by David K. Rodgers HARDWICK – The artist Ann Young, of Barton, is having an impressive exhibition of her paintings at the Third Floor Gallery in the Hardwick Inn on Main Street. They consist of eight large works often with powerful political messages, nine medium sized peaceful landscapes, and then[Read More…]
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Ariel Quartet Gives High-energy Concert
by David K. Rodgers GREENSBORO – The Ariel Quartet came to Greensboro, on August 8, and performed a high energy concert in the Greensboro United Church of Christ consisting of three quartets by Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn, which gave us an overview of the evolution of the quartet form from[Read More…]
Play to Benefit Flood Relief
GREENSBORO – The Lakeside Players will present “Love Letters” by A.R. Gurney on Thursday, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m., at the Highland Center for the Arts to benefit Vermont Flood Relief. The play stars Vince Rossano and Daphne Ostle, and is directed by[Read More…]
LCP presents “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition”
HYDE PARK – Lamoille County Players’ 71st season at the Hyde Park Opera House continues with “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition.” This production is by the Children’s Theater Workshop. “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition” runs August 11, at 7 p.m., and August 12, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., at[Read More…]
Shakespeare Theater Camp Presents Comedy on August 11, August 12
GREENSBORO – This week, 32 young actors (12 to 18 years old) are memorizing lines and getting ready to perform two weekend performances of Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night,” in the 25th year of Get Thee to The Funnery theater camp. The Funnery takes place under the big tent at Highland[Read More…]
Library Hosts Local Artist Elaine Cole-Kerr
GREENSBORO – The flowers, birds, barns, and back roads of the Northeast Kingdom are the subjects of Elaine Cole-Kerr’s paintings on the halls of the Greensboro Free Library this month. Cole-Kerr is a self-taught artist born and raised in Westmore who hosts a gallery at her home in Greensboro. She[Read More…]
Unique Jazz Program Presented by Moyer and Trio
by David K. Rodgers The audience attending the third concert of the Summer Music from Greensboro series on Tuesday evening, August 1, were entertained by a unique program entitled “Classical Jazz” by pianist Fredierick Moyer and his Jazz Trio, with an interesting combination of works by Mozart and Rachmaninoff in[Read More…]
“Get Thee to the Funnery” Shakespeare Performance this Weekend
GREENSBORO – The Funnery is back in town, and two performances of the comedy, “Twelfth Night,” will be presented this weekend. “Get Thee to the Funnery” is a two-week youth Shakespeare experience, founded by Peter Gould in 1998 in the Northeast Kingdom, and still directed by him every summer. This[Read More…]
HCA Hosts Fairy Festival August 5
by David Kelley, Community Journalist GREENSBORO – According to Teelie’s Fairy Garden, many fairies, particularly ones in Ireland or other magical countryside areas, such as Vermont, love living in hills. The hillsides are sometimes called “raths” or mounds. In general, however, fairies like living on hills that are located in[Read More…]
Saxophone Sextet Present High-enegy Performance
by David K. Rodgers GREENSBORO – The second concert in the Summer Music from Greensboro series was held Tuesday, July 25, in the Greensboro Church and featured a sextet of saxophone players with the amusing name of “The Moanin’ Frogs.” The title derives from a combination of two songs in[Read More…]
Chamber Music Concert July 27
HARDWICK – The Craftsbury Chamber Players’ season continues on Thursday, July 27, at 7:30 p.m., at the Town House.This week’s program begins in the 20th Century with Charles Ives’s Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano; then moves to contemporary works by Michael Fiday (b. 1961) and Caroline Shaw (b.[Read More…]
