Arts & Culture
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, ...
Crossword 04/03/2025: The Big Dance Solution
By Egan Turner | April 3, 2025Crossword 04/03/2025: The Big Dance Solution!
Crossword 04/03/2025: The Big Dance
By Egan Turner | April 3, 2025Crossword 04/03/2025: The Big Dance!
In Tate McRae’s “So Close to What”, young adulthood is a “Revolving Door”
By Ziying Jian | March 13, 2025Tate McRae’s third studio album “So Close to What” (SC2W) is a masterclass in navigating young adulthood under the glare of pop stardom. At first glance, its themes may seem deceptively simple — heartbreak, reinvention and the push-and-pull of self-identity — but McRae depicts them through ...
Pianist Iyad Sughayer strikes all the right keys
By Yuhan Zhang | March 13, 2025Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer delivered a captivating performance to a packed Robinson Hall on March 7, marking the second stop on his first professional North American tour. The performance featured four pieces by four different composers and filled the hall with energy and excitement. ...
Darkoom Club captures life at Middlebury
By Anthony Cinquina | March 13, 2025Scrolling through the Middlebury Darkroom Club’s Instagram page is a joy. Moments that would otherwise go unknown or forgotten by the majority of students are captured and immortalized: a magic show, a jiu jitsu match, battle of the bands and even a film projector screening of the one-reel Tom and ...
From the Archives: “Scrapped” exhibit pastes and patches the Middlebury community together
By Norah Khan | March 6, 2025Wondering what connects Middlebury students throughout time? Look to Middlebury Special Collections’ new “Scrapped” exhibit for the answer.
Breaking it down: resistance and liberation in the Algerian breakdance movement
By Christy Liang | March 6, 2025Middlebury Scholar in Residence in Dance Kari Wolfe Borni presented a thought-provoking talk on Maghrebi Contemporary Dance and the history of Algerian breakdancing on Feb. 26. The event was a part of the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series and gave insight into how dancers cope with their artistic ...