Malcolm X at the Met
Kazem Abdullah, who studied German and Portuguese at the Language Schools, is conducting the Metropolitan Opera premiere of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
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Black Student Life
The Middlebury Campus reports on the latest initiatives organized by the College’s Black Student Union (BSU).
New Perspectives through Graphic Novels
History professor Rebecca Ayako Bennette strongly believes in the importance of studying history today, and the need to adapt her teaching to the times.
Finding Beauty in an Aging Body
Sara Allen MA English ’87 is exhibiting a series of photographs of her “naturally aging body with its creases, folds and rough textures, its bumps and lines and spots” at the Abington Art Center in Pennsylvania.
Another Language, Another Soul
French lecturer and glass artist Brittney Gehrig, MA French ’22 shared her enthusiasm for language instruction as well as the formative experiences that led her to her present career in an interview with the Language Connects Foundation.
Upcycled Silo
Wyatt Robinson ’24.5 spent this past summer designing and painting a mural on the silo outside the Recycling Center.
Shades of Twilight
What does it mean that a 19th-century man who passed as white is a modern-day African American icon?
That’s Entertainment!
Diana Shulman ’56, who performs as D’yan Forest, is the world’s oldest working comedienne at 89 and has no plans to retire her bawdy, ukulele-strumming act any time soon.
Johnson Renewed
After over a year of renovations, the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building reopened with a celebration of speeches, musical and dance performances, and a light show.