Crossword 12/07/2023
By Egan Turner | December 7, 2023Solution will be posted Friday, December 8, at noon!
Arts & Culture
Polaroid Stories: A lens into the fringes of society
By Jonathan Eaton | December 7, 2023“Polaroid Stories,” a play by Naomi Iizuka and directed by Professor of Theatre Alex Draper was performed Nov. 30 through Dec. 2 in the Seeler Studio Theatre in Mahaney Arts Center. The play focuses on at-risk youth coming of age in New York City, filtered through the lens of Greek mythology and ...
Songs for the season: Seven holiday albums to wrap up the semester
By Acadia Klepeis | December 7, 2023It is no coincidence that Spotify Wrapped’s name is a nod to festive paper and that it tactfully cuts off its tracking in November to avoid Instagram stories dominated by a deluge of Christmas music. But why shouldn’t yuletide classics count as ‘real’ music? After all, the annual repetition ...
Reel Critic: “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”
By Charlie Keohane and Maggie Reynolds | December 7, 2023“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” is the latest installment in one of the twenty-first century’s most beloved franchises. Based on the bestselling book by Suzanne Collins, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” takes viewers back in time to the barbaric tenth annual Hunger ...
Cliff-Hanger: Mountainfilm showcases all types of terrain
By Maggie Bryan | December 7, 2023A crunchy crowd of Middlebury students gathered in Dana Hall on Thursday, Nov. 30 for what, at this point, is an annual tradition for the outdoorsy, socially conscious community: Mountainfilm.
From the archives: Aero-skijoring, a short-lived, uniquely Middlebury sport
By Grace Sandbach | November 17, 2023The first snow of the season came to Middlebury on Nov. 1, and despite this year’s unpredictable weather, there has been an overall drop in temperature as we get closer to winter. But as the temperature drops, our hopes for snow and the prospect of winter sports begin to rise.
Bom apetite! Dolci goes to Brazil
By Maggie Bryan | November 16, 2023Following a successful semester debut in October, Middlebury’s student-run fine dining club, Dolci, made a captivating return to Atwater Dining Hall on Friday, Nov. 10 for its second dinner of the semester.
INSPIRIT Dance presents: “What We Ask of Flesh”
By Edith Mauch | November 16, 2023Associate Professor of Dance Christal Brown and her dance company, INSPIRIT debuted its breathtaking and unique dance piece titled “What We Ask of Flesh” at the Mahaney Arts Center last weekend. The show took place Nov. 9–11 and was wonderfully abstract, eerie and thought-provoking. Brown’s ...
Middlebury College Musical Theatre’s ‘Spelling Bee’ generates buzz, laughter in Wilson Auditorium
By Olivia Mueller | November 16, 2023Once the home of Middlebury’s gym, Wilson Hall was a fitting venue for Middlebury College Musical Theater’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a musical in the form of a spelling bee in a school gymnasium. Following a cast of quirky spellers in their quest for victory, ...
Slipin Sips: Reflections on the Peripheral Wine Fair
By Sam Lipin | November 9, 2023“Slipin Sips” is a wine column written by Staff Writer Sam Lipin (hence the title, “Slipin”). As an amateur sommelier, Sam exists deep in the world of wine, particularly natural wine, and this column seeks to share the joy he finds in fermented grapes with the rest of the world.
“Dad Rock”: A musical investigation into masculinity
By Jonathan Eaton | November 9, 2023In an evening of fatherhood, brotherhood, toxic masculinity and death, “Dad Rock,” Beck Barsanti ’24.5’s acting thesis explored what it means to be a man in the modern world. The work opened on Nov. 2 and was directed by Gavin Richards ’25.5, Bri Beach ’23.5 and Maggie Blake ’24.
“Playing the long game”: Cocoon returns to campus after Moth-Up’s brief hiatus
By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri | November 9, 2023Middlebury Moth-Up packed the Robison Concert Hall in the Mahaney Arts Center for the group’s largent event of the year: Cocoon.
Adam Glazer, illustrator en garde
By Acadia Klepeis | November 9, 2023Frequent visitors to Little Seed Coffee Roasters may recognize its most artistic regular, often perched on one of the coffee shop’s trademark millennial pink chairs, notebook and pencil in hand.
La celebración de la muerte y vida: the celebration of life and death
By June Su and Kana Decoste | November 9, 2023In the spirit of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, a lively group of students, faculty and community members united across campus on Thursday, Nov. 2 for the second year in a row to celebrate and honor loved ones who have passed.
Crossword 11/02/2023: Solution!
By William Reed | November 3, 2023Crossword solution for 11/02/2023.
Crossword 11/02/2023: Solution!
By William Reed | November 3, 2023Crossword solution for 11/02/2023.