Arts & Culture - The Middlebury Campus

New magazine ‘To Whom it May Concern’ spotlights student curiosity

By Edyth Moldow | October 22, 2020

This semester, a new magazine is making its way to the Middlebury Campus.

Cocoon continues the tradition of storytelling amid the pandemic

By Acadia Klepeis | October 15, 2020

Masks were on, but the audience reacted enthusiastically to the highs and lows of each story at the eighth annual Cocoon storytelling evening.

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“Together Apart” celebrates first year talents in a 24-hour play festival

By Nina Ng | October 15, 2020

The 25th annual First Year Show was aptly titled “Together Apart.”

"The Agitators": A play reading of rebellion and revolution

By Rain Ji | October 15, 2020

“The Agitators” explores the relationship between two rabble-rousers whose tales of rebellion and revolution remain culturally significant today.

Direct Your Attention: Music’s biggest stage is actually quite small

By Owen Mason-Hill | October 15, 2020

There’s a moment in each NPR Tiny Desk Concert when the hairs on the back of my neck stand up in applause because something truly remarkable has just happened.

Did you spend your quarantine getting into TikTok? You’re not alone.

By Emma Auer | October 8, 2020

TikTok has captured the zeitgeist of Gen Z.

Reel Critic: ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’

By Nina Ng | October 8, 2020

In one image from the historic 1965 Civil Rights march, the activist John Lewis kneels, pushed to the ground with his hand cradling the back of his head.

“I’m Thinking of Ending Things”: Condescensions, pretensions and cutesiness in one

By John Vaaler | October 8, 2020

Writer-director Charlie Kauffman’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” is about many things, some of which are best left a mystery.

Inaugural concert of fall 2020 features Grammy-nominated quintet

By Edyth Moldow | October 1, 2020

The Performing Arts Series is providing the gift of music in a time of uncertainty and pandemic-era stress.

Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour is nothing short of captivating

By Nina Ng | October 1, 2020

The annual Sundance Film Festival has long established itself as a place to discover up-and-coming filmmakers.

Direct Your Attention: The Social Dilemma

By Owen Mason-Hill | October 1, 2020

This issue of Direct Your Attention is of a different sort; you won’t hear me shouting compliments toward a film or project. Instead, what you will get is a presentation of a project whose mission is so urgent that I think it surpasses even the shortcomings of the project itself. “The Social Dilemma,” ...

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Please don’t stop the music: Singing groups play the semester by ear

By Olivia Mueller | September 24, 2020

With sufficient precautions, the college’s choir and a cappella groups are determined to find a way to continue the experience of ensemble singing.

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Direct Your Attention: Casey Neistat’s Reinvention

By Owen Mason-Hill | September 24, 2020

Before a week ago, Casey Neistat had uploaded 11 videos in the past eight months. In the last 10 days, he has uploaded 10 times.

A case for Evelyn Waugh: Humanity and absurdity

By John Vaaler | September 24, 2020

“The correct procedure [when assigned a story], is to jump to your feet, seize your hat and umbrella and dart out of the office with every appearance of haste to the nearest cinema."

Senior theses amid Covid-19: theatre majors won’t wait in the wings

By Acadia Klepeis | September 24, 2020

Several senior theatre majors have chosen to face the pandemic head-on and complete their projects this fall.

The Librarian is in: ‘Exit West’ by Mohsin Hamid

By Katrina Spencer | September 24, 2020

In a nameless country in the Middle East, a civil war breaks out. Not only is this inconvenient for new lovers Nadia and Saeed, it’s potentially fatal.