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September 29, 2022Try this week's crossword! Solutions are posted in a separate article under Arts & Culture.
Arts & Culture
WRMC Radio Roundup
By Wrmc | September 29, 2022“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 ...
Recapping summer TV favorites
By Charlie Keohane | September 22, 2022If 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 ...
Reel Critic: “Thor: Love and Thunder”
By Jack Torpey | September 22, 2022Early 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 ...
Catalog curveballs: Students find joy in unlikely classes
By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri | September 22, 2022The 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 ...
Aca-ditions: A survey of the Middlebury a cappella scene
By Joshua Glucksman | September 22, 2022“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 ...
The ultimate list of Vermont fall activities
By Olivia Mueller | September 15, 2022September 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: “Top Gun: Maverick”
By Jack Torpey | September 15, 2022Reel 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 ...
WRMC: Meet the Radio!
By Genevieve Herron | September 15, 2022My 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 ...
Middlebury’s Museum of Art: A not-so-hidden gem on campus
By Maggie Bryan | September 15, 2022On 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 ...
The Performing Arts Series at Middlebury: The Fall Rundown
By Eliza King Freedman | September 15, 2022Each 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, ...
Radio Roundup: Songs I found in my mom’s closet
By Wrmc Exec And Djs | May 12, 2022Perhaps 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.
Katie Concannon’s award-winning sculpture translates climate grief into art
By Emily Thompson | May 12, 2022Like 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 ...
New fiction collection from Professor Megan Mayhew Bergman recieves acclaim
By Charlie Keohane | May 12, 2022Timely 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,” ...
Museum of Art’s Reiff Interns present year-long special projects
By Eliza King Freedman | May 12, 2022Every 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 ...
Nocturne Arts Festival 2022: A Campus Transformed
By Olivia Pintair | May 5, 2022This past weekend marked the fourth festival in five years — with 2020’s Nocturne canceled due to Covid-19. Featuring over 175 student artists — the most in its history — Nocturne sprawled across campus, drawing hundreds of students to revel in each other’s creative offerings, oddities and ...
Cliff Hanger: The Outbound Collective films a modern outdoors
By Maggie Bryan | May 5, 2022The most successful outdoor films tend to focus on the “firsts” of the outdoor world: first ascents, remarkable survivals, free solos. In reality, the ability of ordinary people to thrive in outdoor spaces is just as remarkable.
TEDxMiddlebury finds growth in failure
By Eliza King Freedman | April 28, 2022“Maybe failure is worth dwelling on,” began two TEDxMiddlebury organizers Kian Lalji 23’ and Liv Cohen ’23 to a full Dana Auditorium. On April 22, TEDxMiddlebury hosted Failing Forward, an event encouraging Middlebury speakers to share stories of failure, and how they grew from these trying ...
“Ophelia Underwater” rewrites a Shakespearean classic
By Sophie Butler-Rahman | April 28, 2022This past weekend, “Ophelia Underwater,” a play by Janielle Kastner, had its run in the Hepburn Zoo theater. Set in her dying moments, Ophelia uses the last minutes of her life to share her story.
Takács Quartet entertains with a genre-bending performance
By Tejas Srinivasan | April 28, 2022The Takács Quartet first played Middlebury’s Performing Arts Series in 1994, the start of a 28-year partnership. The quartet’s April 22 performance, featuring a genre-bending ensemble with bandoneón and accordina virtuoso Julien Labro, was by far the most daring program presented.