October 2004

October 2, Saturday
Reading by David Bain: The Old Iron Road
1:30 P.M., Center for the Arts, Lower Lobby
Noted author and Middlebury College lecturer David Bain reads and shares his experiences from his latest book The Old Iron Road. This book, a fascinating blend of travelogue, personal insight and history, tells the story of a family's dream trip from Vermont to San Francisco, paralleling the tracks of the transcontinental railroad, a story many will remember from Bain's Empire Express. The author signs copies of the new text, available at a discounted price, after the reading.  Free

October 2, Saturday
In America
3:00 and 8:00 P.M., Dana Auditorium
Acclaimed Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father) received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for this film, which tells the story of his family's arrival in New York 20 years ago. [Ireland/UK, 2003, 103 minutes] Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. Free

October 2, Saturday
Concertante
8:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
The six musicians of the ensemble Concertante are outstandingly gifted young artists who have won major national and international music competitions. Their Middlebury program consists of Johannes Brahms's B-flat Sextet, Arnold Schoenberg's Transfigured Night, and Richard Strauss's String Sextet from Capriccio. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series. Reserved Seating. Tickets: $12/$10/$5. buy tickets online
Pre-performance dinner: Rehearsals Cafe, 6:30 p.m. Reservations required.

October 4, Monday (Through October 13)
Contact Sheet Exhibit
Johnson Memorial Building, Pit Space
Students in May Mantell's color photography course exhibit their work: multiple-image contact-sheet photographs that explore planned and chance occurrences. Students construct a single photographic image using a roll of 36-exposure film, which is then cut into strips and laid out in a grid. Cubistic in nature, these deceptively simple images expand our ideas about photography's possibilities. Sponsored by the Program in Studio Art. Free

October 4–12
Project Bandaloop in Residence:
Celebrating the New Middlebury College Library
The renowned dance company, Project Bandaloop, joins us at Middlebury to celebrate the dedication and grand opening of our new library with a performances on, yes, on, the building. The company also provides master classes, lectures, and film showings, plus special climbing classes, making this an unforgettable week. Founded in l991 by choreographer, dancer, and environmental steward Amelia Rudolph, the company creates site-specific dances and films that explore the relationship between movement and gravity and stimulate viewers' awareness of their natural and built environments. Sponsored by the Center for the Arts, Committee on the Arts, Dance Program, Environmental Affairs, Library and Information Services, Middlebury College Arts Council, Performing Arts Series, Ross Commons, the Vermont Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. All events are free and open to the public.

ONGOING
Project Bandaloop film screenings, New libraryand Center for the Arts lobbies
Outdoor Project Bandaloop rehearsals, New library façade

October 4, Monday
Dancing on Mountains/Dancing on Walls
4:30 P.M., Dana Auditorium
Public lecture and film by Director Amelia Rudolph, on art and the environment.

October 6, Wednesday
Contemporary Dance Master Class
4:30–6:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Led by Director Amelia Rudolph. Observers welcome.

October 7, Thursday
Dancing on Mountains: The Descent of El Capitan
12:15–1:15 P.M., McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium, with Amelia Rudolph and introduction by Andrea Olsen. Lunch provided. Please call 802-443-5710 to preregister.

October 7, Thursday
Master Class: Creative Process for Site-Specific Works
4:30–6:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Led by Director Amelia Rudolph. Observers welcome. For advanced dancers. To participate, please call 802-443-5245 to preregister.

October 7, Thursday
Master Class: Intermediate Ballet
4:30–6:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Room 109
Led by performer Suzanne Gallo. Observers welcome. To participate, please call 802-443-5245 to preregister.

October 8, Friday
Project Bandaloop Performance
2:00 P.M., New library façade
*weather permitting: please call 802-443-MIDD if weather is in question.

October 8, Friday
Dedication of the New Library'sGarden of the Seasons
4:30 P.M., New library
Garden designed by Michael Singer.

October 8, Friday
Aerial Workshop for Dancers
5:00 P.M., New library façade
With Amelia Rudolph and members of Project Bandaloop. Observers welcome.

October 9, Saturday
Project Bandaloop Performances
2:00 and 4:00 P.M., New library façade
*weather permitting: please call 802-443-MIDD if weather is in question.

