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The Deaf do not Beg

Sponsored by:
Language Schools, History, American Studies, Center for Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity, Linguistics, and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
This public presentation explores the anti-peddling campaigns undertaken by a group of elite American deaf people during the late nineteenth until the mid-twentieth century. As historian Octavian Robinson demonstrates, whiteness, class, masculinity, disability and nondisability converged with language politics in this campaign to influence American public policy governing the presence of disabled bodies in public spaces.

Axinn Center 229

Open to the Public

“Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony,” Film Screening

Sponsored by:
Mahaney Arts Center and Language Schools
The Language Schools will present the Vermont film premiere of this documentary film, which takes a cinematic journey across five continents and into the heart and soul of one of the greatest works of art. The film will be introduced by its producer/director, Kerry Candaele.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Free
Open to the Public

Abigail Washburn & Wu Fei in concert

Sponsored by:
Language Schools
A singing, songwriting, Nashville-based clawhammer banjo player, Abigail Washburn pairs venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds, and the results feel both strangely familiar and unlike anything anybody’s ever heard before. An alumna of the Middlebury Chinese School, Washburn speaks Chinese and is able to make profound connections to culture and people on the other side of the Pacific. Washburn is one of the few foreign artists currently touring China independently and regularly.

Middlebury Chapel

Free
Open to the Public

Centennial Celebration - Rakugo Night

Sponsored by:
Language Schools and Japanese School
Rakugo is a traditional Japanese art of storytelling, where performers sit in front of the audience and tell humorous, scary, or moving dramatic stories using vivid facial expressions and body language to convey different characters. At the yearly Rakugo performance, professional Rakugo players perform classic stories while a traditional paper-cutter cuts any student’s request into a paper masterpiece. Students from the Rakugo club perform as well, and outside guests are welcome (basic English subtitles are provided).

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Carillon Series - Centennial Concert - George Matthews, Jr.

Sponsored by:
Mahaney Arts Center and Language Schools
This special edition to the 30th Summer Carillon Series launches the Language Schools Centennial Celebration with an all Beethoven program, performed by Middlebury College carillonneur George Matthews, Jr. From the soaring tower of Mead Chapel, the melodic sounds of the carillon bells are a staple of summer life on the Middlebury campus. This outdoor event is Free and open to the public. Learn more at http://go.middlebury.edu/carillon

Middlebury Chapel