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Thursday, October 3, 2024

  • 29th Annual First Show: Echoes of Truth

    The newly devised theater production, titled “Echoes of Truth,” embarks on a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between truth and humanity. Through a series of interconnected scenes, the performance weaves together diverse narratives that challenge perceptions and provoke introspection. Each vignette presents a unique lens on truth—be it personal, societal, or existential—inviting the audience to witness the conflicting realities of its characters.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public

Friday, October 4, 2024

  • 29th Annual First Show: Echoes of Truth

    The newly devised theater production, titled “Echoes of Truth,” embarks on a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between truth and humanity. Through a series of interconnected scenes, the performance weaves together diverse narratives that challenge perceptions and provoke introspection. Each vignette presents a unique lens on truth—be it personal, societal, or existential—inviting the audience to witness the conflicting realities of its characters.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public
  • a collage of the two artists with their instruments

    BALA BILA

    BALA BILA brings together two African master musicians—Balla Kouyate on balafon, calabash, bass guitar, and voice, and Matchume Zango on timbila, mbira, percussion, and voice—in an intimate, living-room style concert and intercultural musical conversation between two extraordinary artists. Kouyate hails from the West African country of Mali, and Zango calls the East African nation of Mozambique home. They are leading exponents of their respective principal instruments, BALAfon and timBILA—two world heritage instruments that will be played together in harmony.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    $25/20/10/5
    Open to the Public

Saturday, October 5, 2024

  • a collage of the two artists with their instruments

    BALA BILA's Bucket Band Workshop

    Balla Kouyate and Matchume Zango will introduce you to the rhythm and culture of their respective African traditions.  You’ll have a chance to learn some of these rhythms and play them on five-gallon buckets! No experience needed. Ear protection recommended/provided. 

    Registration will be open to Middlebury College students only until 09/25, then any remaining spots opened to the Middlebury Community Music Center and general community. 

    Signup at https://forms.gle/uotptXWtrcBfxn5v5

    Mahaney Arts Center 221

    Free
    Open to the Public

  • 29th Annual First Show: Echoes of Truth

    The newly devised theater production, titled “Echoes of Truth,” embarks on a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between truth and humanity. Through a series of interconnected scenes, the performance weaves together diverse narratives that challenge perceptions and provoke introspection. Each vignette presents a unique lens on truth—be it personal, societal, or existential—inviting the audience to witness the conflicting realities of its characters.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public

  • Middlebury College Carillon Series: Carla Staffaroni, MA ’20, Assistant Carillonneur, Riverside Church, NYC

    As part of the Carillon Series’ Fall Festival, Middlebury Spanish School alumna Carla Staffaroni will perform a beautiful concert from Middlebury Chapel’s bell tower. The melodic sounds of the carillon bells will ring out across the campus. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket! Free and open to the public.

    Click here for more information about the carillon series and to view programs for each concert.

    5:00 PM

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

    Middlebury Chapel

    Open to the Public

  • 29th Annual First Show: Echoes of Truth

    The newly devised theater production, titled “Echoes of Truth,” embarks on a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between truth and humanity. Through a series of interconnected scenes, the performance weaves together diverse narratives that challenge perceptions and provoke introspection. Each vignette presents a unique lens on truth—be it personal, societal, or existential—inviting the audience to witness the conflicting realities of its characters.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public

Monday, October 7, 2024

  • Korean Drumming

    Drop-in to learn to play the traditional Korean percussion genre samulnori. Samulnori blends traditional Korean rhythms into dynamic pieces using four Korean percussion instruments: janggu (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (large gong), and ggwaenggwari (small gong). Participants will start by learning technique and basic rhythms and progress to more complex rhythms and sequences. No experience needed!

    The Bunker (FIC 121)

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

  • Ballet dancers

    Beginner Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    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 once 8 classes have been attended.

    Previous dance experience in any form is recommended.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Free
    Closed to the Public

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

  • Ballet dancers

    INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    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 once 8 classes have been attended.