October 10, Sunday
Project Bandaloop Performances
2:00 and 4:00 P.M., New library façade
*weather permitting: please call 802-443-MIDD if weather is in question.

October 11–12, Monday-Tuesday
Mini-Residency with Dancers Mark Stuver '98 and Rachael Lincoln
Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre

Master Classes:
Intermediate/advanced, October 11, 4:30 P.M.
Beginner/intermediate, October 12, 3:00 P.M.
Observers welcome. To participate, please call 802-443-5245 to preregister.

Duet Performance: October 12, 4:30 P.M. Free admission.

October 5, Tuesday

Informal Showing: Dance Work

4:30 P.M., Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre

Free

October 8-10, Friday-Sunday

The Birdhouse Project

Watch for The Birdhouse Project, directed by Andrea Olsen. This collaborative work incorporates original dance, environmental set design by Carl Phelps, and music by David Rothenberg. Weekly rehearsals take place this fall around the CFA pond, with performances on Homecoming Weekend 2004, October 8–10, and Earth Day celebrations in 2005 (April 22). Visit www.middlebury.edu/dance for more details. Funded in part by an Ada Howe Kent Faculty Fellowship.

October 9, Saturday
Inauguration Concert:

Kirill Troussov, violin, Alexandra Troussova, piano

6:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall

Russian violinist Kirill Troussov and his sister, pianist Alexandra Troussova perform a special one-hour recital as part of President Ronald Liebowitz's inaugural activities. The program includes the third sonata for violin and piano by Johannes Brahms, the second sonata by Sergei Prokofiev, Nicolo Paganini's 24th Caprice, and Fritz Kreisler's Liebesleid. Though this performance is free, tickets are required. College students, faculty, and staff may pick up tickets at the Center for the Arts Box Office starting Monday, September 13. Tickets will be made available to the general public starting Monday, September 27. There is a limit of two tickets per customer, while they last.

October 9, Saturday
Stone Reader
8:00 P.M. only, Dana Auditorium
In honor of the opening of the College's new library, the Hirschfield International Film Series presents this documentary of a reader's pilgrimage in search of a vanished book. Writer-director Mark Moskowitz becomes enthralled with Dow Mussman's novel, The Stones of Summer,25 yearsafter its publication. His quest to learn more sends him on an investigation of the troubled lives and hard times of serious writers, until his final confrontation with the author. [U.S., 2002, 127 minutes] Free

October 12, Tuesday

Paul Orgel, piano

8:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall

Concert by a member of the College's Applied Music faculty.

Free

October 18, Monday (through October 29)
Interactive Site-Specific Installation by Visiting Artist Shinji Komiya
Johnson Memorial Building, Johnson Gallery
During a two-week residency, visiting artist Shinji Komiya of Japan produces a site-specific installation combining a variety of media and traditions, in collaboration with students in studio art, dance, set design, and Japanese classes. Some aspects of the piece are planned in advance, but others develop on site, based on available resources—both human and material. Sponsored by the Program in Studio Art. Free

October 21, Thursday
Lives Interwoven by Celluloid: The Multi-Storyline Film
4:30 P.M., Sunderland 110
Lectureby Sarah Kozloff, professor and chair of film studies, Vassar College. Sponsored by the Program in Film and Media Culture and the Hirschfield Fund. Free

October 21, Thursday
Slide Lecture: Dr. Art Cohn, director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
7:30 P.M, Twilight Auditorium
In conjunction with the exhibition Vermont in 1904: a Photographic Portrait, Dr. Cohn offers a public talk on commerce and recreation 100 years ago.  Explore the history of our local great lake with this author, professional diver, historian, adjunct assistant professor at the University of Vermont, member of the U.S. State Department delegation to UNESCO, and 2004 recipient of an honorary doctor of letters degree from Middlebury College.  Free

October 21, Thursday
Sergey Khachatryan, violin
Lusine Khachatryan, piano
7:30 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Sergey Khachatryan was 15 years old when he won the first prize at the Jean Sibelius Competition in Helsinki. Since then he has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, among others. Accompanied on the piano by his father, he plays works by Bach, Brahms, Mozart, and a sonmata by contemporary Armenian composer Arno Babadjanian while at Middlebury. Sponsored by Brainerd Commons Rising Stars Concerts, supported by the Christian A. Johnson Foundation. Free

