I rarely see plays in which there are no weakly-presented characters and all actors fuse seamlessly with the spirit of their reproductions. In Vanya, written by Sam Holcroft and directed by Charles Giardina ’12, the exemplary performances from all sides made for a beautifully tight show. In thyis ...
Few could disagree that in the past decade the practice of music sampling has become over-hyped, even over-used. No longer a technique exclusive to producers of hip-hop, the borrowing of song elements is a method that has been adopted by artists running the gamut of musical styles. Canyon Candy, the ...
Warning: this article contains spoilers pertaining to the games BioShock, Braid and Limbo. But honestly they’ve all been out for more than a year, so if you haven’t played them yet you probably don’t have the intention to. This week, I wanted to do something different — hopefully something ...
On Friday, March 18, Tiffany Rhynard, artistic director of Big Action Performance Ensemble (Big APE) dance, introduced the troupe’s most recent performance in the Town Hall Theater in downtown Middlebury with the following rules: everything is intentional, and the piece will be performed as it was ...
Did Ariel Ritchin’s ’11 vibrant photographs catch your eye on the way to your mailbox through the McCullough Social Space last month? How about the art on the walls at 51 Main during the last Spoken Word? Do you have your own artwork that you want on display? The person responsible for bringing ...
If religion is the opiate of the masses, then Reilly Steel ’11 is the crack of the American People, as proven in his performance of Drinking in America. The one-man show by Eric Bogosian explores various characters’ reliance on drugs and alcohol as a mechanism for coping with society today. Reilly ...
With a single yet powerful voice and a captivating stage presence, Noah Silverstein ’11 enthralled his audience this past Sunday during his senior recital, performing as a pianist, a tenor and a countertenor. Silverstein first came on stage as a vocalist, accompanied on piano by Professor of Music ...
Three kilt-wearing, bagpipe-playing men filed into the concert hall at the Mahaney Center for the Arts on Friday, March 18, starting off the St. Patrick’s Day Concert in style. Middlebury’s Alexander Twilight Artist-in-Residence Francois Clemmons joined them, dressed for the occasion in a kelly-green ...
Platform: Nintendo DS Rating: Teen One of my favorite franchises of all time is Ace Attorney, a visual novel series focusing on the wacky cases of a defense attorney. Once a Japan-exclusive, the series made quite a splash on the western market recently with its colorful and memorable characters, amazingly ...
Friday, April 8 will mark the debut of a performance quite unlike any Middlebury College has even seen. MOVE, a performance art piece masterminded by Adam Kritzer ’11, integrates elements of theater, dance and audience interactivity. But that’s not all: it will be staged in The Mill, where — in ...
Hearing a man with an Irish lilt describe murder in rhymed verse is oddly captivating. As is hearing a young woman speak passionately of a body assembled of worms, the temporary home of a soul shucked of its body. Or the tale of a woman on a mission to prevent death, only to have her efforts rewarded ...
Otter Nonsense performed their annual improv show at the Town Hall Theater on Friday, Mar. 11. The performance marked the Otters’ second community performance since their debut last year at the theater. The show was filled with hilarity and quick wit from all performers, both seasoned and new, and ...
About thirty years ago, R.E.M.’s debut single “Radio Free Europe” sparked a garage rock revival in the American underground, essentially marking the transition from post-punk to alternative rock. Over the next fifteen years, they tweaked and developed their signature jangle-pop sound, giving us ...
On March 13 the Mahaney Center for the Arts featured soprano vocalist Susanne Peck, accompanied by pianist Cynthia Huard, oboist Daniel Frostman and Deborah Sharpe-Lunstead on the viola de gamba, in an eclectic program titled “Sacred to Satire.” Highlights included works from such varied composers ...
Warning: don’t start reading this book if you have homework to do, because you won’t get anything done until you finish. Room, the latest book by Irish-born Canadian author Emma Donoghue, is an intense, fast moving story about a five-year-old boy named Jack and his relationship with his mother. To ...
The March 3 rehearsal for “Everyone Can Dance” began in a circle in the middle of the Mahaney Center for the Arts Dance Theater. Thirty-five dancers of every shape, size, ethnicity and age created the circle, led by Ellen Smith-Ahern ’05 in a modern dance warm-up, rearranging skeletal and brain ...
Ten-minute plays are something of an anomaly in the theatre world, but for seven consecutive Sundays at 5:00 these brief dramatic pieces will be coming to Hepburn Zoo through the student initiated Immediate Theatre Experiment. Student producers Lilli Stein ’11, Daniel Sauermilch ’13 and Matt Ball ...
As it is now de rigueur for every serious news publication to publish an evaluation of James Franco’s career, I decided it was high time for The Campus to pass judgment. Franco, now ubiquitous in the cultural sphere, is an actor, artist, writer, Oscar host, Oscar nominee, television daytime soap opera ...
Slam poet Andrea Gibson performed at 51 Main on Tuesday, March 1. The event drew a large crowd of both students and members of the community, and seating became limited very quickly. The dim, cozy atmosphere of 51 Main was perfect for hosting a poet of Gibson’s standing, but the glowing blue lights ...
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 forever changed arcade fighters. Tournaments popped up across the country, many characters were introduced, some of which no one had ever heard of (I’m looking at you, Amingo) and the game spawned lingo such as, “Scoops! Haagen-Dazs!” and “Where’s your swoopy moustache?!” Ten ...