Author: Claire Bourne I expect David Sedaris to be a tall, dark-haired, flamboyant New Yorker with an imposing accent and a tendency to over-dramatize the minutest of life's details. Instead, from my back-row-center seat at the Flynn Theatre, I watch a diminutive, pink-shirt-clad man shuffle onto the ...
Author: Michael Hatch Artist-in-Residence Liz Blum opened her art show "Composites" Friday evening at the Johnson Gallery. She described the dozen pieces on display as "constructed images in photo-collages and drawings connecting realism to the animated."The resulting montages of fragmented photo-scenes ...
Author: Lucie Greene Ben Correale '04 is one of those frustratingly talented people, who doesn't even have a tinge of arrogance to make you feel just a little bit better. A lead in several faculty shows and student productions since coming to Middlebury College, as well as being a member of the Dissipated ...
Author: Stephanie Morales The theme of Middance's Saturday night performance was "Represent," and an excerpt from the program states, "We represent individuals of the world from all walks of life, all corners of the globe, and all faiths of the heart. Yet in a world that is divided by hate and difference, ...
Author: Edward Pickering In 1939 C. S. Forester published "Captain Horatio Hornblower," a naval story set during the Napoleonic wars. Its protagonist, Captain Hornblower, is loosely based on Horatio Nelson, the daring British Admiral who defeated Napoleon's fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1806. ...
Author: Erika Mercer Imagine a summer day so sultry that the heat is actually visible as a blurry miasma between you and the rest of the world-a humid, wavering layer of warmth that bathes you and oppresses you at the same time. The ice in your water glass melts so rapidly you barely notice, and the ...
Author: Dan Phillips On Wed., March 18 the musical performers Barachois came all the way from Canada's smallest province of Prince Edward Island to entertain a packed McCullough. The event, organized by the French Department and open to the public, provided Middlebury College students with much relief ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes As our nation showers the "Cradle of Civilization" with bombs, the foundations of ancient architecture and archeological sights quake alongside ancient artifacts, threatening 6,000 years of irreplaceable culture with ultimate destruction. "Shock and Awe" only awes me with the shock ...
Author: Lanford Beard What's in a face? A nose in any other shape smells just as sweet.No, that's not quite right.Mirror, mirror on the wall, whose nose is narrowest of them all?Or how about this one?Once upon a time in Gary, Indiana, a long, long time ago (or 1958, as it were), a young prince who would ...
Author: Lucie Greene Contemporary dance, particularly hip-hop, Asian, African and Latino influenced, is a major element of Middlebury College's arts and culture. Not only has break dancing become extremely popular, but concerts put on by troupes such as RIDDIM, as well as other visiting companies, sell ...
Author: Daniel Roda The Boston-based Irish punk rock group, The Dropkick Murphies, continues its tour of New England after quickly selling out the entire St. Patty's Day weekend in Boston. We caught their historic holiday performance last year. Footage from this show will be featured in their upcoming ...
Author: Michael Hatch This past Thursday was a treat. Ani DiFranco, solo, ripping into President Bush, taking on the war and gender divisions -- and, oh yeah, she smiled at me once, too. I rode down to Concord, N.H., with my sister and her high school buddies, and while I arrived newly educated on ...
Author: Christopher Lizotte The last several Fridays at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall have featured pianists of international renown who have performed programs drawn from the works of composers as diverse as classicists like Hayden and post-modernists such as Milton Babbitt. On Sunday, the trend ...
Author: Erika Mercer You might hate the guy who can sing a line as corny as, "I want so badly to believe / That there is truth and love is real," and get away with it. Or the same guy who can put a sweet, soft, Belle & Sebastian-esque voice to a quick, upbeat, 80s electronic dance beat and make ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes Understanding that the Hepburn Zoo provides a unique venue for experimental work that otherwise would not be carried by larger, professional theaters, Director Christopher Richards '03 took advantage of this opportunity with "Dyskinesia." Richards' version of Sarah Kane's final ...
Author: Edward Pickering In 1975 an enigmatic Englishman named Bruce Chatwin left his job at The Sunday Times and traveled to Patagonia, a land he had always dreamed of visiting. His trip resulted in a book, "In Patagonia," that launched him on a new career as a travel writer. "In Patagonia" ranks among ...
Author: Lucie Greene The musical, dance and theater-oriented activities at Middlebury College, by virtue of their perfomative nature, are highly visible on campus. It's rare for a weekend to pass without seeing at least one talented student showcase his or her skill in either McCullough, the Center ...
Author: Susan Goehring On Sunday in the Dana Auditorium, Hollywood screenwriter Michael Bender '97 came to speak and show his work to the Middlebury College community. Bender is currently working on his latest film titled "Fist Full of Candy," a Halloween movie due out this October of 2004. He only ...
Author: Alexandra Hay From walking onstage in an ape-suit to dodging bullets "matrix" style, Clyde Evans and his dancers played with the absurdly humorous while delivering an engaging and thoughtful presentation of hip-hop culture. Gathering early outside the Dance Theatre doors on Friday night for ...
Author: Crystal Belle If laughter is the key to one's soul, then many souls were unlocked during the African American Alliance's annual Comedy Jam on Saturday. The McCullough social space was packed at 9 p.m. as Middlebury students piled into the hall, anxiously awaiting the evening events. This year ...