Author: Andrew Zrike When bands lose their chief singer and songwriter, they often break up or disappear into rock 'n' roll obscurity. Strangefolk's performance last Friday night at Lupos Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, R.I., however, made it evident this is not the case with this Vermont-based band. ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Every year colleges from nine regions across the country send their most talented dancers and choreographers to the American College Dance Festival (ACDF). The culmination of this festival, for the lucky few groups selected by adjudicators, is an invitation to perform at the ...
Author: Bryan McQuade and Michael Lackey Since bursting onto the scene in 1974, guitarist Pat Metheny has been at the forefront of creativity and innovation in contemporary jazz. From his days as an 18-year- old music teacher at the University of Miami, to his work with the Pat Metheny Group's core ...
Author: Andrew Zrike and Bryan McQuade Two years ago Weezer, the hugely successful California-based rock band of the early 1990s, had completely disappeared from the charts. The band had not released an album since their 1996 commercially disastrous album "Pinkerton," and following frontman Rivers Cuomo's ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller During last weekend's Winter Carnival festivities, a show playing in the Hepburn Zoo served as a subtle reminder of the turmoil that continues in the world outside of Middlebury College.The 20-minute dance piece "IVLIVS," directed by Nick Vail '02, adapted from and inspired ...
Author: Abbie Beane Last week's Winter Carnival kickoff event brimmed with fairy tales, juicy cuts of meat, tall cakes, African lore and fiery dancing.As a prelude to the various festivities of the Cultural Arts Gala, held in the Center for the Arts (CFA) on Feb. 21, many Middlebury College students, ...
Author: Jen Marlow Stewart Professor of English and Environmental Studies John Elder's book "The Frog Run: Words and Wildness in the Vermont Woods" is a memoir set in a wooded and storied landscape. Specifically, Elder's work is an autobiographical account of learning to sugar with his family in the ...
Author: Yvonne Chen Now on display at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Danny Lyon's photographs document the telling times as well as the human struggle that lie hidden beneath the politics of racial oppression. The exhibition consists of nine images from the photographer's Southern Civil Rights ...
Author: Kate DeForest John Scofield has been an innovator throughout his career. As one who has played with some of the best jazz performers of the last century, performers noted for their inventiveness and eclecticism, Scofield has deeply rooted musical references and a densely packed library of song ...
Author: Kate Prouty Unable to find a literary quotation more appropriate for the occasion, Dean of the Faculty Robert Schine wittily welcomed those in attendance at the Faculty Authors Reception with Eccliastes's fateful promise: "Of making many books there is no end." Faculty authors who were present ...
Author: Elizabeth Logue As a classically trained ballet dancer, admittedly I've had a longstanding rivalry with the institution of figure skating. While I've never skated myself, I've spent my life defending ballerinas because they are, in my view, as much athletes as figure skaters. Both require stamina, ...
Author: Kate DeForest Claude Frank is a man who deceives in appearance but exceeds expectations.At a performance last Friday night at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Frank walked onto the stage, a smallish man in a slightly wrinkled but elegant tuxedo. With neither a prelude nor a personal introduction, ...
Author: Kate Prouty When a friend congratulates and compliments you after a performance, it is difficult to tell whether he is truly impressed and being sincere or just being your friend. This is the perpetual downfall of always performing in your own safe academic setting.Middlebury College dancers ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Although most Middlebury students only know Matthew Dickerson, Daniel Scharstein and Bill Frey separately in the classroom as professors — associate professors of mathematics and computer science and former professor of psychology, respectively — together these three men ...
Author: Molly May Introduced by D.E. Axinn Professor of Creative Writing Jay Parini as one of the "most celebrated, attacked and lionized critics of our time," Frank Lentricchia, professor of English at Duke University, faced an audience of eager students and countless literature professors last Thursday ...
Author: Yvonne Chen We have no idea what wonders lie hidden in the people around us. Nor do we have any idea of the wonders that lie hidden in the women around us. Compelling, in addition to courageous, racy and funny, Middlebury College's recent production of Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning play, "The ...
Author: Kate DeForest On Friday night singer/songwriter Reid Genauer played to a large and attentive crowd at The Grille. Backed by his touring band, Reid entertained those lucky enough to be in attendance with his distinctive brand of folk-based songs. The night was particularly special because the ...
Author: Yvonne Chen One should not doubt The New York Times' proclamation that Malian singer Kandia Kouyate, who performed at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall last Wednesday, has the "charisma and vocal power of the most commanding American soul singers."Despite a difference in language and instrumentation, ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller It was with a great sense of anticipation that 14 Middlebury students, myself included, set out for England on Jan. 14, 2002. These students, mainly English and theater majors, had the incomparable opportunity of spending two weeks in London and Stratford studying Shakespeare ...
Author: Kate DeForest On his latest solo endeavor, Stanton Moore, drummer and founding member of the celebrated "steamroller funk" band Galactic, offers something few musicians are ever able to offer during their entire careers: an album comprised of eclectic and varied songs, each with a unique and ...