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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

  • Person writing on a chalk wall

    Before I Die

    Sponsored by:
    Mahaney Arts Center and Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub

    This interactive public art installation invites members of the Middlebury community to reflect on what matters most. By sharing personal hopes and aspirations on a communal wall, the project fosters connection, introspection, and a celebration of our shared humanity. Inspired by the global Before I Die project, this installation transforms public space into a canvas for gratitude, memory, and possibility.

    Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

    Free
    Open to the Public
  • The image features the Third Princess, one of the female characters in the tale, with her pet cat. The original cat has been replaced by Hello Kitty.

    Living with Genji: The "World's First Novel" in 21st Century Japan

    Sponsored by:
    Japanese and Axinn Center for the Humanities

    Davis Family Library, Upper Level Display Cases

    The students in JAPN 290 (“Reading the Tale of Genji” in English”) and Prof. Otilia Milutin (Japanese Studies) are cordially inviting you and your students to view their exhibit, “Living with Genji: The World’s First Novel in 21st Century Japan.” The exhibit features a selection of objects, artwork, movies, and manga inspired by the 11th century classic The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu.  Our exhibit aims to showcase a few selected items that speak both of the tale’s enduring legacy in traditional Japanese arts, and, equally important, of its contemporary reiterations, be they manga and movies adaptations or commercial, consumer-oriented products such as mascots, stationary, fabrics, and other everyday objects.  Through our exhibit, we hope to demonstrate how a millennium old classic lives and thrives today in contemporary Japan. 

    Middlebury College

    Open to the Public
  • Jimmy Joyner in a mask

    Movement Matters Master Class with Jimmy Joyner

    Sponsored by:
    Dance

    Creature Creation

    This is less of a class and more of a facilitated time to ask ourselves “what else?” We will mobilize the body and generate heat so that we may move through new versions of ourselves. Through prompts, games, and material we can move collectively and have dance do what it needs to do for us.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Open to the Public

  • The Iranian Revolution, Past and Present: Morteza Motahhari and the Fate of Revolutionary Theology

    Sponsored by:
    Dean of Faculty

    This talk consists of two parts. In the first, Ata offers an analysis of Morteza Motahhari’s theology. A prominent student of Ayatollah Khomeini, Motahhari is often regarded as the intellectual forefather of the religious ideology that the Islamic Republic adopted in the post-revolutionary period as it consolidated its monopoly over public space.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

  • Simbo Dancing

    West African Dance and Drum Class

    Sponsored by:
    Dance

    A rich taste of African culture
    through powerful, vigorous,
    high-energy movement

    Let the beat of the drum move
    your body. Participants will
    learn songs, rhythms, dances,
    and culture as we embark
    on a journey of dances
    from the African diaspora.

    Class is accompanied by live
    musicians to help participants
    understand the communication
    between the music and the
    dance.

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

    Open to the Public
  • 2 ballet dancers

    Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    Sponsored by:
    Dance

    Tuesday-Beginner/Intermediate
    Wednesday-Intermediate/Advanced

    Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. Classical Ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No pointe shoes, please. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. 

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Closed to the Public