Arts & Culture
Le Petit Salon: The evolution of an eighteenth-century Parisian room across borders
By Maya Alexander | September 18, 2025The gracefully painted, paneled room made in the 18th century for a Parisian mansion, Le Petit Salon, debuted at the Middlebury College Museum of Art on July 8. The exhibition will run until Dec. 7. Designed by French architect Pierre-Adrien Pâris, the exhibition displays a set of wooden carved panels ...
Makes Ya Feel: Summer recap
By Ellie Trinkle | September 18, 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! As the solstice approaches and marks the official end of the summer, ...
A musical playdate: Sophie Shao & Friends
By Kiara Dookie | September 18, 2025The opening notes of the trio Sophie Shao & Friends pulsed through Robinson Hall, the air charged with anticipation. The three women — cellist Shao, violinist Carmit Zori, and pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute — launched into an evening of intimacy and intensity, the kind of performance where silence ...
Welcome to the Zoo: WRMC’s SOS Fest
By Norah Khan | September 18, 2025WRMC’s annual fall SOS (start of school) Fest brought neighs, ribbets, and everything in between on Sept. 13. The show was headlined by bands Frog and Horse Jumper of Love.
Crossword 09/18/2025: Solutions
By Avery Goldstein | September 18, 2025Crossword 09/18/2025: Solutions!
Summertime soul foods: A book review
By Christy Liang | September 11, 2025Reading for pleasure can feel like an elusive luxury amid the perpetual, cyclical motion of college. Over the summer, however, time regains its elasticity, yielding a sweet languor I’ve already begun to miss.
Crossword 09/11/2025: Solutions
By Avery Goldstein | September 11, 2025This week's crossword solutions!
Reel Critic: Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
By Anthony Cinquina | September 11, 2025New and first-time filmmakers from around the world came to Middlebury to showcase their work at the 11th annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, which took place Aug. 20–Aug. 24.
Quadeca finds his sea legs on “Vanisher, Horizon Scraper”
By Gus Morrill | September 11, 2025When the strongly nautical “Vanisher, Horizon Scraper” by Quadeca released this summer, I was as landlocked as one could be. It was a few minutes past midnight, and I had just returned from a movie night at a friend’s apartment to my parking spot on the fourth floor of GSU’s parking garage. ...
A & C-ing it: A glimpse into the 106th Middlebury Performing Arts Series’ season
By Ellie Trinkle | September 11, 2025The Middlebury Performing Arts Series (PAS) is returning to campus for its 106th season to highlight performance art forms of all kinds — music, theatre and more will grace the eyes and ears of the Mahaney Arts Center (MAC) this fall. Whether you’re looking to unwind from the beginning of school ...
Lorde’s dreamy new single “What Was That” marks an ordinary and vulnerable return
By Ziying Jian | May 8, 2025Four years after her last major release, “Solar Power,” Grammy award-winning artist Lorde has reemerged with “What Was That,” the lead single from her upcoming fourth album “Virgin,” which is set to drop on June 27. The single carries all the hallmarks of classic Lorde — her signature ...
Doomsday machine glitch: A look back on “Frog In Boiling Water”
By Oscar De Swaan Arons | May 8, 2025I sat. To say that this night was momentous was a disservice to the magnitude I felt it held. My brother sat, then our friend James sat. All of us lounged on the L-shaped couch in my living room, a perfect middle ground between the two speakers and amplifier that make up our home surround sound system. ...
A room that shrinks: The psychological toll of “The Walls”
By Youyou Zhang | May 8, 2025Two walls, a chair and a bed tucked into the Seeler Studio Theatre in the Mahaney Arts Center introduced audience members to the suffocating world of “The Walls” this past weekend. The play, directed by Professor of Theatre and Department Chair Cláudio Medeiros, ran from May 1–3 and offered a ...
Crossword 05/08/2025 Solution: One Last Ride
By Josh Harkins | May 8, 2025Crossword 05/08/2025 Solution: One Last Ride!
Crossword 05/08/2025: One Last Ride
By Josh Harkins | May 8, 2025Crossword 05/08/2025: One Last Ride!
A big thief of my time: Adrianne Lenker’s “Live at Revolution Hall”
By Gus Morrill | May 1, 2025Ten days before the release of Adrianne Lenker’s most recent live album, “Live at Revolution Hall,” this past Thursday, the artist’s label 4AD put out a release promoting the upcoming album. This page included a tracklist of all 43 songs and conversations composing the album’s runtime, as ...
A perfect finale: Ibragimova and Tiberghien close Middlebury’s 105th Performing Arts Series
By Yuhan Zhang | May 1, 2025The sublime artistry of violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien echoed in Robinson Concert Hall this past Sunday, as the pair delivered a performance that marked the end of Middlebury College’s 105th Performing Arts Series season. The duo program featured Janáček’s “Violin ...