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Friday, October 2, 2026

Saturday, October 3, 2026

  • Children making art in the MAC Cafe

    Museum Tours and Family Art Activities

    Sponsored by:
    Museum of Art

    Families and visitors ages 5 and up are invited to enjoy a variety of free activities, including sketching and hands-on art making inspired by works from the Museum’s collection. Stop by the MAC Lobby to create your own artwork, play family-friendly art-themed BINGO, and participate in guided gallery drawing experiences.

    Student tour guides will be stationed throughout the galleries, ready to share insights, answer questions, and chat about their favorite works in the collection.

    Mahaney Arts Center Cafe

    Free
    Open to the Public

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Thursday, October 8, 2026

  • Michelangelo Lovelace in 2001, in front of a self-portrait. Photograph by Herb Ascherman Jr.

    Brick by Brick: The Life and Career of Michelangelo Lovelace

    Sponsored by:
    Museum of Art

    In this lecture, Dr. Jeffrey Katzin of the Akron Art Museum will share insights gained from his experience curating the exhibition Michelangelo Lovelace: Art Saved My Life, which debuted in Akron and is now on view at the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Katzin will discuss Lovelace’s intensively dedicated fusion of art and life, his simplified but powerful style, and his resonant approaches to politics and Black identity.

    Mahaney Arts Center 125

    Open to the Public

  • 'Rooted in Land, Shaped by Fire' Exhibition Opening

    Sponsored by:
    Studio Art and Museum of Art

    ‘Rooted in Land, Shaped by Fire’ presents recent work by Akwesasne Mohawk artist Margaret Jacobs and will be on view in the Johnson Gallery October 8-November 20, 2026. Themes of stewardship, cultural continuity, and environmental change are explored through Jacobs’ sculpture that reflect on how knowledge is carried across generations through adaptation and artistic practice.

    Johnson Atrium

    Open to the Public

  • Love and Weirdness – the 31st Annual First Show

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre

    The First Show is a special production of the Middlebury Theatre Department – a chance for students who haven’t yet been on a Midd stage to take a shot at acting. This show is for those brave, bold souls who want to get up there and try something.

    This “set list” of scenes focuses on Love – and the clunky baggage that inevitably accompanies it. Love is fickle. It’s weird. It’s the best. It drives every meaningful interaction we have in this life. So, let’s take a good look at it. MWUAH.

    Hepburn Zoo

    $5
    Open to the Public

Friday, October 9, 2026

  • Love and Weirdness – the 31st Annual First Show

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre

    The First Show is a special production of the Middlebury Theatre Department – a chance for students who haven’t yet been on a Midd stage to take a shot at acting. This show is for those brave, bold souls who want to get up there and try something.

    This “set list” of scenes focuses on Love – and the clunky baggage that inevitably accompanies it. Love is fickle. It’s weird. It’s the best. It drives every meaningful interaction we have in this life. So, let’s take a good look at it. MWUAH.

    Hepburn Zoo

    $5
    Open to the Public

Saturday, October 10, 2026

  • Love and Weirdness – the 31st Annual First Show

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre

    The First Show is a special production of the Middlebury Theatre Department – a chance for students who haven’t yet been on a Midd stage to take a shot at acting. This show is for those brave, bold souls who want to get up there and try something.

    This “set list” of scenes focuses on Love – and the clunky baggage that inevitably accompanies it. Love is fickle. It’s weird. It’s the best. It drives every meaningful interaction we have in this life. So, let’s take a good look at it. MWUAH.

    Hepburn Zoo

    $5
    Open to the Public

  • Love and Weirdness – the 31st Annual First Show

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre

    The First Show is a special production of the Middlebury Theatre Department – a chance for students who haven’t yet been on a Midd stage to take a shot at acting. This show is for those brave, bold souls who want to get up there and try something.

    This “set list” of scenes focuses on Love – and the clunky baggage that inevitably accompanies it. Love is fickle. It’s weird. It’s the best. It drives every meaningful interaction we have in this life. So, let’s take a good look at it. MWUAH.

    Hepburn Zoo

    $5
    Open to the Public

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

  • people dancing in bright costumes and musicians standing on a stage with their instruments

    Connect with the Performing Arts

    Sponsored by:
    Mahaney Arts Center and Performing Arts Series

    Want to bring a touring artist to campus? Perform in a pop-up performance? Interested in free tickets to the Performing Arts Series? Looking for an engaging campus job? Join us for some free American Flatbread pizza while we discuss ways you can get involved at the Mahaney Arts Center.

    Join us on October 14 in the MAC café for pizza and info about these opportunities:

    Mahaney Arts Center Cafe

    Closed to the Public

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Thursday, October 22, 2026

  • Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium

    Sponsored by:
    Environmental Studies

    “The Narratives of Nature” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Bira Vanara, a Mixed Media Artist. 

    For our entire known history, humans as a species have told stories about how we and nature came to be, and why things happen as they do. This discourse will explore how story still determines the way we perceive our relationship to the natural world through the narrative lens.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public