German School attendee Kazem Abdullah will take the conductor’s podium this fall at the world premiere of the opera Castor and Patience, commissioned by the Cincinnati Opera.
We asked Assistant Professor of Film & Media Culture Natasha Ngaiza to recommend five works from Black filmmakers she thinks everyone should watch. Read up, and add these to your watchlist!
Real-life quidditch, inspired by the magical game in Harry Potter, is changing its name, citing author J. K. Rowling’s “anti-trans positions in recent years.”
NPR chronicles the stories of four students from Shanti Bhavan, a residential school in India dedicated to helping students break the cycle of poverty. Kusuma, 18, is on her way to Middlebury after scoring 91 percent on her board examinations in India.
The U.S. troop withdrawal and Taliban takeover in Afghanistan are more than a distant news story for Afghan alumni of Middlebury. Some of them have shared their experiences recently.