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September 2, Tuesday (through December 7)
Ancient Mediterranean and Early European Art
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Museum of Art, Lower Gallery
On view in this updated and revised installation are recent acquisitions in Egyptian and Mesopotamian art as well as Greek, Roman, and medieval European objects from the Museum’s permanent collection. Free
September 2, Tuesday (through December 7)
European and American Art
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Museum of Art, Cerf Gallery
This installation, which changes regularly, features highlights of the Museum’s collection of Western art from the Renaissance to the end of the Nineteenth Century. Particular strengths of the collection are seventeenth-century religious images, landscape paintings, and nineteenth-century sculpture. Free
September 2, Tuesday (through December 7)
Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Museum of Art, Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art
Highlights of the installation include a sixth-century gilt-bronze Chinese figure of Guanyin, Bodhisattva of Compassion, a twelfth-century Indian stone sculpture of Vishnu, Tibetan and Mongolian bronzes, Chinese jades, and Asian ceramics. This gallery is sometimes closed during periods when the adjacent Johnson Gallery is being reinstalled. Please call the Museum reception desk or check the website for up-to-date information. Free
September 2, Tuesday (through December 7)
Tombs, Temples, Palaces, and Tea: Ceramics in Asia and Beyond
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Museum of Art, Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art
Ancient Chinese ritual vessels and funerary sculpture, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese tea wares, and fine Chinese blue and white porcelain reveal the diverse use of ceramics in Asia over four millennia. Free
September 4-5, Thursday-Friday
Pre-semester Dance Workshop with Zari Le’on: Contemporary Vernacular Movement
12:00 - 5:30 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Repertory and technique classes feature Zari Le’on Dance Theater’s signature style of Contemporary Vernacular Movement, with an emphasis on Freestyle to create authentic movement invention. Zari Le’on, a choreographer, educator and performer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, began dancing Hip Hop with the legendary Gary Kendell of Jabbawockeez and danced professionally with Culture Shock Dance Troupe. Zari’s training has included jazz, modern, and ballet, and since 1998 she has been incorporating Dunham Technique into her choreography. Pre-registration required. Join us for an informal showing of works by the artist and participants on Friday at 5:30 P.M. Free
September 8, Monday
Box Office Opening Day for Middlebury College ID Card Holders
10:00 A.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts Box Office and Central Campus Box Office (McCullough Student Center 2nd floor)
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September 12, Friday (through December 7)
Photographs from the Permanent Collection
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Museum of Art, Overbrook Gallery
Two installations from the College’s impressive collection are on view, concurrent with the fall term course History of Photography. Free
September 12, Friday (through December 7)
Artists and Ancestors: Masterworks of Chinese Classical Painting and Ancient Ritual Bronzes
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Museum of Art, Christian A. Johnson Gallery
This exhibition explores two of the most revered traditions in Chinese Art: paintings of landscape and flora, and bronze vessels and bells used in antiquity to venerate the ancestors. Included are works by some of the greatest artists of the Yuan (1279–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties. Free
This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of William S. Youngman (1907–1994) P’64, GP’87,’90, trustee of Middlebury College, 1962–1977.
September 12, Friday
Opening Reception and Gallery Talk:
Nature Contemplated, Beauty Released: Bamboo and Blossom, Landscape and Legend in 13th- to 17th-Century Chinese Painting
4:30 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Museum of Art
John Berninghausen, Truscott Professor of Chinese, analyzes individual works of landscape and flower painting in the exhibition Artists and Ancestors, exploring the stylistic trends they embody and their broader cultural context. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Art Museum and the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Free
This event is expected to be over capacity. We encourage you to visit at another time.
September 12–14, Friday–Sunday
Winterstein/Zaretsky Duo
8:00 P.M. on Friday and Saturday; 3:00 P.M. on Sunday; Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Violinist Katherine Winterstein and pianist Inessa Zaretsky perform all ten of Beethoven's violin sonatas over three consecutive nights. This inspired collection spans all of Beethoven’s major artistic periods. Many celebrated works, such as the Spring and Kreutzer sonatas, are included, as well as other, lesser known treasures. Friday's program: Sonatas 1, 2, 3, and 4. Saturday's program: Sonatas 5 ("Spring"), 6, and 7. Sunday afternoon's program: Sonatas 8, 9 ("Kreutzer"), and 10. Sponsored by the Department of Music and the Academic Enrichment Fund. Free
September 13, Saturday
Michael Clayton
3:00 and 8:00 P.M., Dana Auditorium
Attorney Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is a “fixer,” the go-to guy, when his powerful New York law firm wants a mess swept under the rug. But when the firm’s top litigator goes from advocate to whistleblower, he’s handed a crisis even he may not be able to fix. Written and directed by Tony Gilroy, writer of The Bourne Trilogy screenplays. “A deftly written, tautly suspenseful, and intellectually demanding morality tale”—Claudia Puig, USA Today. Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (USA, 2007, 119 minutes) Free
September 15, Monday
Box Office Opening Day for the General Public
10:00 A.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts Box Office and Central Campus Box Office (McCullough Student Center 2nd floor)
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September 19, Friday
Robbins Battell: A Social Vision for Collecting Art
7:30 P.M., Starr Axinn Center, Reading Room 229
