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Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025

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The Setonian

Spotlight on... Jenna Levine

Author: Ashley Gamell Jenna Levine '07.5 is Fine Arts major from Chicago. Levine spent the last academic year in London at Central Saint Martin's College exploring her interests in dance, photography, video, painting and other multimedia art. The Campus caught up with Levine to talk about life in London ...


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for the record

Author: Emily Temple Syracuse University's Marshall Street area is about the size of the whole of downtown Middlebury, but dirty, like a real city. This summer, trying to get my cousin to his gig on time, I stopped to ask a studentish-looking loiterer leaning against the fence in what I was pretty sure ...


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The Many Faces of Regina Spektor

Author: Melissa Marshall Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury."But I adore him/And I implore him/ Saying I love none other/ But this ain't no style," rung out Regina Spektor's sultry voice, her voluptuous vocals captivating the sold-out audience at Pepin Gymnasium on Saturday evening. The opening ...


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Faculty collaborates for an evening of Brahms

Author: Andrew Throdahl Saturday evening Middlebury College Music faculty members including cellist Dieuwke Davydov, violist Paul Reynolds and violinist Katherine Winterstein collaborated with fellow string players Kathy Andrew, Marcia Cassidy and John Dunlop on a free concert of Brahms' two gorgeous ...


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for the record

Author: Melissa Marshall In a moment out of the college fantasy of every bohemian high school student this side of the Mississippi, I huddled in a tastefully lighted room filled with the scent of brewing tea and effortless conversation. Maybe it was the Gypsy Kings in the background, maybe it was the ...


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Spotlight on... Emily Mitchell

Author: Kathryn Flagg The Middlebury Campus spoke with author and member of the Class of 1997 Emily Mitchell this week. Mitchell, whose dazzling first novel The Last Summer of the World was published this summer by W.W. Norton, spoke from her home in California about the novel, the Bread Loaf Writer's ...


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The Devil Wears Patagonia

Author: Jordan Nassar We're gonna talk about fashion. Designers, runways, haute couture. We're gonna gossip about models. We'll dissect magazines, we'll re-cap glamorous parties. Fashion. Over the course of this semester, we can talk about anything you like - but I feel that, considering this fashion ...


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Patrick Dougherty gives tree-hugging new form in sapling sculpture

Author: Maddie Oatman Radio Arts Middlebury catches up with Dougherty during his three-week residency at Middlebury.Patrick Dougherty, a lanky, silver-haired artist with a soft Southern drawl, began his career by creating stick sculptures around his own yard in North Carolina. Now, internationally recognized ...


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For the record

Author: Emily Temple Ah, the return to Middlebury. Some of us have spent the summer living in big cities and are missing the nightlife choices that so recently overwhelmed us. Some of us have been home, or, say, in Boone, N.C., and are hoping to find something going on now that we've relocated. And ...


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Spotlight on...Kevin Tierney

Author: Melissa Marshall Dressed in a cozy terry cloth bathrobe and armed with a cup of tea and his biting wit, Kevin Tierney '08 spent an hour of an overcast Saturday morning divulging his impressive theatre career to The Middlebury Campus. The joint Theatre and Italian major from Southborough, Mass. ...


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Moving on Up Potomac Theatre Project Braves the Big Apple

Author: Andrew Throdahl Every year, New York City heralds flocks of young thespians to its five boroughs. It goes without saying that the ultimate sign of an established theater actor is success in Manhattan, making NYC a young actor's highest priority. This past summer, the Potomac Theater Project, ...


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The Synesthesiac Arts and Letters With Ashley Gamell and Maddie Oatman

Author: Ashley Gamell and Maddie Oatman syn∑es∑the∑sia from the Greek (syn-) union, and (aesthesis) sensation; is the neurological mixing of the senses. A synesthete may, for example, hear colors, see sounds - and taste tactile sensations.Volume 1: Best of Bread LoafBread Loaf Writers' Conference, ...


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Tribal sculpture show shifts African bias

Author: Alexxa Gotthardt An issue forever surrounding the art world concerns art's capacity to affect, to stir, to touch the viewer. Is art more than just something pretty or interesting to look at, or is it conceived with a greater goal in mind? "Resonance from the Past: African Sculpture from the ...


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Securing Spektor

Author: Melissa Marshall After a mixed student body response to MCAB's unveiling of Guster as the headliners for last year's Spring Concert, the activities board is hoping to score a crowd-pleaser with critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Regina Spektor. "The inspiration to get Regina probably originated ...


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For the Record

Author: Melissa Marshall As Midd students strive to leave their mark on the community for the first or final time, these artists deliver their fall releases with the same mingling of anticipation and anxiety. Following in the indie-trends of girl-jeans and converse sneakers, Alexander Church has subscribed ...


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Green Art A Perfect Fit for the Green Mountains

Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Over the summer, Solid State Change, a 6,000-pound sculpture, was installed on the grounds of the Hillcrest Environmental Center, kicking off what seems to be a newfound commitment to environmental art at the College. The sculpture, created by Brooklyn-based artist Deborah Fisher, ...




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