Author: Crystalyn Radcliffe A reception was held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. last Monday in the Johnson Memorial Building Gallery to mark the opening of the art show entitled, "Mary Smyth Duffy: Retrospective," honoring the artistic work of former Middlebury employee, Mary Duffy. If there is one word to describe ...
Author: Richard Lawless It is not unusual to hear the classic melodies of Beethoven, Haydn or Mozart emanating from Middlebury College's Concert Hall on a Saturday night, but it is quite unusual to hear these melodies played on instruments built and used around the time these composers lived. The Eisenstadt ...
Author: Erika Mercer Imagine you are on a boat for several weeks, floating somewhere in the middle of the ocean with no land in sight. Some days are still and peaceful -- you can hear the water lap softly against the hull of the boat and feel the gentle spray of salt-water on your cheeks. Other days ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes Giving voices to the vaginas of women across the world on Valentine's Day, 19 Middlebury College female students let their vaginas speak at Eve Ensler's '75 "The Vagina Monologues." The two performances in McCullough marked the fifth anniversary of the show at the College, infusing ...
Author: Alexandra Hay I sit down once more in Artist-in-Residence Amy Chavasse's comfortable, small office to discuss how her adventure in Cuba turned out. It only takes a few questions to get Chavasse -- eager to share the amazing experience she and her dancers had in Cuba -- started. Describing Cuba ...
Author: Edward Pickering Few professions are impervious to the satirist's pen, least of all the academic one. Students and professors live and work in a more or less enclosed society, peacefully sequestered in green quadrangles where the buildings face inward. The academic world has its own peculiar ...
Author: Erika Mercer It's like eating a pack of Starburst candies -- the flavor is fruity and sweet, sugary and satisfying. Each one is pleasingly chewy and sticky, leaving you minutes afterwards to unearth tiny strawberry-tasting remains hiding between your teeth's crevices. Even the more bitter flavors ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes David Gray's performance on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the intimate Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass., sustained the mounting hype surrounding his U.S. tour.Soloing on piano, Gray opened with "The Other Side." However, with an unexpected sweep of the red velvet curtain serving as a lush ...
Author: Daniel Roda On Saturday, Jan. 18, thousands of Vermonters flooded the streets of Burlington and Montpelier to protest the Bush regime's apparently inexorable determination to wage war on Iraq. This, in conjunction with numerous other protests across the nation and the world, indicates an increasingly ...
Author: Lucie Greene The production of "L'incoronazione di Poppea" by Claudio Monteverdi, was performed on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and Thursday, Jan. 30, in the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, as the final result of both two semesters of opera study, and one intense Winter Term production course. A joint ...
Author: Lucie Greene On Saturday Jan. 18, Dick Forman and his jazz group took to the stage at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall. The quartet was comprised of Don Stearns on Sax, Jim Daggs on bass, Bob Lemnah on drums, and special guest Paul Asbell. Formerly the head of the Center for the Arts and ...
Author: Alexandra Hay Stripes of light shine on the pale golden stage, a grotesque mask sits on a pole upstage left -- a hideously distorted papier-mache` image of a man's face, or a monster's. A Cuban song plays softly, the woman's voice full and rich. The first dance in Artist-in-Residence Amy Chavasse's ...
Author: Lucie Greene Saturday evening, Jan. 25, saw the prestigious and internationally-famed Tak·cs Quartet perform at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, including Edward Dusinberre and K·roly Schranz on violin, Roger Tapping on viola and Andr·s FejÈr on cello. The evening was particularly special ...
Author: [no author name found] Fletcher Professor of the Arts Ted Perry served on a jury panel of thirteen people for the selection of ten films, including "Adaptation," "Chicago," "Frida," "Gangs of New York," "The Hours" and "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." The American Film Institute selects ...
Author: Erika Mercer A stage bathed in red and yellow light, a hovering layer of thick smoke, a crowded room of fans anxious for music -- this was the setting at Higher Ground on Sunday, Jan. 19, for the awaited performance of indie rock bands The Static Age, Calla and Interpol, sponsored by 99.9 FM ...
Author: Erika Mercer It's the final scene in a movie, when you see the main character driving off down a windy road in a beat up car, wearing an expression of resigned melancholy. The day is blustery and gray, but rainless, and there is quiet, low music playing out of the car's old tape player. Tattered ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes DJ's Jimmy Jung '03 and Micheal Silberman '03 dictated the relaxed atmosphere with techno house music for North Chandler '03 and Zach Hefferen's '03 art opening. This intimate gathering gave both artists an opportunity to exhibit their talents for friends. Transforming Johnson ...
Author: Liz Braunstein Behind the sarcastic wit and sharp dialogue of Kenneth Lonergan's "This Is Our Youth" lies a tragicomic story of the loneliness, confusion and displacement of three Upper West Side teens. Set in 1982, two years into the Reagan Administration, "This Is Our Youth" depicts the lives ...
Author: Liz Braunstein Mead Chapel had everything but a glowing fireplace. The rows of poinsettias housed on the altar, wreaths hanging from the balconies draped with red ribbon and lit candles placed around the room created a warm atmosphere for Middlebury College's annual Lessons and Carols for Advent ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes As the quilts of Gee's Bend, Ala., hang in their unnaturally vertical positions on the walls of the Whitney Museum of American Art, I am immediately reminded of Alice Walker's "Everyday Use." Walker's short story depicts Dee, a young citified woman, returning home to her unsophisticated ...