    Previous dance experience in any form is recommended.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Free
    Closed to the Public
  • woman singing with musicians playing instruments

    Film Screening: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

    Attend a screening of this acclaimed 2020 film starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, both nominated for Oscars for their respective roles. During a 1927 Chicago recording session, tensions and temperatures rise between Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), her ambitious horn player (Chadwick Boseman), and the white management determined to control the legendary “Mother of the Blues.” Directed by George C. Wolfe; based on Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s play.

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    free
    Open to the Public

Saturday, October 12, 2024

  • Two guitar players, one a youth, the other a skeleton, and a dog stand on a bridge of marigolds.

    Coco

    Please note new date, Saturday, October 12 and location in AXN 232!

    In this Day of the Dead classic, aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.

    Axinn Center 232

    Open to the Public

Monday, October 14, 2024

  • Korean Drumming

    Drop-in to learn to play the traditional Korean percussion genre samulnori. Samulnori blends traditional Korean rhythms into dynamic pieces using four Korean percussion instruments: janggu (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (large gong), and ggwaenggwari (small gong). Participants will start by learning technique and basic rhythms and progress to more complex rhythms and sequences. No experience needed!

    The Bunker (FIC 121)

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

  • Ancient Beacons Long for Notice: a conversation with Dario Robleto

    In his prints, sculptures, and films, multi-disciplinary artist Dario Robleto incorporates a deep fascination with science, history, sound, medicine, and human empathy. His 2024 film, “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice,” is currently installed at the Middlebury College Museum of Art in the exhibit, “An Invitation to Awe.” He will join Guest Curator Katy Smith Abbott in conversation, as they explore Robleto’s conviction that “awe is a courtship with the unknown.”

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Open to the Public
  • Ballet dancers

    Beginner Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    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 once 8 classes have been attended.

    Previous dance experience in any form is recommended.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Free
    Closed to the Public

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

  • Ballet dancers

    INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    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 once 8 classes have been attended.

    Previous dance experience in any form is recommended.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Free
    Closed to the Public
  • two people embracing and smiling

    Film Screening: Fences

    Attend a screening of the acclaimed 2016 film starring Denzel Washington (Oscar nominee for this role) and Viola Davis (Oscar winner for this role). Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, the film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play takes a passionate look at former baseball player Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington) as he fights to provide for those he loves in a world that threatens to push him down. Denzel Washington also directed the film.

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    free
    Open to the Public

Thursday, October 17, 2024

  • Oil painitng of a field of green fiddlehead ferns with a ray of light coming through a forest of trees. A black bear stands in the distance with gaze towards the viewer.

    Against Wings Paintings by Rebecca Kinkead and Poems by Ben Humphries

    The Johnson Memorial Building’s Exhibition Gallery presents recent works by painter Rebecca Kinkead and poems by Ben Humphries. The pairing of the paintings and poems represents a dialogue between the artists and their reflections/responses to human impacts on the natural habitats of animals and the Earth’s climate.  

    Free and open to the public. Opening reception on October 17th from 5-7PM in the Johnson Memorial Building’s mezzanine and exhibition gallery. 

    Johnson Atrium

    Open to the Public

  • Hirschfield International Film Series - "Only the River Flows"

    The October screening of the Hirschfield series features a Chinese film that premiered in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Only the River Flows is an atmospheric thriller set in rural China, following a murder investigation that quickly leads to an obvious arrest and to many unanswered questions. Professor Chialan Sharon Wang will introduce the film, and the screening will be followed by a brief discussion led by Professor Nikolina Dobreva. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

Saturday, October 19, 2024

  • Poster saying "Guys and Dolls Dance Audition J-Term Musical 2025, Saturday, October 19th, 12-2pm, in MAC 110"

    Dance Audition J-Term Musical 2025

    Come prepared to move. Wear clothing that allows for freedom of movement. No prepared choreography necessary. Open to Middlebury students only.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Closed to the Public