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"Vagina Monologues" inspires moans of delight

Author: Nathan Klozko I had always thought that those late-night cries of "I should be studying!" were just the frustrated side-effects of procrastination. "The Vagina Monologues" certainly corrected my perception of that. Under the guidance of directors Jeanine Buzali '09 and Samantha Collier '09 and ...


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For the record

Author: Alex Blair "I've got the blood of the land in my voice," the soon-to-be 68-year-old Bob Dylan growls on a cut off his new album, "Together Through Life." His famous croon (infamous for some) has never sounded more weathered, but that worn-out, earthy tone lends itself beautifully to a collection ...


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Get ready for...The Europeans

Author: Dana Walters "The Europeans" defies description. Even the actors struggled to find the right words to encapsulate Howard Barker's play, which opens in Seeler Studio Theatre on April 30. Remarks about "art," "catastrophe," "morality" and "love" flew around backstage, but no single term was all-encompassing. ...


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Jane Eddy local studio potter

Author: Catherine Ahearn Jane Eddy, a local studio potter, connects local, small town ideals and international curiosity with her bursting creativity. Her studio, tucked away on Main Street, is an eclectic space filled with Eddy's different creative undertakings. In fact, Eddy built the studio herself ...


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Bare a pop opera

Author: Jameson Studwell Just weeks after Vermont passed a bill affirming same-sex marriage rights, Middlebury welcomed "Bare: A Pop Opera," put on by the Middlebury College Musical Players, to the Town Hall Theater. The plot of "Bare" follows the tragic love story of Jason and Peter, two students ...


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The Reel Critic

Author: Jason Gutierrez Movie: The VisitorDirector: Thomas McCarthyApril is lame. I'm sorry if you have some kind of attachment to April, but it sucks. The weather is always lousy. The ground is always vaguely brown and a bit wet. The skiing is only good for the first weekend or two. Most importantly, ...


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Senior dance project addresses the big sleep

Author: Robert McKay "The Otherwise Forgotten," senior work of Yina Ng '09 and Simon Thomas-Train '09, broke boundaries between dance, theater and video this weekend at the Kevin P. Mahaney '84 Center for the Arts. The program's three dances and two films appeared disjointed to some in the audience, ...


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Veteran pianist visits MCFA

Author: Andrew Throdahl Ivan Moravec, one of the great pianists of the 20th century, settled on the concert hall stage last Sunday, April 19, like a grandfather about to tell a story to his grandchildren. His program was dominated by children's pieces and pieces with a folkloristic yearning for childhood. ...


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For the record

Author: Melissa Marshall No, faithful readers - yes, I'm addressing all five of you (hi, Mom!) - I have not gracefully stepped down from my independently-labeled soapbox. If you've seen me walking in the dining halls, you'll know that first, gracefulness is not my forte, and second, I am not able to ...


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Architect confronts the recession

Author: Sam Dungan Architect Andrew Corrigan '02.5, now 29 and working in Boston, gave a lecture on Monday, April 13, titled "A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Architecture in the Age of Uncertainty." In it, he discussed his experience after leaving Middlebury, as well as his thoughts on the role ...


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For the record

Author: Alex Blair Power pop is not dead. That most infectious sound with its crunchy guitars, crisp vocal harmonies and catchy melodies is still hanging around. Even though Weezer, one of the genre's most successful and long lasting acts, is running out of steam both creatively and commercially, in ...


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Music department's Troy Peters says adieu

Author: Dana Walters Troy Peters, 14-year resident of Vermont and conductor of both the Middlebury College Orchestra and the Vermont Youth Orchestra, will be leaving this icy land at the end of the academic year to conduct the San Antonio Youth Orchestra in Texas.Orchestra members are already lamenting ...


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Spotlight on... Elizabeth Hirsch '11

Author: Emma Stanford Hirsch, along with Siobhan O'Malley '10 and Hilary Cunningham '12, won the 2009 Alan Carter Chamber Music Competition. Their trio of flute, bassoon and clarinet performed Monday April 13 in Le Chateau Grand Salon. Emma Stanford sat down with Hirsch to discuss the trio's success.The ...


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Jane Fine

Author: Ramona Richards If the students funneling past Johnson Memorial Building every day on their way to lunch were to venture inside, they would find a glass-doored, parquet-floored gallery. Often used to display student artwork, the gallery occasionally showcases the work of professors in the Studio ...


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Christian values

Author: Christian Morel I believe I left you last in the closet or, as I recall, the wardrobe. It is time to get dressed. However, before this can happen, we must first place a filter on our stylistic choices. This filter that I speak of will be sensitive to the amazing American media mainstream tool ...


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Graffiti rejuvenates drab Forest basement

Author: Dana Walters Usually the term "graffiti" denotes vandalism, ruin and wreckage. The pictures that coat the walls of subway stations and impoverished buildings might look beautiful and creative, but they still remain synonymous with destruction. Adding the term "art," to "graffiti" might therefore ...


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For the record

Author: Alex Blair I'm waiting for the day when noise pop breaks into the mainstream. It's going to happen. I can see it now. Miley Cyrus will pick up an electric guitar, plug it into a massive amp, and blow the heads off a bunch of screaming eight-year-olds with her roaring feedback (the Jonas Brothers ...