Arts & Culture

24-Hour Play Festival

By Middlebury Campus | January 20, 2011

It’s Saturday at 8 p.m., and whether you’re getting ready to throw your hands up in the air another time or bundling up for a late night snowball fight, one thing is relatively certain — you’re not preparing for yet another all-nighter. At the very least, you wouldn’t be doing so voluntarily. Not ...

Playwright’s reading inspires solo students

By Middlebury Campus | January 20, 2011

Nationally renowned poet, actor and playwright Dael Orlandersmith staged a reading of two new short scripts in the Seeler Studio Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 13 as part of her Winter Term residency at the College. The two plays, Rave and Man of Water, were performed by actors Jack Gwaltney and Assistant ...

For the Record – Top 10 Albums of 2010

January 20, 2011

10) Menomena — Mines Menomena’s third proper album is one of the year’s most underrated, and it finds the Portland trio really hitting their stride, marrying their patchwork experimentalism with great hooks and an overall newfound pop sensibility. This yields their most varied and accessible ...

For the Record – Top 10 Albums of 2010

January 20, 2011

10) Fang Island— Fang Island Any band that takes its name from an article in The Onion about Donald Rumsfeld’s secret hideaway is bound to be a bit exuberant. Clocking in at only 31 minutes, Fang Island’s eponymous debut is a blood-rush of epic, carefree hullabaloo inspired by the likes of Los ...

Et Tu, Sweatpants? – The Movies

By Middlebury Campus | January 20, 2011

The silver screen has a long and sequins-smattered history of facilitating the perpetual stylistic dialysis of the masses. No, not in what Blake Lively or Uma Thurman wears to the Oscars — for as inspirational those shimmery stars may be, I'm talking about the celluloid and digital, the magic of the ...

For the Record – Top 10 Albums of 2010

By Middlebury Campus | January 20, 2011

Writing a top ten of 2010 makes me feel like a character straight from High Fidelity. My favorite ten albums of 2010 are… 10) White Denim — Last Day of Summer White Denim surprised me with their latest (and free!) release. The band explains that the collection of songs is just “something ...

The Reel Critic - 1/13/11

By Middlebury Campus | January 13, 2011

Top 10 Films of 2010 Simran Bhalla: The annual moment for our greatest cultural argument — the cause of many divorces and probably some religious schisms — is here: the Top 10 movie list. My judgment is admittedly insignificant (though I imagine my recommendation for Black Swan will send legions ...

Student musicians bring folksy groove to OSM

By Middlebury Campus | January 13, 2011

What causes us to shiver? Stepping into the winter wind that cuts through goose down, a cold hand on a wrist, a rumble underfoot when standing near the Middlebury waterfall, feelings of fear or awe. Then there is the shiver that shakes to our very bones in a delicious, uncanny reaction to an absolutely ...

One Life Left - 1/13/11

By Middlebury Campus | January 13, 2011

Top Games of 2010 2010 has come and gone and we are all one year closer to the end of existence as we know it. Silly pseudo-science aside, 2010 was an amazing year for gaming as a whole, as we saw blockbuster titles flooding the market from the very start. This is no “Top 10” list; just some gems ...

One man show pairs circus act with AIDS awareness

By Middlebury Campus | January 13, 2011

It was easy to imagine David Schein in a circus. The opening segment of his solo performance, which came to the Mahaney Center for the Arts Jan. 6 under the improbable name “MYethiOPIA: Tales from the AIDS Education Circus” featured Schein making full use of the lower lobby. He prowled. He circled. ...

Axelrod '08 returns

By Middlebury Campus | January 13, 2011

Ezra Axelrod ’08 performed last Saturday at the CFA Concert Hall in an exclusive preview of his American Motel World Tour. The performance was an exploration and celebration of modern life as seen through the young artist’s eyes. With Axelrod on piano and a quintet of strings to back him, the audience ...

The Night Kite Revival, featuring Taylor Mali

By Middlebury Campus | January 13, 2011

Last Thursday, Middlebury students, faculty, staff and community members came together in the sold-out McCullough Social Space for a one-of-a-kind event: a spoken word poetry showcase featuring readings by seven students, three respected poets touring under the name “Night Kite Revival” and the ...

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