by Cheryl Luther Michaels, Community Journalist EAST MONTPELIER – So here I am again, the reluctant reviewer doling-out my considered opinion. As you may remember, if you read my book review of Stephen Russell Payne’s novel “You Were Always There” writing reviews of anything (plays, books, music) is just not my[Read More…]
Entertainment
Willem Lange Tells “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story” on Dec. 19
MONTPELIER – Lost Nation Theater and Willem Lange team up one more time as Lange performs his reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, onstage at Lost Nation Theater (LNT), protected by our state-of-the-art Synexis Air Purification Emmy-Winner Lange has been performing his[Read More…]
Famous and Not-so-Famous Musicians Join for Holiday Concert Benefit
by David Kelley, Community Journalist GREENSBORO – Famous singer song-writer Dave Mallett will be joined by some of Northeastern Vermont’s finest musicians at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro in a special holiday concert to raise funds for the Highland Center’s Arts in Schools Program. The concert will[Read More…]
Lost Nation Theater Presents Budbill’s “Two for Christmas”
MONTPELIER – Lost Nation Theater, central Vermont’s resident professional theater, will present David Budbill’s “Two for Christmas,” a staged reading, on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. “Two for Christmas” is two shows in one. Travel back in time to 1479 England and end up in Budbill’s[Read More…]
“It’s a Wonderful Life” Live Radio Play Dec. 14, Dec. 17
by Hal Gray GREENSBORO – “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” is being performed twice this December in the Greensboro United Church of Christ (GUCC), on December 14 and December 17. The play was inspired by the American classic 1946 film starring James Stewart, as George Bailey, who[Read More…]
Vermont Philharmonic Presents Mozart’s Orchestration of “Messiah”
BARRE – Conductor Lisa Jablow, the Vermont Philharmonic and Chorus will present two performances of Handel’s “Messiah” on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m., at the Barre Opera House, and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m., also at the Barre Opera House. The Vermont Philharmonic performances will present the entire[Read More…]
Vocalists “Naturally 7” in St. Johnsbury Dec. 2
ST. JOHNSBURY – Catamount Arts and KCP Presents announce the vocal group, Naturally 7, on December 2, at 7 p.m., at St. Johnsbury Academy’s Fuller Hall. A confluence of musical traditions including a capella, gospel, doo-wop, and barbershop, New York’s “Naturally 7” also incorporates beatboxing and complex vocalizations to create[Read More…]
River Arts Gift Shop Reopens for Holiday Shopping
MORRISVILLE – After a year on hiatus, the gift shop at River Arts has re-opened with fresh representation of local talent. The gift shop’s grand reopening coincides with Morrisville’s Festival of Lights and the Wolcott Ballet’s performance of “The Grinch” on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.[Read More…]
LCP to Present “The Foreigner” Dec. 1-3
HYDE PARK – Lamoille County Players’ 71st season at the Hyde Park Opera House ends with “The Foreigner.” The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSueur, a British demolition expert. “Froggy” has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie. So[Read More…]
“Hard Feelings” McCarthy Poetry Collection to Publish
WALDEN – “Hard Feelings,” Elizabeth McCarthy’s second poetry collection, from Finishing Line Press, will be available for shipment in March of 2024. McCarthy’s poetry is filled with close observations of birds and other wildlife found in the Vermont countryside. Through metaphor and simile, form and imagination, the poet transforms these observations[Read More…]
Rusty DeWees Coming to River Arts Nov. 18
MORRISVILLE – Rusty DeWees, local storyteller/musician/actor, will bring his Tiny Town Hall to Morrisville on November 18, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This tour was born from an idea DeWees had incorporating his material based in Vermont and creating connectivity with audiences. “My Tiny Town Hall show comes from[Read More…]