Author: Abbie Beane Do you remember this old project? An ongoing performance work founded in 1990, performers dressed in costumes, inspired by pedestrian crossing signs, which appeared in public locations for impromptu performances as well as completely choreographed works for specific venues. We're ...
Author: Edward Pickering Robert Penn Warren, poet, novelist and critic is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "All the King's Men." Based on the career of Louisiana politician Huey Long, the novel portrays idealistic characters corrupted by power. Highly dramatic, it proves an irresistible ...
Author: Chris Grosso The title of artist-in-residence projects an image of an individual who excels in a certain discipline. This honor suggests talent, creativity, passion and dedication. Middlebury College is fortunate to attract these artists and give them the opportunity to share their knowledge ...
Author: [no author name found] "In the beginning, there was curiosity," stated Brenda Dixon Gottschild in this weekend's performance of "Tongue Smell Color," and she was right - there certainly was an immense feeling of curiosity as audience members filled the Center for the Arts (CFA) Dance Studio ...
Author: Joya Scott Every summer, Middlebury College's Theater Department migrates south invading suburban Maryland with its particular brand of provocative drama. This yearly ritual spawns the Potomac Theatre Project (PTP), the alternative theater in residence at the Olney Theatre Center in Olney, ...
Author: Abbie Beane We've got sex, we've got beer, and we've got all species of hard liquor, but don't worry Mom and Dad, we also appreciate French impressionism and contour maps. So I guess that means there's still hope for us. This weekend I visited 86 dorm rooms inhabited by students of both sexes ...
Author: Abbie Beane "Art does not have to be restricted to stone, bronze or paint. It can utilize the materials and concepts of our times. For Michelangelo, marble was the contemporary material, and the human form was the contemporary subject of his time. If he [Michelangelo] were an artist working ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes Keeping the lights on a little bit longer, the Middlebury College Museum of Art presents its inaugural "Museum Unplugged" Thursday, Oct. 2 from 8 to 11 p.m. Caleb Elder '04 and the Bittersweet String Band, featuring Caleb Elder and Charlotte Carlson '05 on the fiddle, Alex Reiser ...
Author: Erika Mercer "I'm from Chicago, but now I live in the country in a barn." When Andrew Bird, with his tall melancholy stature and moody brown eyes, uttered this sentence from atop the stage at Higher Ground last Wednesday, the simple words sounded profound. Now, what he meant was that he grew ...
Author: Chris Grosso Beat-boxing, a relatively new hip-hop art form, rapidly emerged in the music industry right around the time that Rahzel popularized this style in the late 90s. His use of merely lips, cheeks, gums and throat to create fascinating rhythms has stretched the limits of vocal creativity. ...
Author: Karen Stahlheber Saturday night at the Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO), I was surrounded by people who knew a lot more about music than I did. The other students were mostly there to fulfill music class requirements or because of some past affiliation with music. They talked about their AP ...
Author: Sadie Hoagland It can hardly be argued that photographic exhibits remain one of the most effective mediums of art when it comes to concocting the perfect mix of reality and aestheticism. Conveniently, this form of visual art would also be the perfect combination for a symposium, which aims to ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller This year's Nicholas R. Clifford Symposium, "What Became of Peter's Dream?" came to a close on Saturday, Sept. 20 with a screening of Aleksandr Sokurov's spectacular film "Russian Ark." Although in her introduction to the afternoon screening, Tatiana Smorodinska, professor ...
Author: Chris Grosso The music scene at Middlebury College, by virtue of its small size, is highly visible on campus. The scene becomes even more noticeable when a talented performing artist lives right next door. As a neighbor, one gets to observe the creative process in full swing and have the daily ...
Author: Abbie Beane In tune with the fact that a vast majority of America now seems increasingly aware of current events, has a more conspicuous interest in politics and seems to be making a more concerted effort to participate in the political scene, last Thursday night at the Higher Ground, four local ...
Author: Abbie Beane Still pining for the lost days of '80s yore, when mullets were hot, cut-offs were cool and Spandex was the way to swing? (Although admittedly, some should never have swung that way.) Pine no more, old kids on the block.CBS Events, one of San JosÈ's largest "theme prop companies," ...
Author: Sadie Hoagland Break-dancing, though once an obscure part of the Middlebury College social scene, is becoming an undeniable presence on campus. Now more than ever, you can see "beatboys" and "beatgirls" showing off their style at McCullough dance parties. Providing entertainment, they stand ...
Author: Erika Mercer For photo shoots, they like to dress up as pirates. Or, if not pirates, Dickensian gentlefolk.Welcome to the Decemberists.Shake hands, and they'll lead you down a cobblestone path teeming with sooty chimney sweeps, foul-mouthed prostitutes, dirty orphan boys and weatherworn sailors. ...
Author: Pascal LaFountain Everyone knows that sex sells, but who knew that sex could win a German theater competition? The German play "Twist," written by Arthur Schnitzler and performed on campus three weeks ago, went on to win the annual German National Theater Festival and Competition at Mount Holyoke ...
Author: Venessa Wong Maryleen Emeric '03 opened last Wednesday's Jazz Cabaret with an animated rendition of "Teach Me Tonight," captivating the attention of an intimate audience seated around candlelit tables by Rehearsals CafÈ. Emeric was one of eight performers at the event. The calm, cultured atmosphere ...