Yamiche Alcindor Recounts a Career of Asking Tough Questions
By Hannah Bensen | February 28, 2019Alcindor reports stories about civil rights injustices and police violence.
Arts & Culture
The Librarian Is In
By Online Editor | February 28, 2019In terms of plot, Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “The Underground Railroad,” is much of what you might expect: it’s a fictionalized story of two people escaping slavery in the pre-Civil War era South. The language is rich. The characters are full. The trajectory is treacherous. ...
J-Term Class Untangles History of Police Power
By Elsa Korpi | February 21, 2019Visiting Professor Amit Prakash taught the Winter Term course “Policing the Globe.”
Reel Critic: ‘Cold War’
By Riley Board | February 21, 2019'Cold War' makes stunning use of mirrors, in shots that had audience members faintly gasping.
The Librarian Is In
By Online Editor | February 21, 2019If I am honest with you, the author of this work is everything I’ve ever wanted to be: a smart, paid and recognized writer who addresses issues of race in her writing without being beholden to them (and who has a solid plan B for a career, just in case). In this debut collection of short stories, ...
Poet and Painter: Connections Between Chopin and Debussy
By John Vaaler | February 21, 2019Paden’s interpretation of Debussy and Chopin highlighted the two composers’ similarities in color and technique, but also their stark differences — Chopin’s restlessness, Debussy’s obliqueness.
What is Overdrive?
By Online Editor | February 21, 2019The Middlebury College Libraries have recently acquired dozens of new audiobooks on the Overdrive platform. Try them out at go/overdrive/.
Reel Critic: Eighth Grade
By Owen Mason-Hill | February 14, 2019Bo Burnham's directorial debut was chosen by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute as one of 2018's Top 10 Films.
The Librarian Is In
By Online Editor | February 14, 2019“Becoming” is everything you’d expect from the former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama. It is a thoughtful, conscientious and well-crafted memoir that studies the first years of her life in Chicago, her arrival to undergrad at Princeton University in New Jersey, the ways she navigated ...
Experimental Film-Theater Thesis Entrances Audiences
By John Vaaler | February 14, 2019Leo Tolstoy lacked a firm definition for his seminal work, “War and Peace.” “It is not a novel, still less an epic poem, still less a historical chronicle,” wrote the Russian author. “‘War and Peace’ is what the author wanted and was able to express, in the form in which it is expressed.” ...
J-Term Musical Brings Color and Light to Town Hall Theater
By Riley Board | February 14, 2019The life of French impressionist Georges Seurat, served as the backdrop for a cast of 22 Middlebury College students and members of the Middlebury community to showcase their talents on the stage and behind it in the J-term musical “Sunday in the Park with George."
‘It Felt Like Freedom’: Celebrating Identity through Drag
By John Vaaler | February 14, 2019The Middlebury Queers and Allies Organization hosted the college’s first drag show of 2019 at Crossroads Cafe in the McCullough Student Center.
Coming to Schumann with the Heart
By Ben Beese | January 28, 2019Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis, a tenor-pianist duo from the UK, performed a selection of “Lieder,” German romantic poems set to music, by Brahms, Mahler, and Schumann.
Faculty Retirement Program: ‘The End Comes as a Choice’
By April Qian | January 24, 201923 faculty members have signed agreements to participate in the Faculty Retirement Incentive Program (FRIP).
‘I Teach Them How to Do Their Jobs’: The Careers of Coordinators
By Yvette Yinuo Shi | January 24, 2019Academic coordinators keep the school running, but some are unsure how long their current jobs will last.
Costume Shop Director Marcia Provoncha: A ‘Source of Light and Joy’
By Qian Li | January 24, 2019Marcia Provoncha has started her work day the same way for 14 years — checking her emails, especially those from students — to keep up with the demands of her role as Middlebury’s Costume Shop director. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Provoncha moved to Vermont with her parents when she was ...
J-Term Musical Explores the Ordinary in an Extraordinary Way
By Riley Board | January 24, 2019The J-term musical is based on the life of the artist Georges Seurat, and the creation of his famous painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le Grande Jatte.”
In Class, Students Simulate 2020 Election
By Ben Beese | January 24, 2019The students of J-term course Winning Elections are running campaigns for six declared democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential election.
Reflecting on New England Review’s Debut Podcast
By Ben Beese | January 17, 2019“NER Out Loud,” New England Review’s new student podcast, shows the power of podcasting done right and the role it can play in our communal lives.
Former Governors Talk Polarization at Politics Luncheon
By Sebastián Grandas | January 17, 2019Former Democratic governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee (right) and former Republican governor Jim Douglas of Vermont were the special guests at this week’s politics luncheon.