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Saturday, October 21, 2023

  • The artists with their instruments, standing in front of a colorful wall

    **CANCELED** Transient Canvas

    Internationally renowned bass clarinet and marimba duo Transient Canvas come to share their unique repertoire with the Middlebury community, including “liminal echoes” by Matthew Evan Taylor, Assistant Professor of Music.
    Free
    Open to the Public

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Monday, October 23, 2023

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

  • Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series - John McLeod: "Architecture for All - Community Engagement Through Architecture"

    Presenter: John McLeod
    “Architecture for All - Community Engagement Through Architecture”

    Three examples from practice and teaching demonstrate architecture’s ability to serve anyone and anywhere: the Johnson Memorial Building renovation, the Architectural Studies/Habitat for Humanity Housing Design program, and “Design Assembly” - an annual community design-build program with students.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public

Thursday, October 26, 2023

  • Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series: The Texture of Landscape

    “The Texture of Landscape” Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Nancy Winship Milliken, Environmental Artist.

    What is Celebratory Ecology? How do we memorialize a global event, such as climate change, that seemingly has no end? Where are the nature-centric monuments? Nancy shares her open studio approach that holds these questions at the center of her practice.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public
  • Members of the cast in costume taking a selfie

    Greek Tragedy

    A play by Lia Romeo directed by Michole Biancosino.
    Anna is a famous and fabulous Instagram influencer. Jennifer is her drab best friend. But Jennifer is the one who’s been writing all of Anna’s content, while Anna spirals into addiction and out of control. And now Jennifer’s the one who’s writing this play. A story about telling stories… and about how to live our lives when we live our lives online.

    Performances: October 26 - 28, 7:30 pm each evening and 2 pm on Saturday. Please join us for a lively post-show talk back and discussion following the Friday evening performance.

    Wright Theatre

    $15/10/8/5
    Open to the Public

Friday, October 27, 2023

  • Book of Life Screening

    Join the Dia de Muertos Celebration ‘23 for a screening of this modern classic, animated film. Book of Life is a funny, irreverent, touching story of heroes, lovers, life, and after life…

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public
  • Members of the cast in costume taking a selfie

    Greek Tragedy

    A play by Lia Romeo directed by Michole Biancosino.
    Anna is a famous and fabulous Instagram influencer. Jennifer is her drab best friend. But Jennifer is the one who’s been writing all of Anna’s content, while Anna spirals into addiction and out of control. And now Jennifer’s the one who’s writing this play. A story about telling stories… and about how to live our lives when we live our lives online.

    Performances: October 26 - 28, 7:30 pm each evening and 2 pm on Saturday. Please join us for a lively post-show talk back and discussion following the Friday evening performance.

    Wright Theatre

    $15/10/8/5
    Open to the Public

  • Lyre and Lyricism: A Concert of Greek Music From Antiquity to the Present

    This fascinating program spans at least 2,500 years of musical history. Based on authentic fragments of ancient Greek hymns that have survived, composer, musicologist, and lyre soloist Nikos Xanthoulis and mezzo soprano Sophia Karakouta illustrate the evolution of Greek music from antiquity to the present. Through storytelling and performance of hymns and traditional and modern songs to the accompaniment of a reconstructed ancient lyre, the audience is invited to experience the journey of Hellenic music through time. Join us for this unique musical experience!

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    FREE
    Open to the Public

Saturday, October 28, 2023

  • Close up image of a tissue paper banner

    Papel Picado Making, DDLM '23

    Join Summer Lee Jack (Theatre) in creating beautiful and delicate cut-out tissue paper banners to hang by your ofrenda. It’s said they wave when spirits are near…

    Open to Middlebury students, faculty, and staff.

    Mahaney Arts Center 221

  • Cast members in costume taking a selfie

    Greek Tragedy

    A play by Lia Romeo directed by Michole Biancosino.
    Anna is a famous and fabulous Instagram influencer. Jennifer is her drab best friend. But Jennifer is the one who’s been writing all of Anna’s content, while Anna spirals into addiction and out of control. And now Jennifer’s the one who’s writing this play. A story about telling stories… and about how to live our lives when we live our lives online.

