Author: Ramona Richards You thought Cold War Kids were an indie rock band? Me too. But on April Fool's Day when the group played at Higher Ground in Burlington, they played surprisingly like a lounge act. The foursome produced a sound that was much jazzier than what can be heard on the Robbers & ...
Author: Astri von Arbin Ahlander I was in Sweden over the break, experiencing what we have yet to see at Middlebury: spring. The temperature in Stockholm blew my travel buddy and me away with warm breezes and constant sunshine over the glittering water of what is appropriately called the Venice of the ...
Author: Emily Temple According to the jacket of the album, "The Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn is a departure from the obscured blur of stained glass rÍve to a more self-exploitive memoir. Parts are dreamy and parts are savage, but, as with an opera where death represents a secret heaven, ...
Author: Bridget Cummings Dorman "A girl that talks to animals. A cramped zoo. All the zoo animals going down the Mississippi in a houseboat. Fantastic!" writes local Middlebury resident, Lisel Peters-deCourval. The twelve-year-old critic is describing William B. Catton's new book, "Kathryn and the Runaway ...
Author: Colin Foss As three courageous, 19th-century women set off on a safari through "Terra Incognita," the rusty Hepburn Zoo became a lush jungle, an arctic tundra and finally the intersection of time and space. Exploring the romantic dreamworlds with big-eyes and even bigger characters, the pioneering ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Frequenters of the Gamut Room have Senior Ian Peach to thank for the recently added artistic ambience to the student-run space. Peach's contributions include under-developed photographs sporting super-imposed typed poetry and an innovative interpretation of the American Flag. ...
Author: Hannah Rommer The Takacs Quartet delighted the Middlebury community last Friday evening with its 19th campus performance since 1994. Playing the works of Debussy, Shostakovich and Brahms, the award-winning quartet delivered a varied program that displayed the talents of its individual players ...
Author: Kelsey Smith, arts editor Despite their beauty, numbers don't explain much - 15551 might be a darling little palindromic prime to look at, but looks aren't everything, after all. This seems to be the point that Rinne Groff, author of "The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem," was getting at. One of ...
Author: Sara Jameson Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, the Middlebury College Musical Player's performance of "Little Women" displayed not only the musical talent of the cast, but also proved their theatrical aptitude by the authentic ease with which they played their roles and the sincere relationships ...
Author: Melissa Marshall "When men's minds seem narrow to you, tell yourself that the land of God is broad; broad His hands and His heart. Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs." I closed the cover of a now worn copy of Leo Africanus - some of its ...
Author: Staff Alianza Latinoamerica Y Caribena's QuinceaÒera, named after the coming of age ceremony of fifteen year old girls, was a diverse performance extravaganza that celebrated the fifteenth birthday of the ALC. The ALC's mission is "to learn more about Latino cultures and to share that knowledge ...
Author: Ramona Richards You thought Cold War Kids were an indie rock band? Me too. But on April Fool's Day when the group played at Higher Ground in Burlington, they played surprisingly like a lounge act. The foursome produced a sound that was much jazzier than what can be heard on the Robbers & ...
Author: Astri Von Arbin Ahlander I have booked myself a hair dressing appointment in a couple of days. I hadn't planned on anything special. Just a trim. Clean it up a little. Maybe add some layers. But then this afternoon, I saw myself in the mirror and thought: should I go crazy? Maybe it's time to ...
Author: Beth Connolly Posters promoting Jennifer Guest's senior recital display Guest posed in a cowboy hat and checked Western shirt. Beneath the photograph is the title of her concert: "USA is A-OK! An evening of American Song." At first glance, I might have thought that the concert featured country ...
Author: Kelsey Smith You've seen him around. Tall, skinny, attractive boy in tight, ripped jeans and old-school Nikes spray-painted gold complete with slap bracelet and very '90s hat with the word "Peck" cocked to the side. And of course, large headphones and a cigarette are always part of the package. ...
Author: Josh Wessler "God Grew Tired of Us" is a powerful but flawed documentary about crossing invisible political boundaries that feel more like brick walls. As political refugees from Sudan, the subjects of the movie are afforded homes and the opportunities to work in the United States. Yet, the ...
Author: Shahar Fineberg It was not until the very moment that the doors opened that Ingrid Fliter had the piano tuned and tempered. She instructed the tuner mainly to adjust the hammers for a fuller sound, rather than change the pitch of the notes. Initially, I regarded this as a standard procedure, ...
Author: Colin Foss A healthy dose of egotism can do wonders. As simultaneous writer, director and actor, Veracity Butcher '09 brought her audience through a twisted ride into her own psyche in her most recent spectacle entitled "Glittering Graffiti." Not really a play in the traditional sense, Butcher ...
Author: Melissa Marshall It started with the whisper of a spark, slowly leaping from laptop to laptop, airwave to airwave, setting the indie music scene aflame. In the fall of 2004, mourners of a genre which seemed to be suffering from an incurable case of apathy and staleness threw off their bereavement ...
Author: Colin Foss It's easy to imagine that mild-mannered Michael, the main character of "Sex Lives of Superheroes," is leading a double life. On the exterior, he is a bumbling nerd who can't seem to escape his teenage infatuation with comic books, but what about his true identity? More than any other ...