Author: Sara Jameson At eight o'clock last Friday night, five playwrights, five directors and sixteen actors gathered in the Hepburn Zoo ready to challenge their creative ingenuity and alacrity. Twenty-four hours later, five fresh, creative and engaging plays were performed. The event, created and hosted ...
Author: Astri Von Arbin Ahlander On December 31, 2006 we rang in the New Year. Personally, I choked on my champagne as I stood on the roof of a building in central Stockholm as artillery-like fireworks went off all around me. 2007? This is the number I have written after my name for the past three and ...
Author: Josh Wessler The hit Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" makes a flashy transition onto the silver screen in Bill Condon's adaptation. It tells the tale of the beginnings of Motown Records from gospel funk to its national success with smooth R&B. In this loosely fictionalized account, the singing ...
Author: Grace Duggan Born and raised in Vermont, Ana's Mitchell '04 began writing songs when she was seventeen years old before going on to study political science here at Middlebury College. "It wasn't really my 'spirit department,'" Mitchell said. "It would have been more of a natural choice to study ...
Author: Emily Temple By now, it's a rather stale story: the indie artist vaulted to stardom via intense internet popularity, but for Lily Allen it was truly a self-motivated, unprecedentedly fast rags-to-riches story. After signing with Regal/Polygram in the UK, Allen set up her own MySpace account ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt This past weekend's Fall Dance Concert, held in the Center for the Arts Dance Theatre, was marked by intoxicating contradiction. The eclectic range of student and faculty dancers and choreographers were not aiming for coherence. There was no obvious, defined theme to the night; ...
Author: [no author name found] Dynamic vocals and rocking beats captivated concert-goers last Friday in McCullough Social Space at Sepomana, the annual music festival sponsored by Middlebury College's student radio-station, WRMC. After careful debate by the Board of Directors, WRMC brought three up ...
Author: Astri von Arbin Ahlander Exams are rapidly approaching, meaning so are all-nighters at the library and, invariably, unflattering sweatsuits. Is it too much to ask to stay hot during the peak of stress? I think not. But just like you can't expect to take two-hour lunch breaks come mid-December, ...
Author: Kelsey Smith Paula Vogel's "The Baltimore Waltz," the senior work of Caitlin Dennis '06.5 and Julia Proctor '06.5, opened Thursday evening at the Hepburn Zoo. Director Dennis continued the Zoo's long-standing tradition of presenting challenging student-designed and produced work with a powerful ...
Author: Sara Jameson Last weekend in the Hepburn Zoo, passionate actors, shouting in protest and crying for revolution, demanded the right for their inherent privilege to pee. Directed by Maegan Mishico '08.5, the Middlebury College Musical Players' production of "Urinetown's" out-of-the-ordinary humor ...
Author: [no author name found] Friday, November 17th marked the 2006 unveiling of the ISO (International Student Organization) Cultural Show, "Around the World in a Night" - a cultural extravaganza showcasing cultural and ethnic traditions from around the world. The show is an annual crowd-pleaser, ...
Author: Melissa Marshall These are the times that try men's souls. As if the hectic-ness of the holiday season featuring all the trimmings of fighting for parking spots, battling for the last perfectly designed Gap scarf at 20 percent off and forming think tanks using your fellow classmates in order ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Thompson Davis '08 is a music major who has migrated to frigid Middlebury College from hot and sultry Miami, Florida. He is a triple-threat performer armed with a musical knowledge as eclectic as his demeanor, able to wear the hat of DJ, musician and producer all interchangeably. ...
Author: Ben Salkowe In "Cinders," Janusz Glowacki's dark comedy about Poland in 1981, characters say one thing and do another. The director tells the state he will film a reform school's production of "Cinderella" for a charming piece of socialist propaganda, but he actually intends to make a bizarre ...
Author: Melissa Marshall "WRMC 91.1 is committed to providing an alternative to mainstream music programming in the Champlain Valley," reads the mission statement of Middlebury College's student-run radio station. "We uphold this commitment largely through our passionate support of independent music ...
Author: Melissa Marshall For many worn-out MiddKids, this Tuesday will be the first time this year that they pack their bags, throw on their Northface jackets and head back to wherever they call home. And the first instinct of the mp3 generation, after they buckle their seatbelts in their mom's Subaru ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl The Middlebury College Orchestra has experienced a renaissance, and last Friday night's performance made clear the renewed energy and enthusiasm of the student ensemble. Having practically doubled in size since last year, the orchestra displayed a fresh, forceful sound that ...