Events | Events

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Almost, Maine by John Cariani
7:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Theatre

On a clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not what it seems in the remote town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways.

Directed by Professor Alex Draper

Please join us for a post-show talkback with the company after the Friday performance.

Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

$15/$10/$8/$5
Open to the Public

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Día de muertos Celebration '26
5:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Theatre

Celebrate your loved ones & heroes throughout October and join us in a community Procession. We’ll walk past vibrant altars in honor of the dead and enjoy lively performances and tasty refreshments!

Middlebury College

Open to the Public

Monday, November 2, 2026

The “Ottoman-American” Diaspora: Women in Early Musical Recordings, ca. 1917–47
4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

History, Arabic, Music, and Axinn Center for the Humanities

Ian Nagoski is an independent music researcher and reissue record producer in Baltimore, Maryland, who has specialized for over 20 years in early-twentieth-century recordings made by immigrants to the United States, with a particular focus on musicians from the Ottoman Empire and post-Ottoman locales. The latter have included Greek, Armenian, Arab, Jewish, and Turkish musicians.

Axinn Center 232

Open to the Public
Traitors: Russia’s Interrupted Opposition Reckoning with the 1990s
4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Economics, Political Science, and Russian

2024, Maria Pevchikh and Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation released Traitors, a provocative documentary series asking how Russia’s democratic opening of the 1990s ended in Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime. The film places much of the blame on the political and economic elites surrounding Boris Yeltsin, focusing on corruption, privatization and the rise of the oligarchs, the controversial 1996 presidential election, and ultimately the choice of Putin as Yeltsin’s successor.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Weekly Politics Luncheon
12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Political Science

Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm EST. in person and by zoom. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public
Interactive Peacemaking and Coordination in Complex Peace Processes
4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, The Center for Community Engagement, International & Global Studies, and Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Global Fellows Program presents “Interactive Peacemaking and Coordination in Complex Peace Processes” with Susan Allen.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series
12:40 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Environmental Studies

“Desertification Archives: Global Black Ecologies and Anticipating Terror” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Brittany Meché, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Faculty in Science and Technology Studies and Africana Studies, Williams College.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public
Chasing Bandits, Disrupting Order: Terrorism and Imperialism in the Long American Century
4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, History, Academic Affairs, and Luso-Hispanic Studies

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global and International History presents “Chasing Bandits, Disrupting Order: Terrorism and Imperialism in the Long American Century” with Michael E. Neagle.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public
Can't Look Away: the Case Against Social Media film screening and panel discussion
5:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Global Health Minor Program

Based on investigative reporting by Bloomberg News, Can’t Look Away: the Case Against Social Media exposes the real-world consequences of tech companies’ digital practices and widespread concerns over harmful algorithms. Through emotional testimonies and high-stakes legal battles, the film explores the tension between corporate profit and child safety, highlighting systemic failures that leave young users vulnerable.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Friday, November 6, 2026

Katarina String Quartet
7:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Performing Arts Series

Fresh off their Juilliard residency, the multi-award-winning Katarina String Quartet makes a Vermont debut in our annual free quartet concert, courtesy of the Sunderman Family Concert Fund. Their program “The Rest Will Change” follows the compositional journey of Gourzi, Fung, Beethoven, and Quebecois traditional music to pursue the thought that the only constant is change. Come hear one of North America’s most exciting young ensembles, founded in Montreal and now based in New York.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Free
Open to the Public

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Football vs Hamilton
12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Football Team

Alumni Stadium

Open to the Public

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Shape Note Singing
1:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

Described as spiritual, joyful, powerful, and raucous, Shape Note (or Sacred Harp) singing is a traditional American style of four-part, a capella, community singing popular in the United States before the Civil War. This style still thrives across the US and in the UK, with strongholds in the American South and New England. It is called Shape Note because the notes of the scale are indicated by distinctive shapes and names.

McCullough - Mitchell Green Lounge

Open to the Public
College Choir and Catamount Singers in Concert
3:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Music

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Open to the Public

Monday, November 9, 2026

Globalization and its Discontents: Stories from the Factory Floors of China and Egypt
11:15 AM ET

Sponsored by:

Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, President of the College, Arabic, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Economics, Political Science, East Asian Studies, and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics, Development and Political Economy presents “Globalization and its Discontents: Stories from the Factory Floors of China and Egypt” with Leslie Chang.

Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)

Open to the Public

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Weekly Politics Luncheon
12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Political Science

Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm EST. in person and by zoom. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public
A Chinese Education: Teaching and Learning from Two Generations of Students in China
4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, President of the College, Arabic, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Economics, Int'l Politics & Economics, Political Science, East Asian Studies, and Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics, Development and Political Economy presents “A Chinese Education: Teaching and Learning from Two Generations of Students in China” with Peter Hessler.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Bright Line Watch: Tracking the Health of U.S. Democracy
4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy presents “Bright Line Watch: Tracking the Health of U.S. Democracy” with Brendan Nyhan.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public
Movement Matters: Grounded Up with Tomo Sone
4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

Dance

Mahaney Arts Center, Dance Theatre

Slow down, stretch out, and enjoy a playful movement journey inspired by the peaceful rhythm of nature. No prior dance or movement experience is required. This workshop is open to everyone. Please wear comfortable clothing that allows for free movement and bring a pair of socks.

Mahaney Arts Center

Open to the Public

Thursday, November 12, 2026

B. Jack Hanly-Cameron Visiting Architecture Lecture
4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

History of Arts and Architecture

TBD

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public
Albertine Film Festival: L’étranger film screening
7:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:

French and Francophone Studies

In 1930s French Algeria, indifferent Frenchman Meursault faces upheaval after his mother’s death and a fatal beach encounter with an Arab man, leading to a trial that scrutinizes his detached character in this adaptation of Albert Camus’s existential novella. The story explores his emotional aloofness amid a violent intrigue involving his neighbor and the victim’s brothers.

Twilight Auditorium 101

Open to the Public

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