The Librarian is in: 'How to Read the Air'
By Katrina Spencer | February 20, 2020Dinah Mengestu's book deals with themes of immigration and domestic violence.
Arts & Culture
J-Term musical: Young love in the piazza
By Emma Auer | February 13, 2020"The Light in the Piazza" presented students with an incredibly challenging score, in a mix of English and Italian, to deliver a complex and emotional love story.
What went down at the Oscars
By John Vaaler | February 13, 2020At the Oscars this weekend "Parasite" made history as a big winner, among other surprises and predictable awards.
Reel Critic: '1917'
By Owen Mason-Hill | February 13, 2020Winning the Oscar for Best Cinematography, "1917" is a new take on the genre of war film, intensely personal.
'Quicksand': If 'Gossip Girl' went courtroom drama
By Elsa Korpi | February 13, 2020Set in Stockholm, Malin Persson Giolito's novel details a murder trial, highlighting the role of class in its narration.
The Librarian is in: "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
By Katrina Spencer | February 13, 2020Zora Neale Hurston's best known novel explores what marriage and identity means to a Southern, Black woman.
These winter term classes will give you chills
By Rain Ji | January 23, 2020This J-Term, visiting professors are teaching unique courses following themes of political advocacy, storytelling and social activism. These individuals teach from lived experience and employ diverse methods in the classroom.
InspirASIANal Voices
By Online Editor | January 23, 2020InspirASIANal Voices, a storytelling event arranged by the student organization RAISINS (Radical Asians), kicked off with the following question: “What is your first memory of a circle?” Club members distributed paper and markers to the audience members, who anonymously penned their answers. The ...
An insider's look into the Dance Company of Middlebury
By Ariadne Will | January 23, 2020This upcoming weekend, the Dance Company of Middlebury will perform a new work centered on intentionality and simplicity, let by Scholar in Residence Karima Borni and Oregon-based artist Meshi Chavez.
A Throwback for RIDDIM
By Emmanuel Tamrat | January 23, 2020RIDDIM World Dance Troupe's most recent show followed the group's tradition of featuring student-choreographed dances in diverse styles.
Reel Critic: 'Uncut Gems'
By Owen Mason-Hill | January 23, 2020This film packs a heavy and intense combination of emotion, tension and questions of inner worth and beauty.
The Librarian is in: "Shrill"
By Katrina Spencer | January 23, 2020Lindy West's first collection of essays challenges a number of widespread antifeminist beliefs, with good writing and personal, vulnerable anecdotes.
A plague of power dynamics: "One Flea Spare"
By Rain Ji | December 5, 2019Directed by Professor Claudio Medeiros '90, this show traps several unique characters from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds together during the Great Plague of 1665. It leaves the audience with thoughts relevant to inequality in the world today.
Stonewall and Middlebury: Exhibits on queer activism
By Ariadne Will | December 5, 2019Marking the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, three student interns worked with Special Collections to curate an exhibit and display in Davis Family Library, highlighting queer writers, history and activism on campus.
The Librarian is in
By Online Editor | December 5, 2019If you’re interested in Fidel Castro’s Cuba of the 1960s, this graphic memoir is the work for you. It covers an era and a culture in which some communist believers willfully exiled themselves to the Caribbean isle to pursue this political ideology. The author is Anna Vetfort and her parents were ...
MiddKids of Instagram
By Sophie Hiland | December 5, 2019Alongside official Middlebury accounts such as @MiddleburyCollege or @MiddAthletics, a niche of student-run accounts highlight Middlebury fashion, food and students.
'Airswimming': Survival through friendship
By John Vaaler | November 21, 2019This play highlights the unlikely friendship that helps Dorphea and Persephone survive the mental ward where they have been imprisoned for deviating from early 20th-century Britain's sexual norms.
ISO show exhibits Middlebury's global story
By Nina Ng | November 21, 2019The International Students' Organization show featured performances from student groups, showcasing talent from around the world.
'Radical & boundary pushing': Annual Fall Dance Concert promises experimental work
By Ariadne Will | November 21, 2019At the annual Fall Dance Concert this weekend, audience members can expect to see a range of themes and styles in choreography by students and Artist-in-Residence Tori Lawrence.
Reel Critic: 'The Lighthouse'
By Owen Mason-Hill | November 21, 2019This black-and-white, technically rich film portrays the psychological tensions as Wake and Winslow, keepers of a lighthouse off the coast of New England, navigate their power dynamics and solitude.