Author: Michael Nevadomski In the middle of Winter Term, it is not altogether surprising that you can find snowflakes and trees in the same place. Inside the Museum of Art, however, is an entirely different story. No need to call Emmie Donadio just yet, though: the museum does not have a hole in the ...
Author: J.P. Allen Amid the flurry of Winter Term events and speakers, performance artist Scott Turner Schofield quietly staged one of the most unusual, exceptional presentations Middlebury College has seen all year. Schofield was invited to Middlebury by T Cooper ('94), and visiting Winter Term professor, ...
Author: Jason Gutierrez The Smell is a tiny club nestled in between a dive bar called Jalisco and an independent movie theater in downtown Los Angeles. If you weren't looking for it, you'd probably walk right past it. I did. Three times. The truth is that somehow, while the rest of us were asleep, Los ...
Author: Jessie Kissinger Joining together an eclectic mix of student and professional art, the Old Stone Mill opened an exhibit honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday, Jan.16. Though there is no linear sense of aesthetic to the exhibit - which mingles mixed-media collage, photography, papier-mâché, ...
Author: Josh Wessler MOVIE: MilkDIRECTOR: Gus Van SantSTARRING: Sean PennThe blend of archival news footage with a grainy filter leaves the impression that the essence of Harvey Milk's campaign is still immensely relevant. The effort in 1978 to defeat a California ballot initiative allowing employment ...
Author: Emma Stanford No term paper can compare to the stress of standing up before one's peers and performing, alone, an original monologue. But four days a week this Winter Term, the twelve students in Visting Lecturer in Theatre Dana Yeaton's "Going Solo" class do exactly that. On Tuesday morning, ...
Author: Robert McKay Wind engineer Jito Coleman got his start during the energy crisis of the 1970s. Today Coleman is president of Northern Power Systems, a Waitsfield-based company that makes wind and hybrid power systems and specializes in getting green power to remote locations. Coleman is also ...
Author: [no author name found] This weekend, six campus bands vibrated the Pearsons Lounge in a charity event to help raise money for the Middlebury Alternative Break trip to San Francisco. Tickets to the event cost $4, and the band with the most ticket stubs in their respective jar was declared the ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Currently your friendly Digital Media Lab Assistant, recent graduate Sam Morrill '08 not only knows how to supervise the film making process, but he also has an impressive body of creative work. Perhaps the most intriguing is his recent film set in Havana, Cuba that will be ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl Posters advertising the first Performing Arts Series concert of the new year read "Sophie Shao and Friends," placing the photogenic young cellist as the predetermined star of the evening. This was misleading, since Shao's "friends" matched her in both role and ability. Here I ...
Author: Jessica Kissinger MOVIE: Mister LonelyDIRECTOR: Harmony KorineSTARRING: Diego Luna & Samantha MortonA forlorn little film, "Mister Lonely" whizzed in and out of theaters, and yet, despite its rather quirky premise - the story primarily concerns a commune of impersonators - the film teems ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt 2008 marked the emergence of several new art galleries at the College. The Center Gallery, the gallery at Old Stone Mill and 51 Main have joined the Johnson Gallery, the Gamut Room, and various temporary guerilla spaces in a burst that recognizes a desire for a more roomy existence ...
Author: Mario Ariza The Large-Format Drawing exhibition, located in the Johnson Memorial Building's gallery, showcases 11 works from last semester's Studio Art I course. The featured pieces are generally charcoal- and pastel-based portraits executed on several large, stapled rectangles of coarse paper. ...
Author: John Patrick Allen Last October, Philippe Bronchtein '10 released "Scarecrow," an EP produced under the moniker Hip Hatchet. Bronchtein discussed with The Campus what "Scarecrow" sounds like and why.The Middlebury Campus: "Hip Hatchet" - does that mean a hatchet worn on the hip, or a very stylish ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Okay, so it's J-term, and you know what that means. Skiing? No, maybe when I master walking. Intoxication? If you're buying, sweetheart. The correct answer is workshops! As your friendly, almost retired Campus columnist, I would like to offer my dining hall readers a crash course ...
Author: Jason Gutierrez It's that time; time for the "best of" lists to start rolling out. It might be a little bit early for me to jump into this list-making frenzy, but a look ahead at the upcoming album releases tells me I won't be missing out on much if I start early. This might be making a huge ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Crafted in Dublin and performed in the Champlain Valley, "Tiny Geniuses" by joint English/Theatre major Emily Feldman '09 takes audiences to the elementary school classroom. Feldman spoke to The Middlebury Campus about the inspiration behind the humorous work. The Middlebury ...
Author: [no author name found] From our bookshelves, iPods and laptops to your Thursday morning breakfast table, here are our recommendations for the best of recent culture. FOUND Magazine(foundmagazine.com)Ever find an old note in a library book or a strange Polaroid at a garage sale? The ...
Author: Emma Stanford At the end of "Twelfth Night," the lovely and self-centered Countess Olivia (Martha Newman '10) stared around the stage and gasped, "Most wonderful!" The audience at the production could have said the same, feasting on Mark Evancho's lavish and whimsical set design and a dynamic ...
Author: John Patrick Allen Staceyann Chin removed her shoes and socks (revealing toenails painted a shimmering green) and wove through the audience to stand in the center of the room, where she began to recite her poem, "Why I Love My Pussy."Chin was last Thursday's headliner at Verbal Onslaught, a ...