Fashion culture emphasizes individuality: Clothing is a form of innovation, meaning and personal expression. And with that, many Middlebury students have used their clothing to express their ideals about sustainability and environmental justice.
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, student members of the college’s first Public Feminism Fellowship opened an art exhibition called “Visualizing Reproductive Justice: A Call to End Fake Clinics” in the college’s Axinn Center. The exhibit follows in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this June ...
As a guest of the Performing Arts Series of Middlebury College, Burlington Taiko visited Middlebury on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 to introduce the community to the ancient Japanese tradition of taiko. The rhythmic and deep resonance of the drums created a musical effect of powerful beats that listeners of ...
On Sept. 15, 2022, the Middlebury College Museum of Art gained a new collection and perspective with the opening of “No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean.” The exhibit tells the stories of Asian migrants scattering in Latin America and the Caribbean through ...
The promotional material for Jordan Peele’s “Nope” made it clear that the director’s otherwise cryptic third feature film would be an alien invasion movie. Trailers and posters featured a UFO, farm animals being sucked into the sky, an isolated desert locale — everything but the little green ...
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“Expert In A Dying Field” is New Zealand power pop band the Beths’ third studio album. Released September 16, this album builds on a very consistent sound that the Beths maintain through their discography. But “Expert In A Dying Field” incorporates more personal lyricism than 2020’s “Jump ...
If you’re anything like me, summertime is for catching up on TV shows. This season brought the latest installments of fan-favorite shows like “Stranger Things,” “Never Have I Ever” and “Only Murders in the Building,” but also fresh and exciting programs. I will be recapping four of my ...
Early in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film from writer-director Taika Waititi, a world-weary Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is meditating when his trance is broken by Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy. “Thor, we need your help ...
The beginning of the semester can be incredibly stressful for a million reasons, but one universal dilemma Middlebury students face is class scheduling. If you haven’t frantically emailed professors about getting on their waitlist, attended a class you’re unsure if you’ll get a seat in or ...
“Why on earth does Middlebury have six a cappella groups?” Or so I asked myself on a Sunday as I sat in the Chapel and watched each group perform a song at the annual “A Cappella Jambo” to advertise their upcoming auditions. For such a small college, Middlebury has an astonishing variety of ...
September has begun. The air is getting crisper, leaves are starting to change color and pumpkin spice is on the menu again. This can only mean one thing: Fall is here. Many first-years might be experiencing their very first New England fall, and with so many great ways to enjoy the season, it may begin ...
Reel Critic is back for another year with more reviews of the latest Hirschfield hits, indie favorites and blockbuster classics making the rounds at Middlebury. Look for the weekly column in the Arts and Culture section to hear what The Campus’s film critics have to say about the films you’ve already ...
My name is Gennie Herron, and I am the General Manager for WRMC Middlebury College Radio. I have been involved with the station since my first semester, when I started a radio show called “Songs I Play for My Dad in the Car.” Each week I picked a different road trip destination and made a playlist ...
On Middlebury’s small campus, many students struggle to seek respite from the chaos of back-to-school season. Caught up in the cycle of academics, sports and busy social lives, they rarely get the chance to embrace their artistic sides. What students may not realize is that the Middlebury Museum of ...
Each year, the Mahaney Arts Center (MAC) hosts internationally-acclaimed performances every couple of weeks — and this year they range from healing sound baths to world-renowned classical musicians. Of the many weekly activities at Middlebury, the arts offerings, and the “long” walk to the MAC, ...
Perhaps one of the best things to come out of isolation was "folklore," an exciting creative departure for Taylor Swift. "folklore" is more stripped down than her previous albums. Still, it doesn't skimp on rich imagery and complex storytelling.
Like many young people today, Katie Concannon ’22 has dealt with her share of climate grief. She has searched for relief in the imagination of different visions of the future. One such experiment was her Tidal Shift Award-winning sculpture, “What We Left Behind,” based on her experiences with ...
Timely themes of problematic inheritance and climate change loom large in “How Strange a Season,” a new collection of fiction stories from Visiting Assistant Professor of English & American Literatures Megan Mayhew Bergan. The book, containing seven short stories and a novella, “Indigo Run,” ...
Every year, the Robert F. Reiff Curatorial Interns work with Director of the Middlebury College Museum of Art Richard Saunders on upcoming exhibitions and study the current collection as well as special upcoming projects. This year’s interns, Ethan Moss ’23 and Niamh Carty ’23 put their interests ...