Arts & Culture
Crossword 10/26/2023: Solution!
By Josh Harkins | October 27, 2023Crossword solution for 10/26/2023.
Pianist Mahani Teave visits Middlebury from Rapa Nui
By Gus Morrill | October 26, 2023Mahani Teave without a doubt has the resume to match any of her contemporaries. She attended prestigious music schools worldwide to hone her crafts and studied under several notable concert pianists, including Roberto Bravo, Sergei Babayan and Fabio Bidini.
“Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” lights a path toward a resilient future
By Eli Dibari | October 26, 2023In a future in which the threat of wildfires shrouds the horizon in smoke and uncertainty, the film “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” (2022) offers a fresh perspective of hope.
From the Archives: A spooky history of Halloween postcards
By Charlie Keohane | October 26, 2023When you think of a romantic holiday, you probably think of Valentine’s Day, a day dedicated to love. Save for a cute couple’s costume, Halloween is typically a night of trick-or-treating and scary movies. Halloween is perhaps one of the least romantic holidays to come to mind. However, this wasn’t ...
Crossword 10/12/2023: Solutions
By Josh Harkins and Aaron Cohen | October 13, 2023Here are the solutions for this week's crossword puzzle!
Knolci: A fusion of flavors celebrating 20 years at the Knoll
By Maggie Bryan | October 12, 2023This past Friday’s Dolci dinner, cleverly coined “Knolci,” merged two Middlebury favorites: Dolci, Middlebury’s student-run restaurant, and the Knoll, the college’s farm. The Knoll’s bountiful harvest served as the inspiration for the event and provided most of the meal’s produce, which ...
First-Year show dares us to “Look, Dream, Begin” fighting for our climate
By Arthur Romero Da Veiga Martins | October 12, 2023How does one tackle an anxiety-inducing, over-saturated and apocalyptic issue like climate change with wit, heart and a commitment to action? The answer for the team behind “Look, Dream, Begin” — the 28th-Annual First-Year Show performed at the Hepburn Zoo this past weekend — was a bold, theatrical ...
Challenging and transcending norms with Dreamers’ Circus
By Joshua Glucksman | October 12, 2023An aura of anticipation filled the air last Saturday evening as a nearly full house packed into McCullough Student Center for the return of Nordic music group Dreamers’ Circus.
La Montagne sculpture brings early American Modernism to Middlebury
By Asa Stone | October 12, 2023Originally created in 1919, “La Montagne” is a clay sculpture of the artist’s wife and muse, Isabel Dutaud Nagle Lachaise. The version of “La Montagne” on campus is a replica of the clay original.
Crossword 10/12/2023
By Josh Harkins and Aaron Cohen | October 12, 2023Solutions will be posted on Friday, October 13th at noon!
Slipin Sips: Why you should care about Natural Wine
By Sam Lipin | October 5, 2023“Slipin Sips” is a wine column written by Staff Writer Sam Lipin (hence the title, “Slipin”). As an amateur sommelier, Sam exists deep in the world of wine, particularly natural wine, and this column seeks to share the joy he finds in fermented grapes with the rest of the world.
From the Archives: Pop-Up Books
By Katrina Schwarz | October 5, 2023When pop-up books come to mind, what is the first thing you picture? Maybe the phrase conjures a kindergarten classroom or tiny toddlers sounding out their first words. Yet passersby and visitors to Davis Family Library’s current exhibit “Pop-Up! 3-D Books from Special Collections” will soon learn ...
Emerson String Quartet visits Middlebury for the final time
By Gus Morrill | October 5, 2023Amidst this year’s Fall Family Weekend bustle of pumpkin rolling, bouncy houses and meals shared at the Knoll, several families, students and members of the Middlebury community made their way to The Chapel to honor a musical tradition that spans five decades.
Beyond the Blundstones: fall clothing on Middlebury’s campus
By Madeleine Kaptein | October 5, 2023After spending a week meticulously observing the student body’s clothing choices from Proctor Dining Hall to academic buildings and talking to students about their fall garment essentials, I have compiled a list of notable trends and persisting classics that constitute Middlebury students’ fall ...
Student-led fitness offerings at a glance
By Catherine Goodrich | October 5, 2023There is no question that there is a strong culture on campus of athletics, even beyond students on varsity teams. Over the years, students have organized group fitness efforts to combine athletic pursuits and social life. Taking eight classes of one of the activities can even grant you a PE credit. ...
Hirschfield International Film Series returns to Middlebury
By Jack Torpey | September 28, 2023After over a yearlong hiatus, the Hirschfield International Film Series is returning to Middlebury College. The upcoming Oct. 5 screening of “The Royal Hotel” marks the series’ first event since May 2022, offering the college community the chance to see an Australian social thriller the day before ...