-wrought wisdom. And in that vein, it was an excellent tip-of-the-hat to the weekend's Halloween ...


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The Devil Wears Patagonia

Author: Jordan Nassar EXHIBIT A: Your hands are sore and callused, your thighs and calves feeling the burn as you finish up at the climbing wall - another good day at the gym. You shower, dress, grab your bag and head off to class with your harness strapped tightly around your pantsÖ no? Something ...


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A director's notes from another world

Author: Lise Rosenberger Nerina Cocchi '10 is the director of Ariel Dorfman's play "Manifesto for Another World," playing Thursday, November 1st at 8 p.m., Friday the 2nd at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., and Saturday the 3rd at 8 p.m. at The Zoo. Tickets can be bought online or at any campus box office location. ...


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Homegrown theatre hits home with students

Author: Grace Duggan Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.Students who were smart enough to reserve a ticket ahead of time or lucky enough to get in off of the waiting list for "Certified Organic Musical" this weekend were treated to a sharp and hilarious satire about the intersection between love ...


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The Synesthesiac

Author: Ashley Gamell and Maddie Oatman "English literature lives on translation, it is fed by translations, every new exuberance, every new heave is stimulated by translations"- Ezra PoundArt is a powerful universal language, especially when it evokes emotion that can be recognized by those in all ...




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