Slide lecture by William Hosley '77, Executive Director, New Haven Museum. The Battell Family of Middlebury, New York City, and Connecticut were a model of civic leadership whose faith and vision expressed itself in prolific philanthropies, particularly in Norfolk, Middlebury and New Haven--communities they influenced profoundly. Hosley explores the meaning of art, philanthropy, and civic leadership in Victorian Connecticut by developing two suggestive case studies in collecting art--Elizabeth Hart Colt of Hartford, and Robbins Battell of Norfolk and New York. Remarkably, both collectors' collections remain largely intact and provide a touchstone to the social values and aspirations that informed their collecting--aspirations that went above and beyond materialism, luxury and display. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Free
September 19, Friday
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Widely regarded as one of the most inventive and accomplished pianists of our time, Vladimir Feltsman is a regular guest soloist for leading orchestras throughout the United States. New York Times critic Paul Griffiths described his performance: “He was phenomenally alert and dexterous, brilliant in color, neat in shaping, exact at high speed and all the time utterly relaxed, as if he could let his fingers just get along with the job by themselves.” At Middlebury, Feltsman performs works by Bach, Schubert, and Mussorgsky. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series. Reserved Seating. Tickets: $20/15/5
Pre-performance dinner: Rehearsals Cafe, 6:30 P.M., Tickets: $20
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September 20, Saturday
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
3:00 and 8:00 P.M., Dana Auditorium
In communist Romania, a young college student turns to her roommate for help in getting an illegal abortion. They soon descend into a world in which danger, darkness, and tragedy lurk around every corner. “It’s a pitiless, violent story that in its telling becomes a haunting and haunted intellectual and aesthetic achievement.”— Manohla Dargis, New York Times. Golden Palm award, Cannes Film Festival; Best Picture, European Film Award. In Romanian with English subtitles. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (Romania, 2007, 113 minutes) Free
September 23, Tuesday
DanceTalks: Telly Fowler
12:30 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Join us for the first in our series of DanceTalks - guest artists sharing thoughts about their creative process and showing excerpts of performance work. Telly Fowler, a native of Chicago, IL, received his BFA from the Ohio State University and his MFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He has been principal dancer, choreographer’s assistant and rehearsal coach for Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Dance Company and made his musical theatre debut in The Lion King national touring company. Bring your lunch or pick something up at Rehearsals Cafe. Free
September 25, Thursday
Faculty Lecture Series: Pieter Broucke, Department of History of Art and Architecture
4:30 P.M., Hillcrest 103
"The First Phase of Trajan’s Pantheon: the Design of Apollodorus of Damascus". Refreshments will be available before the lecture. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Faculty Lecture Series. Free
September 25, Thursday
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra, under the musical direction of internationally renowned violinist Jaime Laredo, celebrates the changing seasons with Vivaldi’s crowning achievement, The Four Seasons. The program also includes a world premiere by Pierre Jalbert, and two other gems: Grieg’s delightful Holberg Suite and Gershwin’s charming Lullaby. Tickets: $22 adults, $18 seniors 65 and older, $12 students, children under 18, and College faculty and staff, $5 Middlebury College students.
September 26–27, Friday–Saturday
Big Action Performance Ensemble (Big APE):
I’m Right, You’re Wrong
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Tiffany Rhynard’s newly formed company, Big Action Performance Ensemble (Big APE) will present a revised version of I’m Right, You’re Wrong. The Dance Company of Middlebury premiered the piece in January 2008. The evening-length work includes interactive digital media by Marlon Barrios Solano, and asks “what is justified?” exploring the complexity and consequences of conflict. This production will include the return of recent alumni Adriane Medina ’08, Jamie Gutierrez ’07, and Louisa Irving ’07. Sponsored by the Dance Program with a grant from the Vermont Community Foundation. Post-performance discussion following Friday's performance. Big APE will present new work at the Town Hall Theater in the spring as part of the company’s first touring season. Check out Big APE's website for more details. Tickets: $8/6/5
September 27, Saturday
Eastern Promises
3:00 and 8:00 P.M., Dana Auditorium
A midwife (Naomi Watts), deeply affected by a teenager who dies in childbirth, resolves to trace the baby’s relatives through the mother’s diary. She inadvertently moves into London’s underworld and unleashes the wrath of a Russian mobster (Viggo Mortensen in a celebrated performance). Award-winning director David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, The Fly) creates “a film that takes us beyond crime and London and the Russian mafia and into the mystifying realms of human nature.”—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times. Best Actor, British Independent Film Award. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (UK, 2007, 100 minutes) Free
September 28, Sunday
Takács Quartet
Edward Dusinberre, violin; Károly Schranz, violin; Geraldine Walther, viola; András Fejér, cello
3:00 P.M., Mead Memorial Chapel
For well over a decade, the Takács Quartet has played annual concerts at Middlebury. During this time they have risen to the peak of world chamber ensembles, acclaimed for their impeccable execution, elegant sound, and deep reading of the music’s intention. Their past performances of Bartók, Beethoven, Schubert, Janáček, and Brahms at Middlebury are remembered fondly. This season, they play works by Mozart, Bartók (the sixth quartet), and Robert Schumann. This free Performing Arts Series concert is made possible with generous support from the Institute for Clinical Science and Art, established by the late Dr. F. William Sunderman of Philadelphia. Free, no tickets required.
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