Events
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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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
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Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. No registration required. Drop in any day that works for you!
McCullough Crest Room
Closed to the Public
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Studio Art Thesis Exhibition, Where Absurdity Meets the Mundane: Memories Uncovered
- Sponsored by:
- Studio Art
Fall 2025 ART700 class capstone thesis exhibition of artworks, including painting, photography, illustration, design, sculpture, installation, and more! The exhibition will run from December 5th, 2025, to December 12th, 2025. Open daily Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM. Johnson Exhibition Gallery, Johnson Memorial Building, 78 Chateau Rd.
Johnson Gallery/Crit (208)
Closed to the Public
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Political Oratory Contest and Celebration
- Sponsored by:
- Political Science
Come hear students of political rhetoric in PSCI 0249 deliver their final, polished orations on matters of moment at Middlebury and beyond.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
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The SlowDown
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Come slow down with beads, collaging, watercolors, grown-up coloring books and more. Homemade hot chai and cookies too!
McCullough Crest Room
Closed to the Public
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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.Each session is open to a maximum of 20 participants. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. Open to Middlebury students only.
Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio
Closed to the Public
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College Democrats Weekly Meeting
- Sponsored by:
- Middlebury College Democrats
Can you FIX the Democratic Party?
Come discuss and debate politics, social issues, and current events. Good snacks provided.
Moderate? Radical? Republican? Independent? Socialist? Libertarian? Come share your thoughts!
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
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Thursday, December 11, 2025
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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 -
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
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Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. No registration required. Drop in any day that works for you!
McCullough Crest Room
Closed to the Public
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Studio Art Thesis Exhibition, Where Absurdity Meets the Mundane: Memories Uncovered
- Sponsored by:
- Studio Art
Fall 2025 ART700 class capstone thesis exhibition of artworks, including painting, photography, illustration, design, sculpture, installation, and more! The exhibition will run from December 5th, 2025, to December 12th, 2025. Open daily Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM. Johnson Exhibition Gallery, Johnson Memorial Building, 78 Chateau Rd.
Johnson Gallery/Crit (208)
Closed to the Public
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Drop-In Hours with the Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Stop in to chat and enjoy a cup of hot tea with Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life Mark Orten.
Middlebury Chapel
Closed to the Public
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Mock Trial Office Hours
- Sponsored by:
- Middlebury Mock Trial
Weekly office hours meeting for mock trial members.
Axinn Center 104
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Weekly Feminist Stitch & Bitch
- Sponsored by:
- Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
Join Chellis House for our weekly Stitch & Bitch! Gather in feminist community to scheme, make art, meet new people, use your hands, and take a break from screens and school. All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring any projects you’re currently working on. Together we can build a better world, but first we must imagine it!
Chellis House Library
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Football Games at The Grille
- Sponsored by:
- Student Engagement Office and The Grille
Join us every Thursday and Sunday to watch the football games at The Grille and enjoy weekly menu specials!
McCullough Wilson Cafe
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Friday, December 12, 2025
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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