Events
Friday, October 3, 2025
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Before I Die
Mahaney Arts Center, Lower Lobby
This interactive public art installation invites members of the Middlebury community to reflect on what matters most. By sharing personal hopes and aspirations on a communal wall, the project fosters connection, introspection, and a celebration of our shared humanity. Inspired by the global Before I Die project, this installation transforms public space into a canvas for gratitude, memory, and possibility.
To Be Announced
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Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation
Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. No registration required. Drop in any day that works for you!
McCullough Crest Room
Closed to the Public
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Snowbowl Fall Foliage Lift Rides
Snowbowl Fall Foliage Lift Rides. Join us at the Middlebury Snowbowl for a breathtaking journey through Vermont’s most stunning autumn scenery! Our Fall Foliage Lift Rides offer a unique opportunity to experience the vibrant colors of fall from one of the best vantage points in the state.
Snowbowl
Open to the Public
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Fall Family Weekend: Career Connections
The Center for Careers and Internships and the Family Philanthropy Circle will be teaming up to host a networking event for students. A strong liberal arts experience is most successful when we can connect students with mentors and industry experts to offer guidance and expertise. Members of the Family Philanthropy Circle are volunteering to share their insights and professional pathways with bright and talented Middlebury students. Please help us make this pilot program a success by signing up to be a mentor! *This event is open to all students and students will receive details to sign up directly from the Center for Careers and Internships. Please encourage your student to attend…and bring their friends!
Johnson Atrium
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The 30th Annual First Show - The Truth Remixed
A Night of Scenes, Comedy, and Lots of Fun!
What happens when you take classic themes, original voices, and a whole lot of creativity — and toss them into one wildly entertaining night of theatre? You get The Truth Remixed. Also, this is the sister show to Echoes of Truth First Year show in Fall 2024.
Hepburn Zoo
Open to the Public
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Cocoon
Inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon The Moth, Cocoon is a special evening of true stories told live without notes. This year’s storytellers include students Hafez Sami-Sadeghi ’28.5 and Aida Worku ’25.5; faculty members James Fitzsimmons (Anthropology) and Jerry Philogene, (Black Studies); Director of Middlebury’s Abenaki School Jesse Bowman Bruchac, and three-time Moth GrandSLAM champion and educator Dr. Christine Gentry. They’ll all be telling stories on the theme “Before I Die,” in association with the public art installation in the lower lobby.
Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall
$15/10/8/5; https://go.middlebury.edu/tickets
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Saturday, October 4, 2025
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Before I Die
Mahaney Arts Center, Lower Lobby
This interactive public art installation invites members of the Middlebury community to reflect on what matters most. By sharing personal hopes and aspirations on a communal wall, the project fosters connection, introspection, and a celebration of our shared humanity. Inspired by the global Before I Die project, this installation transforms public space into a canvas for gratitude, memory, and possibility.
To Be Announced
Free
Open to the Public -