Arts & Culture
Chekhov, please: Middlebury Community Players’ “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
By Acadia Klepeis | March 7, 2024To ring in the spring, the Middlebury Community Players (MCP) turned to “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” an offbeat countryside comedy by Christopher Durang. The show ran from Thursday, Feb. 29 through Sunday, March 3 at Town Hall Theater. Since its founding in 1959, MCP has typically staged ...
2024 Oscars: hopes and predictions for three (major) awards
By Jack Torpey | March 7, 2024Two years ago, I wrote an article in the lead-up to the Oscars spotlighting three award categories that typically get outshined by the major awards in the press. Well, sadly, my days of sticking up for cinema’s little guys are over, as this article is squarely focused on the splashiest titles on the ...
Lights, camera, improv: a glimpse into Middlebury’s improv comedy scene
By Charlie Keohane | March 7, 2024If you’re searching for a laugh, look no further than improv comedy. Middlebrow and Otter Nonsense (Otters) are Middlebury’s two improv groups, each with their own comedic style and format.
My experience in West African Dance and Drumming Class
By Nathan Bernazzani | March 7, 2024Walking into Wilson Hall, I was a bit tentative about the new environment. This would be my first official dance class in over a year — I was excited but nervous for this experience.
Signed, sealed, reconsidered: “Your Sexts Are Sh*t”
By Virginia Frau | March 7, 2024Writer and performer Rachel Mars brought her one-woman play, “Your Sexts Are Sh*t: Older Better Letters,” to Wright Memorial Theatre as a part of Middlebury’s 2023-24 Performing Arts Series.
Le Consort in concert
By Makeda Hevrin | February 29, 2024Music lovers from the college and Middlebury community alike gathered on Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Mahaney Arts Center for an evening of Baroque chamber music brought to Middlebury by Le Consort, a quartet of talented French string musicians that formed in 2015.
Middlebury Art Museum unveils new spring exhibits
By Aine Powers | February 29, 2024Staff, students and faculty recently gathered at a reception on Thursday, Feb. 22 to celebrate the opening of The Middlebury Museum of Art’s two new spring exhibitions: “David Plowden: Portraits of America” and “Derrick Adams: Sanctuary.” Both exhibitions will run until April 14, offering ...
“Either/Or,” a student’s patchwork search for how to live
By Madeleine Kaptein | February 29, 2024In the summer after my first semester at Middlebury, I read “The Idiot” by Elif Batuman, the novel to which “Either/Or” is the sequel. Both books center Selin, a Turkish American woman at Harvard beginning in the year 1995.
Makes Ya Feel: February New Music Roundup
By Ellie Trinkle | February 29, 2024Gallery hoppers, Spotify stalkers, book worms, Letterboxd users and anyone who enjoys art, this is the place for you. Makes Ya Feel highlights art across all of its mediums, small and large scale, that (you guessed it) makes ya feel! Check back every other week for recommendations, reviews and discussions. ...
Reel Critic: “Human Flow”
By Charlie Deichman-Caswell | February 29, 2024On the plush red seats of Axinn 232, attendees perched last week for a screening of “Human Flow,” Ai Weiwei’s 2017 visual exploration of human displacement. Co-sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art and Middlebury History of Art and Architecture department, the event drew a mix of community ...
Mutual Friends plays final concert at Middlebury
By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri | February 22, 2024The much-loved and uniquely long-lasting student band Mutual Friends played their final show on Saturday, Jan. 28, just a week before five of the band’s eight members skied down the Snow Bowl for the Feb celebration. In addition to lead singer Annabelle Iredale ’23.5, guitarist Andrew Grossman ’23.5, ...
United for Ukraine: Showcasing Ukrainian resistance through art
By Norah Khan | February 22, 2024Students and community members packed the Mahaney Arts Center to witness the third annual United for Ukraine event. The show was organized by Middlebury College’s Ukrainian students in partnership with the Mahaney Arts Center and the Music department, with support from the Office of the President, ...
Reel Critic: “Maestro"
By Jack Torpey | February 22, 2024He is only two films in, but Bradley Cooper seems to have already found his thematic sweet spot as a director. “A Star is Born,” the 49-year-old actor’s 2018 directorial debut, swept audiences away with its music-centric retelling of a classic Hollywood romance, making a movie star out of Lady ...