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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Thursday, January 29, 2026

  • Person writing on a chalk wall

    Before I Die

    Sponsored by:
    Mahaney Arts Center and Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub

    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.

    Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

    Free
    Open to the Public
  • 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 The original cat has been replaced by Hello Kitty.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
  • Two persons standing on a stage facing the curtain. One person is lifting the bottom of the curtain.

    ALL THE WAYS WITHOUT YOU: work in progress showing

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre, Arts Council, Axinn Center for the Humanities, and Department of English

    Join us for a work-in-progress showing that is part of a January term residency and arts exchange with the Australian theatre company, One Step at a Time Like This, centering Shakespeare, eco-dramaturgy, climate, theatre, and interdisciplinary methods in storytelling and performance. 

    This residency culminates with a new site-specific work, ALL THE WAYS WITHOUT YOU, set in and around Wright Theatre.

    Wright Theatre

    Open to the Public
  • Two persons standing on a stage facing the curtain. One person is lifting the bottom of the curtain.

    ALL THE WAYS WITHOUT YOU: work in progress showing

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre, Arts Council, Axinn Center for the Humanities, and Department of English

    Join us for a work-in-progress showing that is part of a January term residency and arts exchange with the Australian theatre company, One Step at a Time Like This, centering Shakespeare, eco-dramaturgy, climate, theatre, and interdisciplinary methods in storytelling and performance. 

    This residency culminates with a new site-specific work, ALL THE WAYS WITHOUT YOU, set in and around Wright Theatre.

    Wright Theatre

    Open to the Public
  • a speech bubble with teal text inside of it that reads "psst... Health & Wellness Education"

    Winter Term Workshop: Peer Support Skills Training (psst...)

    Sponsored by:
    Health and Wellness Education

    Ever felt stumped about how to help a friend going through a hard time? Interested in working in a helping field in the future? Register for this training all about common mental health challenges and how to best support friends who are going through a hard time. Participants will leave with more confidence to express care and concern for friends, bring up worries and help friends to get help! Participants will meet for 1 hour for 4 weeks and receive a certificate to celebrate your learning. 

    Health and Wellness Education Conference Room

  • Two persons standing on a stage facing the curtain. One person is lifting the bottom of the curtain.

    ALL THE WAYS WITHOUT YOU: work in progress showing

    Sponsored by:
    Theatre, Arts Council, Axinn Center for the Humanities, and Department of English

    Join us for a work-in-progress showing that is part of a January term residency and arts exchange with the Australian theatre company, One Step at a Time Like This, centering Shakespeare, eco-dramaturgy, climate, theatre, and interdisciplinary methods in storytelling and performance. 

    This residency culminates with a new site-specific work, ALL THE WAYS WITHOUT YOU, set in and around Wright Theatre.

    Wright Theatre

    Open to the Public

  • Dedication Ceremony: Building the Japanese Teahouse

    Sponsored by:
    History of Arts and Architecture and Studio Art

    On Thursday, January 29th, the College community and the public are invited to the dedication of the timber frame of a Japanese teahouse, built by twelve students over the course of the four-week 2026 Winter Term. The teahouse will be dedicated in a traditional Shinto ceremony.  
    Taught by Douglas Brooks, a builder of boats and other traditional structures who has extensive experience working in Japan, the course is entitled Building the Japanese Teahouse and seeks to introduce students to the pedagogy of Japanese appren

    Johnson Gallery/Crit (208)

    Open to the Public