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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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    Thirty Years of Chinese Transformation: the View from One Village

    Sponsored by:
    Dean of Faculty

    Carol Rifelj Lecture Series

    Ellen has been engaged in fieldwork in one village in China since 1993, visiting periodically and writing two monographs based on that fieldwork (one on morality and one on food). Having just come back from fieldwork again this past sabbatical year, in this lecture she would like to take the long view and ask how the transformations, continuities and emerging contradictions she has observed can provide us a more microscopic and longitudinal understanding than we often get based on journalistic accounts or urban-based research. 

    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.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    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
  • a watercolored picture of a Passover Seder plate with the symbolic foods of lettuce, bitter herbs, charoset, parsley, shank bone and egg.

    Passover Seder

    Sponsored by:
    Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

    You are warmly welcome to this first night Passover seder for the Middlebury campus community.  We will come together to celebrate freedom, and the hope of spring, while discussing deep questions of what true liberation means for each of us with the help or the traditional seder readings and rituals. Please join us—all are welcome regardless of background or experience. Registration is required by Thursday, March 26th at this link: https://www.middlebury.edu/scott-center

    Redfield Proctor Room

    Closed to the Public
  • Donkey

    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

  • Join Peers Educating for Affirming Relationships (PEAR)

    Sponsored by:
    Health and Wellness Education

    Join members of Peers Educating for Affirming Relationships (PEAR) to learn about their work and how to become a member. The group educates fellow peers about mental health and healthy relationships. Grow your skills in facilitation, share your passion with peers and have awesome community while doing it! Students who join receive a $500 per semester stipend and get to return to campus two weeks early for an engaging and fun trianing. 

    MCCullough Grille Foyer

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    WOMP

    Sponsored by:
    The Gamut Room

    WOMP (Wednesday Open Mic Party) is a weekly open mic for students and community members full of great music, comedy, poetry, karaoke, and vibes. Hope to see you there!!

    Gifford Gamut Room

Thursday, April 2, 2026

  • 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