In his sparse free time , sophomore English major and Ross Commons Co-Chair Patrick D’Arcy busies himself as the primary writer of music blog Kickin’ the Peanuts (KTP). With 10-15,000 unique hits a day, KTP is distinguished as one of the more prominent blogs on the Web, often listed in the “Most ...
Given the technical ground broken by James Cameron’s newest release, it is difficult to leave the theater unimpressed by the special effects: surprising stereoscopic filming advances leave the gimmicks of the last decade’s 3-D craze to be lost in a shimmering wake of striking color and subtle depth. However, ...
When the Strokes burst onto the scene in 2001 with their monumental debut, “Is This It,” many deemed them the saviors of rock. They would resurrect the dead garage and punk sound of the late 1970s and rescue the suffering public from the talentless grasp of boy bands and teen pop divas. For a while, ...
From Nov. 19 through Nov. 21, “Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief” played five shows at the Hepburn Zoo. The script, written 30 years ago by Pulitzer-winning playwright Paula Vogel, is inspired by Shakespeare’s “Othello.” But, as the title alludes, Vogel’s work shifts away from the tragic ...
The lights were dimmed excepting a blue-filtered trickle that danced off the curved white wall of the Wright Theatre stage and the round “windows” that hung like the eye-like portals of a ship. They curved into a half moon outline that enclosed a stage empty but for the series of white columns stood ...
Animal Collective has had quite a year. Way back in January the Brooklyn/Baltimore-based group released the monumental “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” an album that set the critical world ablaze (many critics wasted no time in deeming it the album of the year) and kicked off the electro-pop trend ...
Ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated with your seatbelts tightly fastened until the aircraft has landed — oh wait, it just did. The “bearcraft,” that is. Having barely recovered from his premier album, “Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man,” which he released to the blogosphere last ...
Middance, also known as Middlebury’s come-one-come-all dance organization, put on its fall performance over two shows in the McCullough Social Space on the night of Friday, Nov. 20. Centered on choreographed hip-hop dancing, the performance also featured a variety of other styles, from tap to classical ...
Despite the fact that Wes Anderson’s new film stars an assortment of furry creatures who scamper, scurry and crawl in the dirt, the characters of “Fantastic Mr. Fox” bear more similarities to the oddball humans of Anderson’s other films than to the actual animals they are supposed to be. Bill ...
Up until famed department store Barneys New York highlighted sustainability in fashion through its “Give Good Green” holiday theme in 2007, the most memorable “green” moment in fashion had involved Jennifer Lopez, an exposed navel, and a Versace dress-cum-swimsuit-cover-up in a chintzy palm ...
“Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose” is the sappy but never-tired mantra of Coach Eric Taylor who recently began a new era as coach of the East Dillon Lions on the new season of “Friday Night Lights.” Coach Taylor’s path of leaving the powerhouse Panthers for untested waters is familiar ...
Readers who are familiar with the “Cow Parade” popular in various cities worldwide will be able to picture Matt Birnbaum’s ’12 ultimate goal — large-scale artistic turbines scattered around the Vermont country-side. The Campus’ Joanna Rothkopf sat down with the Old Stone Mill tenant and ...
Artist: Umphrey's McGee The Green Apple Festival is America’s largest celebration of Earth Day. Since its birth in 2006, the event has grown to 10 major cities across the United States. Each year, bands play in the festival to educate audiences about environmental issues. Specifically, the Green ...
Countless works of art are produced every year that revisit and rehash our historical past, both immediate and ancient. What is it about these histories that proves to be so consistently compelling to us? The story of ancient Rome, in particular, demonstrates again and again that it is endlessly fascinating ...
Loose women and men in shabby coats settled into a disheveled Seeler Studio Theater this past weekend, bringing to life director Richard Romagnoli’s show, “Road,” written by Jim Cartwright. The stage was dim, first lit by a match, and run through with broken furniture, establishing the dismal ...
For anyone that’s stepped onto Middlebury’s campus, the bent toward environmental awareness quickly becomes apparent. Reminders to save energy grace signs above light switches, a plethora of recycling bins dot dorm rooms and offices and even the toilets in the Axinn Center save water by reneging ...
In September, the students of “Re-Imagining the Landscape: Painting, Drawing, Photography and Glass” were given magic markers and four-by-six foot sheets of paper and sent to find a spot on campus to draw. Over the course of three weeks, they continued to capture their chosen scenes, moving from ...
Author: Dana Walters Judith Dry '09 built her senior work, "A Black Tie Affair," upon a large foundation of cross-dressing in the arts. Since Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," identity and gender confusion have been a staple of theater and film. Charlie Chaplin, Tony Curtis and Dustin Hoffman all donned ...