    Performances: October 26 - 28, 7:30 pm each evening and 2 pm on Saturday. Please join us for a lively post-show talk back and discussion following the Friday evening performance.

    Wright Theatre

    $15/10/8/5
    Open to the Public
  • Members of the cast in costume taking a selfie

    Greek Tragedy

    A play by Lia Romeo directed by Michole Biancosino.
    Anna is a famous and fabulous Instagram influencer. Jennifer is her drab best friend. But Jennifer is the one who’s been writing all of Anna’s content, while Anna spirals into addiction and out of control. And now Jennifer’s the one who’s writing this play. A story about telling stories… and about how to live our lives when we live our lives online.

    Performances: October 26 - 28, 7:30 pm each evening and 2 pm on Saturday. Please join us for a lively post-show talk back and discussion following the Friday evening performance.

    Wright Theatre

    $15/10/8/5
    Open to the Public

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Thursday, November 2, 2023

  • Hirschfield First Thursday Films: Mutt

    Hirschfield is back with a unique once-a-month event every first Thursday. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza at 6:30 PM.

    Feña, a young trans guy bustling through life in New York City, is afflicted with an incessantly challenging day that resurrects ghosts from his past. Laundromats, subway turnstiles, and airport transfers are the hectic background to this emotional drama that overlaps past, present, and future.

    Directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz - USA - 2023 - 87 minutes

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Dad Rock

    Dad Rock is a collection of scenes and monologues from both theatrical classics and newer plays you’ve yet to fall in love with, and songs from Broadway musicals and classic rock legends. These scenes, songs, and monologues challenge and explore toxic masculinity and the expectations our society places on male-identifying people that exist at the heart of many of the mental health crises affecting people of all ages, sexualities, and genders, as well as the people closest to them. This project is also Beck Barsanti’s senior work in acting.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public

  • Dia de los muertos Celebration '23 Procession

    Join us in celebrating our ancestors and departed loved ones on Día de los Muertos.  Meet outside the Anderson Freeman Center (Carr Hall.)  Along the procession there will be music, performances, dance, and much more. Visit: go/ddlm23 for more information. Bring along a memento of your loved one, a photo, favorite food, an object to honor your dead on the Procession… open to all!

    To Be Announced

Friday, November 3, 2023

  • Text of the date and time in neon lights against a dark background

    Theatre Department Auditions for Spring Productions

    The Theatre Department invites ALL STUDENTS to audition for the spring ‘24 faculty directed productions of:
    The Found Dog Ribbon Dance by Dominic Finocchiaro directed by Olga Sanchez Saltveit and
    Orlando by Sarah Ruhl directed by Claudio Medeiros.

    Come to the upper MAC lobby at 5:45pm to sign up for a slot. We will hear people individually in the order they have signed up. All are requested to have a 45 - 60 second monologue. Memorization and preparation are strongly preferred.
    Please visit go/auditions for more information. Open to Middlebury College students.

    Mahaney Arts Center 232

    Closed to the Public

  • Dad Rock

    Dad Rock is a collection of scenes and monologues from both theatrical classics and newer plays you’ve yet to fall in love with, and songs from Broadway musicals and classic rock legends. These scenes, songs, and monologues challenge and explore toxic masculinity and the expectations our society places on male-identifying people that exist at the heart of many of the mental health crises affecting people of all ages, sexualities, and genders, as well as the people closest to them. This project is also Beck Barsanti’s senior work in acting.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public
  • Moth wings on an old-style microphone

    Cocoon

    Inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon The Moth, Cocoon is a special evening of true stories told live and without notes. This year’s edition, on the theme of “Playing the Long Game,” will feature six storytellers: Middlebury students Youness Cheboubi ’24, Beckett Pintair ’24.5, and Hannah Alberti ’26; and Middlebury faculty/staff members Karl Lindholm, Mark Saltveit, and Raghad Sayyed.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    $15/10/8/5; https://go.middlebury.edu/tickets
    Open to the Public