Author: Erika Mercer When I say this album puts you to sleep, I mean it in the best sense possible. On my first listen, I wasn't even able to make it beyond the third song before my eyes started closing, but ever since that moment, I haven't wanted to listen to anything else - or do anything else, ...
Author: Edward Pickering In search of overlooked but deserving books, I have sometimes read the early or lesser-known works of famous authors. Robert Penn Warren's debut novel "Night Rider" was a recent treat. George Orwell's early novel, "Burmese Days," on the other hand, proved a great disappointment. ...
Author: Venessa Wong Rarely does one see McCullough outside of its typical attire - dressed up in a lot of trance music, belly shirts and body odor. Yet two weekends ago this social space was invaded, transforming it from its usual weekend venue, a thumping techno dance club, into a colorful stage for ...
Author: Erika Mercer It is a rare artist who can employ subtle colors to paint the most complex pictures of human experience and emotion. Elliott Smith achieved this in his short musical career, depicting scenes of heartbreak, addiction, redemption and desire with profound delicacy and sensitivity. ...
Author: Matthew Clark Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up. There are IVs and drips and tubes coming from every pore. Curious, he rises, unlocks the door and peers down the hallway. Tables are askew, chairs over-turned, gurneys flipped and vending machines smashed. Despite the chaos, it is utterly quiet. No ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes "I will not forget you. You are carved in the palm of my hand."So begins and concludes Judith Thompsons' "Perfect Pie," performed this past weekend in the Seeler Studio Theater, with a rightly deserved visceral image.This faculty show, directed by Professor of Theater and Women's ...
Author: Edward Pickering Wilfred Thesiger, one of the 20th century's greatest explorers, died this summer at age 93 in England, far from the remote and inaccessible lands where he spent nearly all his life. Thesiger is considered by many to have been the last in a long and illustrious line of English ...
Author: Claire Bourne The Decemberists were meant for the stage. Of this much I am certain after the Portland-based quintet charmed a capacity crowd in Coltrane Lounge Friday night with songs about pirates, soldiers and gypsy uncles. Lead singer Colin Maloy was sheepish behind his guitar and heavy-rimmed ...
Author: Zoey Burrows Young women today are working, learning and writing more than ever before. However, this in no way eliminates their continued need for academic inspiration. On Wednesday, Oct. 22, inquisitive young Middlebury women braved the mounting cold outside to see actress Katherine Bryne's ...
Author: Chris Grosso It's Monday evening, around 5 p.m. and I stop to observe the rehearsal taking place in one of dance studios. Gliding over the floor, demonstrating intensity and passionate deliberation, I watch Paul Matteson '00 directing this kinetic art. His colleagues resonate an inspiring energy. ...
Author: Sadie Hoagland Halloween has evolved since we were children. The holiday used to mean dressing up, making ghosts out of Kleenex and cotton balls, parading the streets and eating an obscene amount of candy out of pillowcases or plastic pumpkins. The night was delightfully frightening - you never ...
Author: Abbie Beane Each year the College finds an increasing number of ways to explore what a liberal arts education is all about - comparing and contrasting a variety of subject areas to create interdisciplinary programs, projects, performances and symposiums. Most recently the arts and history departments ...
Author: Abbie Beane Anyone still searching for last minute Halloween costume ideas? Well, who knew that dressing up as Catwoman, a red rubber ball or a condom could be so frightening? A new form of body painting involving liquid latex takes "horror" to a new level.This simple rubber compound is a fluid ...
Author: Hans Manzke Brown Couch? Who? Yeah. If you're like me and have slowly and unwittingly turned aside from the whole folk-pop scene championed by the ubiquitous Dave Matthews Band and the continually rising popularity of home-grown Vermont jam collective Phish, your ear, like mine, was a long way ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Some music has the marvelous gift of being able to create new and beautiful worlds, giving rise to dormant feelings and stirring imaginations to soar far away from whatever dreary surroundings in which they find themselves trapped. Such was the mysterious music that filled ...
Author: Chris Grosso Amid our frenzied and hectic daily lives, it's moving that we can put some time aside - even during midterms - to enjoy the performing arts and support our talented friends. On the eve of mid-term break, it was delightful to see the amphitheatre in front of the Gamut Room filled ...
Author: Tom McCann With winter fast approaching, the women's tennis team concluded the fall season campaign with matches against Colby, Bates and the season-ending NEWITT tournament. A season that has included the emergence of an extremely talented first-year class, a historic victory over Williams ...
Author: Abbie Beane Just because it's easy and it looks like a mistake doesn't mean it's not art. Or does it? As soon as you thought you'd heard it all, something even more minimalist arrived on the scene: "Paper Clip Art." With an entire online gallery devoted to the delicate twistings of a pair of ...
Author: Sadie Hoagland Francois Clemmons, Twilight Artist-in-Residence and Choir Conductor, has brought much to the College community over the years. Many of us think of him for his spectacular renditions of American Negro Spirituals that routinely awe Mead Chapel's crowds. Yet many students may not ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes A uniquely egalitarian art exhibit opened Friday, Oct. 10 at the Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts in Burlington. Giving artists of all abilities an opportunity to display their work, "The Fourth Annual Firehouse Open" now showcases the first 50 artists that arrived at the Firehouse ...