Author: Michael O'BrienStaff Writer Some one-wit pedagogue in the 1960s said something to the effect of "I once said that J.R.R. Tolkien would be the most influential writer of the 20th century. Now I am afraid that I was right." I refuse to give her name, partially so that she does not gain the fame ...
Author: Yvonne ChenStaff Writer In our society men and women are continually talking about a so-called war of the sexes. Television shows such as "Men are From Mars/Women are from Venus" infiltrate their audiences with daily meditations of the gender differences that seem to divide us all into disparate ...
Author: Padma GovandinStaff Writer Adapting a novel as dense and complex as J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" for film would be as great an undertaking as Frodo Baggins' quest to destroy the evil ring of Mordor. To this end, director Peter Jackson has done an admirable ...
Author: Yvonne ChenStaff Writer Meet Avery, a deli owner from around Jersey and an everyday blue-collar guy. Avery is proud of his job, makes chit-chat with his regular customers and pontificates on the Yankees, the novelty of horse radish in sandwiches and other oddities of an ever-changing world outside. ...
Author: Laura RockefellerStaff Writer There are certain plays and pieces of music in our culture that are revered so highly that there are innumerable productions of them by the greatest artists. For this reason, staging an original performance of these pieces poses a challenge in addition to the expected ...
Author: Jason DaneStaff Writer As any film student will most likely tell you, showing your project on the big screen for the first time is one of the most exhilarating experiences imaginable. And on Dec. 8, 2001, the students of Sight and Sound II got a taste of that excitement first hand during their ...
Author: [no author name found] Dressed in ethnic costume, the Yale Slavic Chorus performed at the Cener for the Arts Concert Hall on Friday night. The chorus performed a running story combining song and story telling, captivating the audience.
Author: Laura RockefellerStaff Writer Children and the Arts, one of the courses that is being offered by the Teacher Education Department this Winter Term, came together with the Middlebury College Museum of Art to present a new exhibit entitled "Stories in Art." The exhibit will be on display at the ...
Author: Allison Quady Arts Editor "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour," directed by Professor of Theatre Richard Romagnoli, opened late Friday evening in Wright Theatre, allowing ample time for the audience to gaze at the entire Middlebury College Orchestra assembled onstage. With glistening instruments, ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Although the weather was unseasonably warm, the Middlebury College Chamber Singers and Early Music Vermont joined together in Mead Chapel on the afternoon of Dec. 2 to celebrate the start of the Christmas season with song. Their program, entitled "Nowell Sing We," was a mixture ...
Author: Kate DeForest This year's fall presentation of student choreography, "New Dances," showed a strong trend toward conscientious and studied movement, "motion with meaning" as Amy Chavasse, resident artist in dance, so concisely put it. Composed of two to five dancers, the pieces represented the ...
Author: Yvonne Chen Every year students walk into McCullough Social Space to watch the highly anticipated variety show by Middlebury College's International Student Organization (ISO). This year, McCullough Social Space was transformed into a starry wonderland with metallic star-shaped balloons and ...
Author: Becca Kaufman Most Americans can make immediate associations when hearing the term jazz. It rouses feelings of musical freedom, artistic liberty, improvisation and experimentation that, in its creation, tested the boundaries of what music could be and do. Perhaps more than other styles of music, ...
Author: Allison Quady Arts EDitor "Bright Flight," the Silver Jews' new album recently released on Chicago-based Drag City simmers with warm, ready to eat, poetic Americana. Singer/song write and frontman David Berman brings the album to melancholic life with his lyrics and a new emphasis on instrumentals. ...
Author: Mike Csazar When one thinks of reggae music, the first group that comes to mind is most certainly Bob Marley and the Wailers. The band has been through more than most, considering the famous breakup in the early 1970s when the founders of the band, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh and Maley split up. ...
Author: Brittany Gill Saturday evening's Night of Black Culture was dynamic. It literally breathed life into its title, "Kaleidoscope: 'A Spectrum of Color.'" At 6 p.m. tin foil was removed from a row of fine fresh food for the soul from Taste of Dixie in Burlington. The crowd grew slowly, performers ...
Author: Emily Price Staff Writer The worlds of science and dance fell into synchronicity on Thursday Nov. 15, when Andrea Olsen, professor of dance, presented the Environmental Science Colloquium Series lecture in the CFA dance studio. The Dance Company of Middlebury (DCM) preformed selections from ...
Author: Padma Govindan Staff Writer "Fantastic! I absolutely loved it. Definitely going for a second time." "I never wanted the movie to end. I was actually depressed at the end when the lights came up." "It was so good. I really liked it." No, these are not the "just came out of the theater" audience ...
Author: Allison Quady Arts Editor The Middlebury College Choir performance featured mezzo-soprano Janice Harrison-Aikens Thursday, Nov. 15 in Mead Chapel. Although most pews were a bit empty, those who were gathered witnessed an evening of passionate gospel rare in New England. The voice of Harrison-Aikens ...
Author: Yvonne Chen Staff Writer Last week at the McCullough Social Space, Middlebury's Pan Caribbean Student Organization and Umoja came together to put on an original student performed play. This variety show, with 13 acts consisting of everything from student written and produced plays to African ...