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Reel Critic: “Emilia Pérez”

By Gavin Richards | November 14, 2024

What strikes one most upon viewing “Emilia Pérez”, which first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last May, is its resistance to description. The film, starring Karla Sofía Gascón in the titular role as a transgender woman looking to leave her life as a notorious cartel boss, uses conventions ...

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Crossword 11/14/2004: Solution

By Winter Heaton | November 14, 2024

Crossword 11/14/2004: Solution!

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Crossword 11/14/2004

By Winter Heaton | November 14, 2024

Crossword 11/14/2004!

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“Far Out” empowers student landscape of visual art

By Anthony Cinquina | November 7, 2024

Mark McGoey ’26.5’s visual art exhibit “Far Out” opened on the evening of Oct. 25 to a warm crowd of friends and faculty. The collection is modest, and each individual work is made all the more memorable for it. 

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Jerusalem Quartet returns to campus with rousing program

By Yuhan Zhang | November 7, 2024

On Nov. 2, the Jerusalem Quartet flooded the Mahaney Arts Center with passionate string music ranging from classical to modern. Celebrating their 30th season, Jerusalem Quartet returned to Middlebury with a program of Haydn, Shostakovich and Dvorák. 

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The double dream of American Football

By Cole Chaudhari | November 7, 2024

Two Saturdays ago, I traveled to Brooklyn to see the band American Football on their tour commemorating the 25th anniversary of their first album’s release. “American Football” — sometimes nicknamed LP1 — was released on Sept. 14, 1999, and changed emo music forever. Though there have been ...

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Shawn Ryan ’88 is rooting for you

By Catherine Goodrich | November 7, 2024

If Shawn Ryan ’88 has anything in common with the hard-nosed shows that make up his acclaimed career, it’s that he’s as easy to talk to as a seasoned officer by the water cooler. Ryan is the award-winning writer, showrunner and producer of shows including “The Shield,” “The Chicago Code,” ...

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Crossword 11/07/2024: Solution

By Avery Goldstein | November 7, 2024

Crossword 11/07/2024: Solution!

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Crossword 11/07/2024

By Avery Goldstein | November 7, 2024

Crossword 11/07/2024!

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Sō Percussion and Caroline Shaw transfix audience with acoustic poetry

By Christy Liang | October 31, 2024

On Oct. 25, Middlebury welcomed Sō Percussion and Caroline Shaw for a mind-boggling night of acoustic poetry. With soulful chanting, processional tempo and impeccably layered percussion sounds from novel instruments, the group cast the audience in an enthralled trance.

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Campaign Culture: The impact of celebrities and anthems on U.S. elections

By Norah Khan and Virginia Frau | October 31, 2024

Nowadays, it seems like presidential campaigns cannot exist without celebrity influence. Celebrities like Megan Thee Stallion, Beyoncé, Julia Roberts and Bruce Springsteen have all endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, and they have appeared at events to rally support among voters.

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Crossword 10/31/2024

By Josh Harkins | October 31, 2024

Crossword 10/31/2024!

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“The Art Piece that Wanders in Space”: A conversation with Dario Robleto

By Yuhan Zhang | October 24, 2024

If you were to send a message into the great expanse of the universe, what would it be? Artist, writer and filmmaker Dario Robleto seeks to expand on this question in his film, “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice” which is currently on display in the exhibit, “An Invitation to Awe” at the Middlebury ...

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A world in flux: the relevance of julie

By Oscar De Swaan Arons | October 24, 2024

When I first encountered Julie (stylized “julie”) almost a year ago, I was listening to “Catalogue.” At that point it was just an unsuspecting single on a dreary evening walk back from Davis. Their “zoomergaze” sound, a sort of Tiktok-ified mix of shoegaze and grunge, had blipped on my radar ...

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