Author: Yvonne Chen What does it take to open an opera performance at Middlebury College? A flourish of trumpets? A smart kick in the pants? A tender introduction? Or nothing at all? This Sunday afternoon an almost packed house at Middlebury's Concert Hall investigated these questions and soon found ...
Author: Abbie Beane Anticipation crowned the stage on which sat tall cellos, pointed clarinets, glaring French horns and other distinguished instruments. A row of choral singers stood above the instruments like a dark backdrop, eagerly awaiting their debut. Then the musical catalyst entered, dressed ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Thunderous applause filled Mead Chapel on Saturday night as members of the renowned singing group, the Morehouse Glee Club, jogged down the center isle two by two to take their places in front of the audience. The tuxedo-clad singers stood in their elegant rows for minutes ...
Author: Jasmin Johnson Despite it being a squally Saturday, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) played to a very appreciative audience at the Flynn Center in Burlington, Vt. The sold-out concert was a special celebration to commemorate Robert de Cormier's 80th birthday. Cormier is the director of the ...
Author: Kate Prouty For some artists, an alcohol or drug addiction is what makes them. For most, it is what kills them. American painter Jackson Pollock, directed and played by Ed Harris in the film adaptation of "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga," is no exception. The film, while it was an accurate ...
Author: Crystalyn Radcliffe It's dark. You cannot know what image will appear in front of you when you are allowed to see again. The fading lights leave you with one image, quickly skipping to another after a short interlude of blindness. You are no longer in control of your visual experience: you must ...
Author: Richie Lawless On Saturday evening, the Vermont Symphony Chorus, in conjunction with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, gave a triumphant performance of Brahms' "Requiem." Among the 90 or so members of the chorus singing to a sold-out audience was Middlebury College's own Siddartha Rao '04. The ...
Author: Jack Thurston No sex. No kissing. No self-gratification. These are some of the rules the main character in the recent "40 Days and 40 Nights" imposes upon himself. The new Miramax comedy from director Michael Lehmann ("The Truth About Cats & Dogs," "Heathers") is currently enjoying success ...
Ellen Bryant Voigt's readings are intimate affairs. She makes eye contact with the audience and she washes the crowd with the warmth of her still-Southern accent, mellowed by her years in Vermont. The Abernethy Room is particularly conducive to her style of reading — the small space, warm wood and ...
Author: Suzie Mozes Even the most casual students donned navy coats and patterned ties or ruffly skirts and heels as they came out on Saturday evening to support the "Fifty Faces of Middlebury" exhibition, which presented the work of Morley McBride '02 and Jen Bloomer '02 in Johnson Memorial Building.After ...
Author: Kate Prouty "Daughter of a Pacifist Soldier," performed this weekend in the Middlebury College Dance Theater, asked difficult questions of its audience and demanded that its performers investigate sensitive subject matter. The performance presented a remarkably thoughtful consideration of the ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller A man dressed in traditional shtetl costume walks softly forward out of the woods. He greets us in Russian, Yiddish and English with a caution that we should only follow him into his world if our hearts are open and our eyes and ears are ready to take in every possible sensation.So ...
Author: Crystalyn Radcliffe Our society is afraid of what it does not understand. We call this fear by many names: racism, sexism, homophobia — fear of anything that is different. We do not understand because we cannot see the other side. We feel threatened by what lies outside the norm and prefer ...
Author: Abbie Beane Little red berets, thin moustaches and other stereotypical articles of French costume were unnecessary last Sunday as the talent displayed by Matapat, a traditional Québecois musical group, provided more than sufficient entertainment. The band, which put on a free performance to ...
Author: Ingrid Erickson Despite recurrent technical difficulties, the fourth annual Christian A. Johnson Symposium in the History of Art and Architecture last Saturday was an engaging event featuring student and faculty artists alike.Co-sponsored by the Department of the History of Art and Architecture ...
Author: Sean Hoskins The signs at the entrance to the Flynn Center's main stage Friday night read, "There will be a strobe light and a gunshot in the performance." The warnings were just the first indication of what was to come. Confrontational lighting effects and audio sounds marked this risky performance ...
Author: Kate Prouty Meet the CFAIf a liberal arts college encourages "that education take place both within and beyond the classroom," as Middlebury College's mission statement proposes, then having, and actively using, the Center for the Arts (CFA) is an integral part of the educational experience. ...
Author: Kate DeForest This week the College will be hosting readings for two notable authors: Ellen Bryant Voight, today, March 6 and Lew McCreary, on Thursday. McCreary's reading will be preceded by a screening of the film "Minus Man," based upon McCreary's novel of the same title, and willshown tonight. ...
Author: Joshua Howe For those of you wondering what became of Middlebury College's progressive indie-emo band, Hijack the Disco, lead vocalist Mike Mahony '02 has a message for you: "Hijack is back." After a mysterious five-month hiatus, the Middlebury foursome re-emerged last Friday night at Burlington's ...
Author: Claire Bourne In a walled-in metropolis, where does one find a place to breathe, to live, to fly? Mattheson, the main character in last weekend's theater production "Concentration City," believes the answer lies beyond the city limits, in a space described as the Terminal Beach. Suffocating ...