Twilight Auditorium 101

This evening’s film and panel with include a screening of Huey’s “Henry David Thoreau” followed by a panel discussion with Huey (the filmmaker), Matt Schlein, Director of The Walden Woods Project and Rebecca Kneale Gould, Middlebury College Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and current Thoreau Society Board member.

Vessel (Diana Whitten, 2014, USA, 90 mins.)

Come to the awards ceremony for the Paul W. Ward ’25 Memorial Prize in writing for the Class of 2020. The prize recognizes those second-year students who the faculty judge to have produced outstanding essays in writing classes during their first year. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research at 802.443.3131 or by email at ctlr@middlebury.edu.

Commencement Reception for Philosophy, Classics and Classical Studies Seniors and their families.

Arabic Music, Beyond the Exotic: Contemporary Arabic Music Concert:

Works of hand drawn animations from Studio Art courses ART 185 and ART 200 will be screened along with a concert performance by Raumshiff Engelmayer.
Raumschiff EngelMayer is a multifaceted musician who will be working along with the students finalizing their drawing animations. The resulting animations will be a part of his live concert.

A Studio Art Event.  Free and open to the public.

André Aciman is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He is the author of Out of Egypt: A Memoir, False Papers, Alibis, and four novels: Call Me by Your Name, Eight White Nights, Harvard Square, and Enigma Variations. He is the co author and editor of Letters of Transit and of The Proust Project. Aciman is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship as well as a fellowship from The New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.

Frank Bidart is widely considered one of the finest poets at work in English. His Collected Poems won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 2018. He teaches at Wellesley College.

Before showing this film, be sure to work with Sue Driscoll in the library to discuss public viewing rights. You will also need to be sure all attendees practice social distancing, and keep their mask on at all times. Attached is a copy of the event host responsibliites.