August 2006

2008-09 Events

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AUGUST 2-6, WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY
Big Love
by Charles Mee
8:30 P.M. each evening; Burgess Meredith Little Theatre on the Bread Loaf mountain campus
The Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble presents Big Love , by Obie Award winner Charles Mee, as its annual public theatre production. A fiercely extravagant adaptation of Aeschylus' The Suppliant Maidens (490 BC), Big Love had its premier in the 2000 Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. Mee, a former magazine editor and historian, uses the basic plotline—50 sisters flee arranged marriages to their 50 cousins—as a launch pad for the so-called "battle of the sexes." Mee asks the audience to look at how humans behave when they are in crisis mode, and what it would be like to live consistently in that state. The play contains language and situations for mature audiences.
Free, but tickets required. For reservations, call the Bread Loaf Theatre at 802-443-2737.

AUGUST 4, FRIDAY
Carillon Recital: Alexander Solovov
4:00 P.M., Mead Chapel and surrounding lawns
The Summer Carillon Series continues with this recital by Alexander Solovov of Mechelin, Belgium. Free

AUGUST 4, FRIDAY
Portuguese School Talent Show
8:30 P.M., McCullough Juice Bar
Free

AUGUST 4, FRIDAY
Zarzuela: Spanish musical comedy
8:30 P.M., Wright Theatre
Free

AUGUST 4, FRIDAY
Point Counterpoint Music Ensemble
8:30 P.M., Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Free

AUGUST 5, SATURDAY
The Other Side of the Street [Portuguese]*
7:00 and 9:30 P.M.,Dana Auditorium
Free
* Shown as part of the International Film Festival . Guests are asked to minimize their use of English in the presence of Language Schools students. After each 7 p.m. screening, filmgoers are invited to participate in a discussion in English moderated by a member of the Language Schools. Due to the Language Pledge, Language Schools students are not permitted to attend the discussions.

AUGUST 5, SATURDAY
Zolotoi Plios
7:00 P.M., Center for the Arts Concert Hall
Russian Folk Music Concert. Free

AUGUST 6, SUNDAY
Alessandro Carrera
9:00 P.M., Center for the Arts Concert Hall
Evening of Italian Poetry and Song. Free

AUGUST 7, MONDAY
Careers Using Foreign Language Skills
4:15 P.M., Dana Auditorium
A Language Schools Alumni Panel, in English. Free

AUGUST 7, MONDAY
Summer Swing Dance Practice
6:30-9:00 P.M., CFA, Dance Theatre
The finale to the summer swing dance practices is this special night with a live band. Interested dancers should bring clean, soft soled shoes to change into. Partners not necessary. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Dance Program. Free

AUGUST 11-12
Calligraphy Exhibition
1:00–10:00 P.M. (Fri.) and 9:00 A.M.-8:00 P.M., (Sat.), Johnson 308
Free

AUGUST 11, FRIDAY
Carillon Recital: Elena Sadina
4:00 P.M., Mead Chapel and surrounding lawns
The Summer Carillon Series continues with this recital by Elena Sadina of Mechelin, Belgium. Free

AUGUST 11, FRIDAY
French School Cabaret
8:00 P.M., McCullough Social Space
Free

AUGUST 12, SATURDAY
You I Love [Russian]*
7:00 and 9:30 P.M.,Dana Auditorium
Free
* Shown as part of the International Film Festival . Guests are asked to minimize their use of English in the presence of Language Schools students. After each 7 p.m. screening, filmgoers are invited to participate in a discussion in English moderated by a member of the Language Schools. Due to the Language Pledge, Language Schools students are not permitted to attend the discussions.

AUGUST 13, SUNDAY
Russian School Choir Concert
7:30 P.M., McCullough Social Space
Free

AUGUST 13, SUNDAY
German Theatrical Performance:
"Zieh den Steckeer raus, das Wasser kocht"
9:00 P.M., Wright Theatre
Free

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This week's events

AUGUST 15, TUESDAY
Vocal Concert by Students in the German for Singers and Vocal Coaches Program
8:45 P.M., Center for the Arts Concert Hall
Free

AUGUST 16, WEDNESDAY
French School Choir Concert
7:30 P.M., Center for the Arts Concert Hall
Free

AUGUST 18, FRIDAY
Carillon Recital: George Matthew Jr.
4:00 P.M., Mead Chapel and surrounding lawns
The Summer Carillon Series concludes for the year with this recital by George Matthew Jr., carillonneur of Middlebury College and Norwich University. Free

AUGUST 18, FRIDAY
Language Schools Commencement
5:00 P.M., Mead Chapel
Guest speaker: Jane Edwards , director of international programs at Harvard University [English]