October 21-23, Thursday-Saturday
Dive
Annual First-Year Students' Production
8:00 P.M. each evening, plus 10:00 P.M. Friday only, Hepburn Zoo
Visiting artist Carrie Baker '96 directs this evening of scenes, monologues, and movement pieces that explore the intricacies of love, from the tummy flutters of first dates to the ache of lost love. Authors include Judith Thompson, Kenneth Lonergan, Jeremy Dobrish, and others. The cast presents first-year students in their debut performances on the Middlebury stage. Presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Tickets: $1, on sale Tuesday, October 5.

October 22, Friday
Cyrus Chestnut Trio
Cyrus Chestnut, piano
Michael Hawkins, bass
Neal Smith, drums
8:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Cyrus Chestnut's jazz technique and his imagination are something to behold—and are always in the service of rollicking jazz. In this return engagement, expect the whole hall to be filled with his spirit and his joyous sound. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series. Reserved Seating. Tickets: $12/$10/$5. buy tickets online
Pre-performance dinner: Rehearsals Cafe, 6:30 P.M. Reservations required.

October 23, Saturday
Museum Tours
11:30 A.M., Center for the Arts, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Join student assistants and museum staff for a tour of the College's art collection and special exhibitions devoted to Auguste Rodin and photographs of turn-of-the-century Vermont. Tours continue through 1:00 P.M. Free

October 23, Saturday
My Architect: A Son's Journey
3:00 and 8:00 P.M., Dana Auditorium
A spellbinding documentary about a son's quest to reclaim a connection with the secretive yet visionary man who was his father: Louis Kahn, one of the modern era's greatest architects. [U.S., 2003, 116 minutes] Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. Free

October 26, Tuesday
My Architect: An Insider's View
7:30 P.M., Johnson Memorial Building, Johnson 304
Lecture by architect John McLeod, drawing on his insights from work as a consultant to Nathaniel Kahn's My Architect.McLeod discusses the making of the film and the influence of architect Louis Kahn and his works. Sponsored by Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Program in Film and Media Culture, the Christian A. Johnson Enrichment Fund, and the Hirschfield Fund. Free

October 28, Thursday
Rodin/Rose/Camille: What to Do about Love If You Want to Be a Genius
4:30 P.M.,Twilight Auditorium
Slide lecture by Dr. Ruth Butler, professor emerita of the history of art, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Committee on the Arts, and the Christian A. Johnson Enrichment Fund. Free

October 29, Friday
Natalie Clein, cello
Charles Owen, piano
7:30 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Brought to our attention by violinist Edward Dusinberre of the Takács Quartet, with whom she has played the Schubert Quintet, Natalie Clein has also collaborated with Paul Lewis, Martha Argerich, Stephen Kovacevich, and Steven Isserlis. She won the 1994 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. She and pianist Charles Owen play a program of works by Brahms, Schumann, and Webern. Sponsored by Brainerd Commons Rising Stars Concerts; supported by the Christian A. Johnson Foundation. Free

October 30, Saturday
American Splendor
3:00 and 8:00 P.M., Dana Auditorium
In this adaptation of the autobiographical comic book series by sad-sack, working-class writer Harvey Pekar, the filmmakers pull off a coup by casting the real Pekar and his wife to observe the actors who play them on the screen. The movie portrays an unsentimental record of the life of a Cleveland file clerk. It gained a cult following for its wit, veracity, and sardonic sensibility. [U.S., 2003, 101 minutes] Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. Free

October 30, Saturday
Middlebury College Orchestra
Troy Peters, conductor
8:00 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
In this first cocnert under the direction of Troy Peters, the Orchestra features works by three composers who explore humanity's relationship with time and the mystery of existence. The program includes Dvorak's Legends, Op. 59, nos. 1-5; Ives' The Unanswered Question; and Haydn's Symphony no. 101 in D Major, Clock. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

October 31, Sunday
Halloween Organ Concert
Emory Fanning, College Organist
4:00 P.M., Mead Chapel
Special ghostly organ music for Halloween, including Bach's famous Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and other even more hair-raising selections. Spookish (or just plain fun) costumes encouraged! Free