Everything about She & Him’s second album, “Volume Two,” drips with nostalgia. From the retro cover art of a lonely schoolgirl to the sunny soft rock production to singer Zooey Deschanel’s aching reflections on past romances, it’s an album that owes much to the California dreamin’ singer-songwriters ...
There was a drag queen in Hepburn Zoo April 22, 23 and 24. There was also a womanizing politician and a love struck songbird. Incidentally, they all happened to go by the name of Schuyler Beeman ’10, and they were part of his senior work, a collection of scenes and songs simply dubbed “Perform.” “I ...
The audience shudders with laughter, some riotous and some nervous, and the teenage couple next to me swig from their brown-bagged cylinders. Damon Macready, a.k.a. Big Daddy, (Nicholas Cage) has just fired a handgun directly at the wee chest of his daughter Mindy, a.k.a. Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) and ...
As far as academic resources go, the Middlebury College Museum of Fine Art is regrettably unnoticed and underused by the majority of students on campus. However, in recent years there has been a much-needed push to get students out of their desks and into the galleries, where they can find an outlet ...
This weekend the Middlebury community will be treated to a performance that seeks to capture audiences through intellectual engagement. With a cast of over 21 students, The Good Woman of Setzuan stars Michaela Lieberman ’10.5, Christo Grabowski ’10 and Michael Kessler ’11. When three gods descend ...
Were you a fan of MGMT’s “Oracular Spectacular,” or, more particularly, of “Electric Feel,” “Kids” and “Time to Pretend”? Have you had fun blasting the infectious “Daylight” by Matt & Kim out of your fast moving vehicle? These tunes are great, and, with the “indie” label ...
In “Date Night,” Steve Carell and Tina Fey play, in their characters’ own words, a “boring couple from New Jersey” that is thrown into a manic night in New York City involving lying cops, a manipulative babysitter and kinky politician-turned-criminals. Fey and Carell reached the heights of ...
Following deftly in the footsteps of Liz Taylor and Paul Newman in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Martha Newman ’10 and Matthew Nakitare ’10.5 explode with sexual tension in “After Miss Julie.” But the suggestive air hanging heavily above all the scenes is more on account of Newman than Nakitare, ...
Let’s talk for a second about sunglasses. Since I can remember, sunglasses have always been a symbol of “cool,” a single accessory that can turn the dorkiest, most awkward and uncomfortable person into a real snazzy cat. I vividly remember being in my fifth grade jazz band and being forced to ...
On April 16 and 17, sold-out audiences in the MCFA Dance Theatre were treated to “Walking the Curb,” featuring senior independent work from Elizabeth Boles ’10, Philippe Bronchtein ’10 and Sophia Levine ’10. One was immediately introduced to the ethereal, surreal quality that would carry ...
Independent horror film “Yellowbrickroad,” the writing and directing debut of Jesse Holland ’02 and Andy Mitton ’01, had its Vermont theatrical debut in Dana Auditorium on Sunday night. The film, which is still seeking a distributor, has screened at the alterna-Sundance “Slamdance” festival ...
Ross Bell’s ’10 “Jekyll,” which he wrote and directed for his Senior 700 work, ran in the Seeler Studio Theatre this past weekend, April 16-18. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” the play deviated slightly from the book’s plotline, yet the ...
Prior to the release of MGMT’s “Congratulations,” the duo delivered one of the boldest and most outrageous statements since the great Kanye/Swift feud of 2009. In an interview with NME, they revealed that their latest LP would not contain any radio-friendly singles. Rather, they intended each ...
On the second night of first-year orientation in 1983, John Grace returned to his room in Allen Hall to find a threatening note on his door: “die nig***.” It seems relevant to note that he was African-American. The harassment continued, culminating in a broken window, a stunned and angry student ...
After Miss Julie Hepburn Zoo 8 p.m., April 16 and 17 For the senior acting work of both Martha Newman ’10 and Matthew Nakitare ’10, they will perform Patrick Marber’s interpretation of August Strindberg’s original masterpiece. Delving into 1945 Britain, this drama examines the limits of class. Jekyll ...
Since its founding in 1995, the Middlebury College Musical Players (MCMP) has committed to putting on at least one full-scale musical every academic year. In recent years, they’ve typically produced one musical each semester, and their selection for this spring was the beloved “West Side Story,” ...
This music major from Wyckoff, N.J. used his semester off last spring to learn the art and practice of luthiery. The Middlebury Campus sat down to find out about how he learned this unique skill. Middlebury Campus: Guitar making isn’t exactly what you’d call a usual ability. Exactly how did you ...
Both the jokes and Ele Woods’s ’11 oppressively colorful tunic in “Beyond Therapy” appear equally anachronistic for today’s world, and yet both still elicit the most uproarious of laughs. Though the gags might have been a bit worn-out, the sense that the homophobic and “crazy people” ...
As a devoted fan of television’s Citizen Kane, “The Wire,” I waited until the last possible moment while watching the final episode on the final disk of the season five DVD to reluctantly press stop and end what had been the most transcendent TV watching experience of my life. Luckily, creator ...