An Anonymous Gift to Support the Arts at Middlebury
An anonymous donor has made a $10 million gift to renovate the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building.
Stories
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Interpreting for the Olympics
While the COVID-19 pandemic upended the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it also provided a new opportunity for Middlebury Institute students and recent alumni to interpret remotely on a large scale: the Junior Interpreter Program.
New Listen: The Big Sip
Seven Days reviews the first full-length album by the Big Sip, formed in 2016 by Matthew Diener ’20, Jack Cattabiani ’20, Nick Schrope ’20, and Evan Mercer ’20, calling it a “thoughtfully arranged, ambitious batch of well-polished songs.”
Barbie Honors Julia Alvarez ’71
Each year, Barbie selects extraordinary women as official role models and makes dolls in the women’s likenesses.
Emmy Nods
REWIND, A documentary produced by Thomas Winston ’99, has been nominated for three news and documentary Emmy awards.
A Hollywood Voice
Continuing a stretch of seemingly being everywhere in Hollywood, Jason Mantzoukas ’95 is currently lending his voice to two buzzy TV projects.
The Atlas of Disappearing Places
Christina Conklin ’90 created an array of maps from seaweed for this new book that she coauthored with Marina Psaros, each showing locations in our world vulnerable to the ravages of climate change.
Shawn Ryan’s New Netflix Project
Shawn Ryan ’88 is slated to serve as writer and showrunner for a Netflix adaptation of Matthew Quirk’s bestselling novel The Night Agent. The story follows an FBI agent working in the White House basement and a conspiracy that he stumbles into.
A Gift for Hebrew Education
The Middlebury School of Hebrew has received a $1.17 million donation from the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation.