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Thursday, January 15, 2026

  • text reading Pop-up Performance at the MAC

    MAC Winter Term Pop-up Performance: Student Piano Hour

    Sponsored by:
    Mahaney Arts Center

    Take a midday music break, enjoy some cookies and hot cocoa, and discover new sounds at the MAC. This pop-up performance features student pianists Asher Lichtenberg ‘29, playing jazz arrangements of holiday classics, and Aaron Cohen ‘25.5, playing a variety of contemporary tunes. Free and open to the public.

    Whether you’re passing through to class, taking a lunch break, or staying awhile to study, we invite you to experience the warm and relaxing vibe inside the MAC - no matter the temperature outside.

    Mahaney Arts Center Upper Lobby

    Free
    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

  • Decolonizing Substance Abuse, Addiction and Recovery

    Sponsored by:
    Health and Wellness Education

    Join Len Pierre, who is Coast Salish from Katzie (kate-zee) First Nation and a professor, social activist, and traditional knowledge keeper, for a workshop to explore the link between colonialism, Indigenous health, and social inequities with a focus on the toxic drug crisis and its impact on Indigenous communities today. Participants will discuss strategies to address stigmas associated with substance use, examine Indigenous perspectives on harm reduction, and learn.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

  • Head shot of English professor Daniel Brayton

    Ecodramaturgy and reimagining Shakespeare for the 21st Century

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

    What do we mean when we talk about ecodramaturgy? How can we connect the ancient art of dramatic storytelling to our current climate moment?

    Join Professor Dan Brayton and members of Australia’s one step at a time like this theatre company for this round table and talk about connections between the work of William Shakespeare and climate.

    Mahaney Arts Center 232

    Open to the Public
  • blue college emblem with black lettering to the right: Center for Careers and Internships at Middlebury

    Seniors: Organizing your Job Search

    Sponsored by:
    Center for Careers & Internships

    Feeling unsure where to start your job search? Need some accountability tools to keep you going? This hands-on workshop will help you structure your job search into clear, manageable steps. Participants will leave with tools to prioritize opportunities, track progress, and navigate the process with confidence and a realistic plan that works for you. All graduating students in Feb or May 2026 are welcome.

    Axinn Center 109

  • Projects for Peace Alumni Award Keynote: Dr. April Edwell, M.D.

    Sponsored by:
    The Center for Community Engagement

    Dr. April Edwell (she/they) is the 2025 Projects for Peace Alumni Award recipient. Projects for Peace is a global program of the Center for Community Engagement at Middlebury, and the award, now in its third year, offers $50,000 to support the ongoing peacebuilding efforts of a past Projects for Peace grant recipient who demonstrates innovation and persistence in working for peace and transforming conflict. An Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, Dr. Edwell works as a Pediatric Intensivist helping critically ill children and their families. In this keynote, Dr. Edwell will address how they approach and transform conflicts in the healthcare setting in an approach that includes the integration of trauma-informed care with anti-racist frameworks.

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

  • Hirschfield International Film Series - “No Other Choice”

    Sponsored by:
    Film & Media Culture

    Come at 6:30pm for free pizza, popcorn, and snacks!
    “No Other Choice”
    directed by Park Chan-wook, 2025
    After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

    “A masterful work of cinema which might well be Chan-wook’s masterpiece.” - Time Out

    “A stunningly energetic and endlessly creative film that delights the mind and the eyes.” - Next Best Picture

    “Bleak, brilliant, and mordantly hilarious.” - Indiewire

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

Friday, January 16, 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