Comments on: The Town Hall Theater

By: ronl

ronl — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:40:53 +0000

Yes — I will begin to spend some time replying to posts; so many of them have been thoughtful and have stimulated my thinking on a number of issues, so thanks for the nudge here.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:08:03 +0000

Although this has nothing to do the Town Hall Theater, I would like to reply to anonymous above. Although Middlebury College should not dictate who parks on Route 30, the college has a right to tell contractors/subcontractors–they are paying–where it is appropriate to park on campus. All regular college employees are required to park in specified areas, and these temporary employees of the college should be no different.

As an aside, I would like to offer some feedback to you, President Liebowitz, on this blog. I applaud using this medium to share more information on your thoughts and views about campus issues. But as a blogger myself, I would love to see you respond to comments. Engaging your readers and commenters in this manner helps develop community and true dialog on your blog. Otherwise, this blog becomes simply another webpage.

Thanks and best wishes,
Allison Coyne Carroll, MCFA
http://maplemama.com

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:45:05 +0000

As a tax payer in the town of middlebury i am outraged that middlebury college is dictating who cannot park on a town road….

Middlebury College has told Engelberth Construction that All contractors and sub contractor are not allowed to park on rt 30 a TOWN ROAD that i as a TAXPAYER PAY for. The consequence for this? These contractors and sub contractors who continue to park on rt 30 will not be invited back to work at the college.

Now if i came to work and all the spaces on rt 30 were takin by college employees i wouldnt care… first come first serve, but the fact that Middlebury college has the audacity to “reserve” these places for their employees is aboslutly ridiculous and WRONG

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:39:16 +0000

While I think this is a fantastic deal to incorporate town-gown relationship with a need for more performing space, I think one must be wary that the Town Hall Theater is far away (physically) for students who are used to close walks to McCullough for entertainment.

This deal should be a supplement not a replacement for creating on-campus venues that fulfill the needs of students.

As I read in The Campus, McCullough will be under construction: what will we do? Where will Riddim, Middance, and ISO perform during that time? Surely moving these performances to the Town Hall theater will limit attendance significantly especially during winter. Even when McCullough gets renovated, what is the advantage of having performances in town other than to draw a local crowd? Maybe combined with Eat-Good-Food, there is some potential you will have to create strong incentives to use the Town Hall Theater space.

But assuming when there is huge demand for the space, who will get priority? Is this a student space or an academic space like the famously off-limits-to-students Wright Theater and CFA Theater?

Awesome to have a place in town but how will this practically play out? Or is it too soon to tell?