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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Friday, April 24, 2026

  • The image features the Third Princess, one of the female characters in the tale, with her pet cat. The original cat has been replaced by Hello Kitty.

    Living with Genji: The "World's First Novel" in 21st Century Japan

    Sponsored by:
    Japanese and Axinn Center for the Humanities

    Davis Family Library, Upper Level Display Cases

    The students in JAPN 290 (“Reading the Tale of Genji” in English”) and Prof. Otilia Milutin (Japanese Studies) are cordially inviting you and your students to view their exhibit, “Living with Genji: The World’s First Novel in 21st Century Japan.” The exhibit features a selection of objects, artwork, movies, and manga inspired by the 11th century classic The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu.  Our exhibit aims to showcase a few selected items that speak both of the tale’s enduring legacy in traditional Japanese arts, and, equally important, of its contemporary reiterations, be they manga and movies adaptations or commercial, consumer-oriented products such as mascots, stationary, fabrics, and other everyday objects.  Through our exhibit, we hope to demonstrate how a millennium old classic lives and thrives today in contemporary Japan. 

    Middlebury College

    Open to the Public
  • Silhouette figures carrying hearts with a poem in Farsi.

    Join Artists of the Collective Art Lords in Painting a Mural on Art, Migration, and Belonging at Proctor

    Sponsored by:
    Museum of Art, Office of Institutional Diversity Equity & Inclusion, History of Arts and Architecture, Axinn Center for the Humanities, Committee on Arts in Public Places, Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies, International & Global Studies, and Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub

    Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to join the members of the artistic collective, Art Lords, to paint a mural in Proctor on the theme of art, migration, and belonging. No artistic experience required! Come for as little or as long as you like! Painting will take place between 9am-8pm on April 24-25th. 

    Sponsored by the Committee on Art in Public Spaces, Committee on the Arts, International & Global Studies-Middle East and North Africa, Office of Equity, Department of the History of Art & Architecture, and the Innovation Hub. 

    Proctor Dining Room

    Closed to the Public

  • The Future is Nuts! Forests, food, and Bioregionalism with Elspeth Hay '07 and Cherry Liley

    Sponsored by:
    Sustainability & Environmental Affairs

    Can we build bioregional foodways for the Northeast centered on trees? Join Elspeth Hay (‘07), author of the new book Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food and Chez Liley of Wellspring Commons for a conversation exploring how our food systems might change if we broadened our vision of farming to include the native nut trees of our forested landscape, and how that might reshape our relationships to the world around us.  

    Aimed at students with an interest in sustainable agriculture, wildlands conservation, ecosystem restoration, food policy, and journalism, this discussion will delve into some of the assumptions underpinning our current food system and focus on practical ways to transform climate anxiety into action as we look to feed ourselves while regenerating and protecting our home ecosystems.

    Elspeth Hay ‘07 is the creator and host of the Local Food Report, a weekly feature that has aired on the Cape and Islands National Public Radio station since 2008, and the author of the award-winning book, Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food. Deeply immersed in her own local-food system, Elspeth’s work focuses on the people, places, and ideas that feed us. Learn more at elspethhay.com.

    Cherry (Chez) Liley is co-founder of Wellspring Commons, a nonprofit working to foster bioregional foodways in the Northeast, including reviving acorns as an important crop for the human diet, in ways that protect the standing forests. Learn more at wellspringcommons.org.

    Axinn Center 229

    Open to the Public