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Cocoon

Sponsored by:
Mahaney Arts Center
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 “Rebuilding,” will feature six storytellers: Middlebury students Keziah Wilde ’24 and Luna Simone-Gonzalez ’24, Assistant Director of the Anderson Freeman Center Janae Due, Student Life Dean Scott Barnicle, Senior Assistant Director of Admissions Steve Zatarain ’15, and community member Christopher Ross.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

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

Officer Clemmons: A Reading and Book Signing with Dr. François S. Clemmons

Hear Middlebury singer, author, and celebrity Francois Clemmons read from his debut memoir, now out in paperback. Known to the world from his role on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” Dr. Clemmons has long been known locally as the Alexander Twilight Artist in Residence and director of the Martin Luther King Spiritual Choir at Middlebury College, where he served from 1997 until his retirement in 2015. He is also an actor, activist, and Grammy Award–winning singer.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Free

Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Sponsored by:
Mahaney Arts Center
Spirited works by Bartók, Devienne, and Haydn showcase VSO principal flute Melissa Mielens and Ifetayo Ali, a teenage cellist from the Sphinx Program. In collaboration with the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, a world premiere by music professor Matthew Evan Taylor accompanies a new film by Jeremy Lee MacKenzie. Tickets: $25 adults; $10 student (children ages 6–17 and full-time college students with ID); free for children ages 5 and under.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Open to the Public

Opening Reception: I'm So Mad I Made This Sign

Sponsored by:
Mahaney Arts Center
Hosted by M Gallery at the MAC. Join student artists and instructor Sepi Alavi for the opening of an exhibition of posters created by students in a j-term class on graphic design beyond advertising. Addressing social issues, both local and global, the works explore the vocabulary of typographic forms and their relationship to message and meaning. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Cafe

Open to the Public

NER Out Loud

Sponsored by:
Mahaney Arts Center
This sixth annual event features original prose and poetry from the New England Review literary magazine, read aloud by Middlebury College students from Oratory Now. Stay for the “s’more readings” reception with contributions from student magazines. For mature audiences. Free

  Presented with sign language interpretation.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Free
Open to the Public