Crossword 05/01/2025 Solution: But Who Shot First?
By Garrett Durso-Finley | May 1, 2025Solution to this week's crossword: But Who Shot First?
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Crossword 05/01/2025: But Who Shot First?
By Garrett Durso-Finley | May 1, 2025Crossword of the week: But Who Shot First?
Makes Ya Feel: My top three April albums
By Ellie Trinkle | April 24, 2025Gallery hoppers, Spotify stalkers, bookworms, Letterboxd users and anyone who enjoys art, this is the place for you. Makes Ya Feel highlights art across all of its mediums, small and large-scale, that (you guessed it) makes ya feel!
How photographer Rania Matar captures cross-cultural womanhood
By Christy Liang | April 24, 2025Lebanese Palestinian American artist Rania Matar gave a captivating talk about her photography exhibition “SHE” in the Middlebury College Museum of Art on April 17. The event — initially planned for when her exhibit debuted back in February — was rescheduled due to unforeseen weather circumstances. ...
Crossword 04/24/2025 Solution: Campus Tour
By Egan Turner | April 24, 2025This week's crossword solution: Campus Tour!
Crossword 04/24/2025: Campus Tour
By Egan Turner | April 24, 2025This week's crossword: Campus Tour!
Middlebury College Community Chorus charts a melodic journey of humanity and love
By Yuhan Zhang | April 17, 2025The Middlebury College Community Chorus filled Robison Hall with a heartfelt and powerful performance that celebrated love, humanity and the spirit of community on April 11. The free concert featured nearly 70 non-auditioned chorus members from the college and surrounding towns, and was conducted ...
Reel Critic: “No Other Land”
By Thie Harthono | April 17, 2025“No Other Land,” a profoundly moving documentary produced by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, was screened on April 10 to a packed Dana Auditorium as part of the Hirschfield International Film Series. The film is directed by debut filmmakers Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. ...
“Grease” is the word!
By Ziying Jian | April 17, 2025The Middlebury College Musical Theater Club’s rendition of the musical “Grease” left everyone in Town Hall Theater (THT) “Hopelessly Devoted” to the talented cast and crew this past weekend.
Crossword 04/17/25: Bar Night Solution
By Egan Turner | April 17, 2025Solution to this week's crossword, Bar Night!
Remembering sports and celebrating WRMC’s 75th anniversary
By Maya Alexander | April 10, 2025WRMC hosted its annual “Sepomana Spring Concert” in Wilson Hall on Saturday, April 5. In light of WRMC’s 75th anniversary, the concert featured Middlebury student band Soop Spoons and American indie rock band Remember Sports from Philadelphia.
Faculty show explores Catholic school with a twist
By Christy Liang | April 10, 2025Religious guilt, complex identities and the power of female friendship illuminated the Wright Theatre stage this past weekend in “The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows.” The play was directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Sheila Bandyopadhyay and ran from April 3—5. ...
“Dopamine”: Where pleasure meets perception
By Ellie Trinkle | April 10, 2025John McShea ’25 debuted his visual art collection “Dopamine” to an intimate crowd of friends and supporters on April 4. The paintings are complex explorations into how different sources of pleasure affect personal memory and nostalgia.
Crossword 04/10/25: Seder Time Solution
By Josh Harkins | April 10, 2025Crossword Seder Time solution!
Makes Ya Feel: March movie madness
By Ellie Trinkle | April 3, 2025Gallery hoppers, Spotify stalkers, bookworms, Letterboxd users and anyone who enjoys art, this is the place for you. Makes Ya Feel highlights art across all of its mediums, small and large-scale, that (you guessed it) makes ya feel!
Reel Critic: “Pelikan Blue” is a masterpiece of post-Iron Curtain freedom, forgery and hope
By Wendy Wang | April 3, 2025The first full-length animated Hungarian documentary “Pelikan Blue” directed by László Csáki greeted an eager audience of town members and students in a packed Dana Auditorium on March 27. The film shares its name with a type of ink, Pelikan Blue, which plays a critical role in the plot due to ...
Good things come in fours: Isidore String Quartet makes a captivating debut on campus
By Yuhan Zhang | April 3, 2025The Isidore String Quartet made a memorable debut at Mahaney Arts Center’s Olin C. Robison Concert Hall on March 28. The ensemble, comprising violinists Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon, violist Devin Moore, and cellist Joshua McClendon, presented a program with works by Mozart, Billy Childs and Beethoven. ...
Hannah Smith Allen goes “Beyond Walls” to uncover American landscapes and political systems
By Maya Alexander | April 3, 2025Hannah Smith Allen’s photography exhibition “Beyond Walls” opened on Tuesday, March 11 with a lecture and opening reception in Johnson Memorial Building. The exhibition — which will run until April 5 — includes works made during President Donald Trump’s first term as a method of interpreting, ...