Arts & Culture
The Devil Wears Patagonia
September 25, 2007Author: 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 ...
Patrick Dougherty gives tree-hugging new form in sapling sculpture
By Middlebury Campus | September 25, 2007Author: 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 ...
For the record
September 18, 2007Author: 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 ...
Spotlight on...Kevin Tierney
By Middlebury Campus | September 18, 2007Author: 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. ...
Moving on Up Potomac Theatre Project Braves the Big Apple
By Middlebury Campus | September 18, 2007Author: 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, ...
The Synesthesiac Arts and Letters With Ashley Gamell and Maddie Oatman
September 18, 2007Author: 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, ...
Tribal sculpture show shifts African bias
By Middlebury Campus | September 18, 2007Author: 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 ...
Securing Spektor
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: 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 ...
WRMC, blogging with the best Catching up with the boys behind the blog...
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: [no author name found] The Middlebury Campus: Why the blog? How did you come up with the idea?The Boys: In recent years, radio has been a relatively static venue for music. Due to services such as iTunes and Internet radio sites, stations like ours simply don't have as many listeners as they ...
For the Record
September 11, 2007Author: 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 ...
Green Art A Perfect Fit for the Green Mountains
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: 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, ...
Students Middance the night away
By Middlebury Campus | May 8, 2007Author: Beth Connolly What if dancing were banned at Middlebury? Students would respond with a series of ten dances, with bright costumes and a bit of glitter. That is, according to the MIddance Spring Show last Saturday night. The show opened to a packed audience in the McCullough Social Space with ...
'Cabaret' welcomes audiences to a decadent Berlin
By Middlebury Campus | May 8, 2007Author: Grace Duggan The senior work of Sally Swallow '07 and Bill Army '07 finally brings a full-scale musical to Middlebury. With a production too irreverant and too interactive for Wright Theater, the cast and crew decided the only option was to literally turn CFA's Seeler Theater into the seedy ...
Regally Blonde Toast to Spring
By Middlebury Campus | May 8, 2007Author: Astri von Arbin Ahlander Last week was May-day, marking the official leap into the warmer season. But May-day in Sweden, called Valborg, is celebrated on the last day of April. In a land where the sun never rises in the winter and never sets in the summer, the coming of spring is a well-needed ...
Spotlight on... Alexander Poe
By Middlebury Campus | May 8, 2007Author: Colin Foss If you happened to be in downtown Manhattan recently, you might have noticed some chatter about a new filmmaker and his work currently screening at the Tribeca Film Festival. Among four other finalists in MTV's "Best Filmmaker on Campus" competition, Alexander Poe '03 had the pleasure ...
for the record Summer releases
By Middlebury Campus | May 8, 2007Author: Melissa Marshall Freshly-pressed paninis, sun-bathing on Battell Beach, free alcohol - these are just a few things students will be sure to miss as they tape up their cardboard boxes and head back to their decidedly Proctor-terrace-free corners of the world. While you may not be mourning the ...