Arts, Language, Culture

Photo of Kahari Blue looking outside looking up into the camera with a green grass background

Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Identity

Hey, Future Producer

Kahari Blue ’19 joins the 2023 cohort of the Theatre Producers of Color education program, Producing 101.

To photos of Ishmael Houston-Jones dancing: One from the present and one from when he was younger.

Dance, Conflict, Transformation

Renowned choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones led the first in a new series of community workshops entitled “Movement Matters: Global Body in Conflict.”

Screengrab from The Night Agent, created by Shawn Ryan

1980s, Language Schools, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

The new Netflix spy thriller The Night Agent, created by Shawn Ryan ’88, may become one of the biggest original shows in the streamer’s history after reaching the top 10 list in more than 90 countries.

Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84, President Laurie Patton, and Heather Neuwirth Lovejoy ’08

1980s, 2000s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Experience, Philanthropy, Staff

Kelson Foundation Gift

Middlebury has received a gift of $5 million from the Kelson Foundation to support the future of the Innovation Hub, home to Middlebury’s programs on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Black and White photo of a statue of an angel weeping into their arms

2000s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

Hidden Seasons of Grief

Dixie Dillon Lane ’05 published a poignant essay on long-term grief in Current, calling for more practices acknowledging that “grief comes not all at once, but over many seasons.”

2020s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Faculty

Musicals to Unite Town and Gown

Seven Days reports on the role of the annual J-term musical in town and College community relations, featuring Town Hall Theater artistic director Doug Anderson, economics and environmental studies professor Jon Isham, and Zack Maluccio ’22.5.

1990s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

A Family Tail

Dog Gone, the tale of a family navigating conflict as they search for their missing dog, stars Rob Lowe and is adapted from a book by Pauls Toutonghi ’99.

1970s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Identity

Taking the Patriarchy to Task

V ’75, the creator of The Vagina Monologues, addresses racism, colonialism, and sexual violence in her new collection, Reckoning.

Nínive Clements Calegari ’93 and Dave Eggers

1990s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Equity & Justice, Identity

Molding Tomorrow’s Storytellers

CBS profiled Nínive Clements Calegari ’93, P’26 and Dave Eggers on the origins and then national expansion of 826 Valencia, an innovative writing and tutoring program that serves more than 350,000 students each year.

Michael Obel-Omia riding a bike down an empty street

1990s, Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Athletics, Identity

Finding His Way

Michael Obel-Omia ’88, MA English ’92 had to redefine his identity after a stroke in 2016 left him with aphasia, which affects one’s ability to use or comprehend words.